I've been thinking about the random pet peeves of living in a civilized society lately.
Maybe it's because I've been cooped up at home for most of the year, but I almost...miss them. Almost.
Really, I think I just miss the normalcy of being annoyed at the world for stupid things instead of worldwide health and safety crises.
Those awkward moments in tight aisles where a family of six is filling the entire space and arguing over the merits of original Nesquik vs. the sugar-free option?
But the Mom wants less sugar in general, and the Dad argues that the kids will just pile even more spoons of sugar in when it's not sweet enough, while all the kids try to look innocent.
Except that one kid who is building a tower of teabags in the aisle while their parent is distracted, and it happens to be right in front of your coffee.
But the normalcy of not avoiding the aisle entirely because three people are already spread out along it?
I miss that.
And when everything does somewhat return to normal and stores are at limited capacity and there are no one-way aisles anymore, I give myself one trip to the mall before I'm ten thousand percent over it again.
I can't wait.
