If your computer is like mine one of the first messages that pops up on the screen, just when you are trying to get started, is “Please Wait.” This is the mantra of the modern age. My old typewriter never told me to wait. If we are foolish enough to use the automated checkout at the supermarket we rarely get far with our groceries before being stopped by the message: “Please wait, help is on the way.” Oh no it’s not. Help is out to lunch.