It kicks ass that everywhere you go now there are signs up that say like “Please do not yell at our staff. We are trying to help you. Don’t spit on us and throw things at us. We are human beings. We might ask you to leave if you can’t stop stabbing us with knives”
Every day of lockdown I was so grateful not to be working for my millionaire ex-boss. That mfer never washed his hands and every day I watched him blow his nose into a paper towel and then put it in the recycling bin
america has a ton of angry, anxious, selfish people, and they were always a contingent, but somehow sheltering in our homes and disappearing from view gave them the impression there’s enough of them out there to act like that visibly without consequences
maybe they’re even right about that
recently i went to pick up a medication, it was on back order and they didn't know how long it would be. and the the pharmacist seemed legitimately surprised when i was understanding instead of angry.