I’m in rush hour traffic several times a week, and lately I seemed to have lost the spirit behind an intended kindness. My issue with the thankless among us travels on four wheels. Stores in North America are expected to be hardest hit by product shortages first and then followed by stores in Europe. Executives at IKEA have warned of supply chain disruption that could last into next year leaving some stores without certain items. 15, 2021 in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. Within a dozen responses that ungrateful stranger morphs from rude and inconsiderate into the spawn of Satan and all that is wrong with our world.Įmpty shelves are seen at an IKEA store on Oct. Lately, I’ve watched post after post on social media blow up after someone complains about holding the door for a fellow customer who fails to say thank you. We’re angry at everybody now, it seems, or maybe those evergreen complaints are just irritating me more. Opinions in your inbox: Get a digest of our takes on current events every morning
This is not bringing out the best in some of us.Īs Micheline Maynard recently wrote for the Washington Post, “Rather than living constantly on the verge of throwing a fit, and risking taking it out on overwhelmed servers, struggling shop owners or late-arriving delivery people, we’d do ourselves a favor by consciously lowering expectations.” One story after another chronicles a list of grievances: Irregular store and restaurant hours because of staff shortages, long waits for food to our tables, empty shelves and lengthy back-orders. I’ve been thinking about that moment a lot lately as news coverage has ramped up about supply chain shortages and irate customers who’ve had it up to here with the costs of this pandemic.
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