Showerthought: That four week wait for a tiny Pentax screw

A Pentax K1000 came in last week. Aperture lever was stuck. Needed a specific screw. Looked all over my parts bins. Nothing. Had to order it online. Seller was in Europe. Took almost a month to get here. Camera sat on my bench the whole time. Drove me nuts seeing it there. Fixed it in ten minutes once the screw arrived. The wait felt longer than the repair. How do you guys cope with slow shipping for small parts?