9/26: a like-minded crowd

It was high time for me to go grocering.  Wanting to avoid the shopping-on-the-way-home-from-work rush, I waited until 7 p.m. to leave the house for the store.  It was a good strategy.  The store was sparsely populated, and the other people shopping were probably like me:  they spent a day at work dealing with people and were just wanting to get their grocering done without incident.  People were quiet; people gave one another space cushions; people steered their carts with care.  I felt grateful to them all for their calm consideration.