Leigh's Views

By now most of us have figured out some kind of new normal. We’ve also, hopefully, figured out what the difference between a need and a want. And based on these things, I decided to venture out into the world the other day for a few essentials. While standing in line waiting to check out, the man behind me made a few comments about the weirdness of it all. Everyone wearing masks, the circles on the floor for where to stand and the plexiglass boxes the cashiers were in. Then some man started to walk into the store – without a mask on. Now, this store has a giant sign on the door, with red lettering no less, “ NO ADMITANCE WITHOUT A MASK ”. Both cashiers started yelling at the man, who didn’t seem to hear them at first. Nope, he just kept nonchalantly walking in. As if this was a normal day, a normal place and nothing odd was going on in the world. Yikes. Finally, after someone said they were calling the police, the man turned around and left. Being me, I decided to lighten up the situat...

Okay, I know I’ve seen and heard a lot of jokes online about people not having any clue what day it was. I didn’t think it was anything more than that – jokes. I guess it’s because I’ve always worked from home and had to find a way to center myself. Thus, I always seem to know what day it is – even when I’m halfway around the world. And without looking at a smartphone. So imagine my surprise this week when, not once but twice, I find people who have no clue what day it is. Yikes. On Monday, I called my physical therapy office for an appointment. They’ve been closed for weeks and were finally reopened – wonderful! The woman on the phone said there was an appointment available ‘tomorrow at three’. I repeated the info back to her. She didn’t disagree with me. Therefore, the next day I show up at the office at three. No one was there. I knocked. Nothing. I called the office. Nothing. Uhm, okay. Wednesday morning, she calls me and says my appointment was that afternoon. No apologies. When...