Waiting times are longer than usual, is a phrase usually uttered by an automated answering service. while you wait for whatever service provider needed at the moment, and waiting times are usually  longer than usual. And time has, taken to new ways of passing  for me in the last year. 2020 is the time of lockdowns and uncertainty, and  grinding routine slowly churning on while the worlds changes faster than I ever remember. the passage of time itself seem longer than usual and a feeling of detachment and boredom sets in , time seems frozen in anticipation of something to happen. but in the meantime the detached and dreamy can take on a surreal quality and a sense of anticipation for nothing in particular in world ground down to a halt, trying to find significance and meaning In waiting times longer than usual