Bored of? Bored from?

I have seen this poster a few times and felt uncomfortable with the phrase in the bubble: "Bored of waiting?"

I kept wondering why I was uncomfortable. It has something to do with the preposition "of". We say "tired of waiting" to mean that we do not want to wait anymore. We can also say "tired from waiting", explaining that I am tired now because I had to wait earlier. "Tired of waiting" refers to the present, while "tired from waiting" refers to the past.

However, with the word "bored", we do say "I'm bored of eating the same food everyday", or "are you bored of doing the same thing every weekend?" I suppose it is not wrong to say "bored of waiting", but it does sound strange. Some things in English may be correct but do not "sound right". That does not make it wrong, just different.

The English language contains many inexplicable phrases and usages. To this day, I am still learning something new, as with the phrase above.

Here's to lifelong learning!