A Waffler

What is a Waffler?

Someone who cannot make a decision.

I am not one of them. I sometimes make quick decisions a bit too fast. That is not always a good thing.

However, I cannot understand people who find it so difficult to make simple decisions.

I had a lady associate who worked for me for many years. She was a lovely lady and a pretty good sales person. She functioned well in everyday life, except when she was faced with decision-making.

On occasion, we went out to lunch together, she had a difficult time deciding which item to order. She would decide on something and then change her mind a few times. That usually drove the waiter or waitress crazy. 

It was a wonder that her Waffler characteristic did not affect her clients, since she was in the sales business.

On big ticket items, she could not make up her mind for a long time.

One day she told us in the office that she needed to have some new tires for her car. But she could not decide what kind of tires she should buy and where to buy them. 
She visited the tire companies. She even went out of town for it. This went on for months.

Charlie in the office tried to give her some pointers, but she did not listen.

Since she was a divorcee, she did not have a husband to tell her which tires she should buy and which ones she should not buy.

Her sons knew her too well to offer any suggestions.

We suggested Consumer Reports. 

That did not work either.

So for months, we would have to listen to her agonizing over the dilemma everyday.

It probably took her half a year or so before she finally made the purchase. We were all glad that we did not have to hear about Tires anymore.

She came into the office one day and said,
"I need a new refrigerator . . ."

I soon found that everyone in the office had some work to attend to and I was the only one left . . .