"The world has become a much more hostile place over the past two years, ever since the CoVid-19 quarantine."
P.T. made that statement to all of us sitting at the table, and T.M. promptly retorted, "No it hasn't, you just think it has because more people are refusing to put up with your crap these days."
Of course, that provoked P.T. to reply, "Shut up T, you're the one full of crap. I'm serious, hasn't anyone else felt an increase in hostility from people?"
J.J. looked up from his magazine and said, "Nope, can't say I have, unless you count the wife's constant whining for me to finish the downstairs bathroom."
P.T. stirred his coffee with a fork as he spoke again. "Well, I definitely have. It's incredible how many people I run into everyday that are seriously impatient, or rude, or just acting crappy to everyone - not just me - to everyone. It's crazy."
C.M., who didn't seem to be paying attention, chirped in. "Yeah, I kinda agree with P - it's really bad on the freeway, people recklessly crossing three lanes to get to an offramp, driving like they own the road - kerist, I almost got sideswiped just this morning."
"Dude, you're a horrible driver - if anyone's a hazard on the freeway, it's you." Everybody at the table nodded their heads in agreement after T.M. said that.
P.T. sipped his coffee and looked up at the big screen on the wall across the room. "Look at what's going on in Russia, that's hostility right there, and look all the outright vulgar mudslinging going on in the elections this year - crazy hostility right there!"
J.J. spoke up again. "Bad examples to use P, the Russians are always invading someone, and political races that involve hostile, even vulgar, mudslinging, is par for the course."
Everyone at the table again nodded their heads in agreement,
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