So My Day Was Going Fine Until We (She) Locked Horns

Was it that time of the month, or was she just born that way?

Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

Hey you! Yes YOU, the one who negatively impacted my day. I hope you are feeling better about yourself.

Something must have happened to you yesterday, you know, when you berated me for doing the right thing?

Just in case you can’t recall

I’m the lady who was doing the right thing. I was keeping to the left in the aisles, in the supermarket where I was shopping. It’s how we now do things Downunda!

But then I had to move to the right side, because YOU were traveling DOWN the right side of the same aisle.

So this is what I did. I moved to the right to avoid a collision with you. But simultaneously, you also moved to your left, which meant that we two were on a collision course (me, with you and your baby,) and that’s when you started yelling like a banshee, “One point five, one point five.”

I get it. I really do. I don’t wish to catch anything from you or anyone else. I’m happy to keep my distance.

However, many people have pointed out that it’s well nigh impossible to keep that said distance in busy thoroughfares, especially when we are stretching for things…