There’s a meme out there on the world wide webz called First World Problems. From knowyourmeme.com:
First World Problems, also known as “White Whine,” are frustrations and complaints that are only experienced by privileged individuals in wealthy countries. It is typically used as a tongue-in-cheek comedic device to make light of trivial inconveniences.
My wife and I had some first world problems yesterday. After a week of vacation with family, our flight home was cancelled due to bad weather. This forced us to spend time together waiting for the next flight in a crowded airport for eight hours, armed only with iPhones, iPads, laptops and basketball on television. Kids were loud, people smelled a little bit and sometimes the temperature fluctuated from tolerable to slightly less tolerable.
When we decided to have dinner we had to stand in line at the restaurant for almost ten minutes before we got a table. Adding insult to injury, they only had chips instead of fries, a glass of wine was really expensive and the dessert menu didn’t have anything I wanted.
I tell you what, watching other people wait as long as us only to have their flights cancelled at 10:00 pm took a toll on us emotionally. At some points it was even hellish, like how the bathrooms weren’t getting cleaned fast enough. But, you’ll be happy to know that we hunkered down, stayed focus, made some sacrifices and took no prisoners. Our efforts were rewarded, finally, as we did finally make it home in one piece.
- Ben
I applaud your sense of perspective and taking the time to share it with your readers. I do enjoy your blogging on this site a lot!
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Thanks Karyl.
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Heh, that’s the trouble with going on vacations. It’s always harder to get back home than it is to get away in the first place. And when you make it, you’re tired, broke, and sad because the good times are over. So, avoid airport frustrations–stay home!
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Love the cat doing the face palm in the last panel.
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And the tongue handing out is pretty cute too.
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Every part of that airport scenario would’ve made me cry. Or I would’ve just gotten drunk at the airport bar. And cried.
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I think you just like an excuse to cry. It’s cool, man. No shame in it. *smirk*
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Solution: road trip! Flew to and from Seattle in November – hated it. Drove to and from Baltimore just over the weekend – loved it.
We kinda think Ohio (the state) hates us, but at least… it’s not like the highway can be cancelled. Only detoured.
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I spoke with the state of Ohio. It does not hate you. However, it also does not plan to send you flowers on your birthday either. At least, not until you apologize for what you did.
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Pussy, huh? So, I have to ask… Is it still considered pussy if it is a boy cat?
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Good question. For the sake of the joke, I’m going to say “Yes.”
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