not so bad
It's an odd day. I'm getting ready for a trip back to the home I just left for the holidays. My brain is in a bit of a pretzel over the concept but it will be great to see the kids. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I might be able to see my friends as well. So I am running a pile of single guy errands buying trip supplies, an eye doctor appointment etc. I need to get everything done so I can get back and watch my Cyclones play football which has me in a bit of a rush.
I tell you that because I was just at Target (I really used to hate that store but I am in the land of it and its the closest best choice) and I needed toothpaste. A dude was standing in front of my brand but I held back waiting. Things were taking an irritatingly long time so I peeked around him to see what was going on. I watched as this poor fucker had to touch each box four times in order. Left to right, top to bottom. I only caught about forty seconds of that shitshow but it looked exhausting.
He turned to look at me all the while keeping up the ritual and he looked ashamed. I told him that my brain is an asshole as well because I couldn't use any other kind of toothpaste than the one on the shelf by his knees. I went on to say that if my taking one would screw up his pattern and possibly cause him to have to start all over again I could do without. He looked relieved and told me to grab one all while continuing to drum out his obsession.
Holy horseshit! I have not one thing to complain about. This poor dude is going to flush multiple hours on a shopping trip and feel like a complete jerk the entire time. I am actually having a pretty great day.