Get Ready For An Inconvenient Life

Get ready to wait. For everything. All the time.

Americans especially are used to everything, quick, easy and instant. But this has changed in the past 2 years.

Get ready to wait for:

• packages that show up late or never
• grocery store lines, or lines at self-checkouts because cashiers are starting to disappear
• cancelled or delayed flights
• lines for Covid testing
• months to be able to get a doctor’s appointment
• restaurant orders and fast food
• months to get a non-essential surgery
• shortages on food and essentials
• long waits for big-ticket items like cars, furniture and more

These inconveniences are making people lose their patience- and their minds.

Recently, a Cleveland woman was arrested for shooting up a Wendy’s because her order was wrong and it took too long. Other places in the country have experienced the same customer rage.

In Los Angeles, a man jumped a counter at a Chick Fil A because his order was wrong.

Or the lady who throw soup in a cashier’s face. Again, arrested.

I could go on and on with examples where civility has gone out the window. I don’t get the mentality about getting arrested over a fast-food order. Wendy’s burgers are good but not that good.

And it doesn’t just apply to picking up lunch. Schools are also dealing with parent outrage.

This NY Times article from Dec.8 really sums it all up. “Schools Are Closing Classrooms on Fridays. Parents Are Furious.” Why is this shocking to anyone?

It goes on to explain how parents are angry their kids are going to fall behind like last year. But let’s be real- some are more concerned about childcare. Or they just want their kids in school as a babysitter.

The pandemic has had a ripple effect on everything- including teachers. They already have a big enough job educating, but now they have to enforce mask mandates (for those schools that have them), keep kids calm after another school shooting in our country and try not to get…