About an hour ago, I realized that I was a present shy for my list. While the thought of leaving out just one member of the family from getting a gift made me laugh, I figured that it would be best to be a decent human and include them, so it was time to head off to do a little shopping at Total Wine since, I hoped, they would be doing those almost free wine tastings which would be a nice little gift for me too. The only issue: I forgot it’s that time of year when people freak the fuck out over nothing.
For me, this time of year, I don’t even try to park close to anything, because, the closer you get, the more insane things are – and today was no exception as, on my way into the store, I witnessed a middle aged-woman scream at the top of her lungs at an elderly man about how he took her parking spot even though she was signaling for it. Now, if true, that sucks, but mind you, this woman was then forced to park a whole three spots over and she had to scream at the poor old guy for a good two or three minutes because peace on earth, good will towards men be damned!
Bottom line: it’s getting down to the nitty gritty, people are stressed, and they’re losing their shit.
Be careful out there and, please, share your horror stories of the last-minute Christmas madness.
