This happens to me all the time, and I don't have a clue. In my personal life, it seems that most people have a preference for standing around with digits stuck up various orifices, and get all pouty when I actually say "let's move in THIS direction now!"

*shrug* Perhaps the best/only thing you can do is re-define your expectations to match the situation, and try to enjoy it for what it is, and not think about what it could or should have been.