"Waiting on the world to change" more like "waiting on the floor to dry after you've mopped it!" (it takes a long time for the floor to dry and you have to be in time out in the little square you left for yourself)
I think when you get to the airport you should just get a ride from whoever is there in the lane at that time and then when your ride gets there, they can take whoever is there waiting at that point. This is called streamlining.