Posting Pet Peeves: Pandemic Pretensions, Political Platitudes...

       It's my turn! After writing countless posts on your behalf, it's about time I had a turn to lie down on your couch and register my COVID complaints. I have to do it remotely you say? Complaint #1!! Pet peeves, we all have them. You know, something (or someone) you find especially annoying. I actually don't recall anyone naming a pet "Peeve" and not sure why -- it seems so appropriate, especially before they are house broken (come to think of it, have you heard of anyone naming their pet "COVID" aside from when they just left a doo doo on the living room carpet?). In any case, I am going to share in this space today some of my/your 'pandemic pet peeves', those that have surfaced during the recent months associated with experiences we have had largely due to COVID-19. These come from a range of places and people, such as government, businesses, science, and the like, and probably represent only a fraction of those you might offer yourselves:

"We're here for you"...after calling repeatedly I found nobody is actually there, only an answering device...

 "We're just trying to keep you safe"...how, by going into hiding themselves and not answering my calls?!

"We're looking out for you"...for what reason, so they can avoid us or beat us to the toilet paper aisle?

"You're stuck at home but safe at home"...guess where they were when they wrote this disingenuous statement--hypocrites!

"This too shall pass"...just when and how, like bad gas?! Who made them the pandemic soothsayer? If they're so confident, ask them to bet on a specific date like a confident lottery number buyer!

"We're all in this boat together"...as one person called into a radio DJ: "we may all be weathering the same storm, but we are certainly NOT in the same boats!"

"This is our new normal"...If this is normal, I opt for the brain from Young Frankenstein ("Abby Normal").

And from WHO (World Health Organization) on any given day: "...and we're finding that people who aren't symptomatic..." to which I respond with lyrics from "The Who" (1971): "And I'll get on my knees and pray...we don't get fooled again!"

Fun, eh? Write me with yours -- we'll compare notes and vent together as a group because, after all, we're all in this...

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