the file

 

maybe the month was July or August, so it's safe to say that it was well into proceedings in relation to the virus. Also safe to say that it was well into proceedings in relation to the tension associated with the virus.

I am at the local supermarket and as I am shopping I can hear some yelling coming from the registers. I get to the counter and there is silence but you can feel a certain strain; a feeling like all arguments have been exhausted and there is a stand off at hand.

a woman is standing at the final register with a packet of hand sanitizing wipes. She lets out a scream and throws the wipes at the head of the young man behind the counter, hitting him right in the forehead. 

yes, throws the wipes at the head of the young man behind the counter, hitting him right in the forehead. 

I thought there was no need to make the situation worse, so I asked the woman if she could do me a favor. She lunged at me

"what do you want?"

" can you leave as quickly as possible?"

I don't know where he was but the security guard came around the corner and the woman bolted out of there as fast as she could. I didn't hang around because the security guard was consoling the man behind the register who was in shock.

one week later and I am at another supermarket on Sydney Road. As I get closer and who do I see at the counter? None other than the hand sanitizer wipe woman. As if she could sense me she turns around. We lock eyes, then she averts her gaze by quickly looking straight ahead.

Now I have to say something - based on recent events and for the common good of the people at the registers.

"watch this one, she is totally bat shit crazy"

once served, she darts out of there as fast as she can and I tell the register people the tale of wipe rage I experienced recently. They were more than grateful as they could get a screen shot off the security cameras and put it in the file. Without any provocation on my behalf the server pulls it out from under the counter. The file.

The nut job file.

All the wackos and those with some strange primordial rage against certain consumer products have their picture taken from the CCTV and put in the nut job file.

Now don't get me wrong and accuse me of being politically incorrect; it was the name of the book. They even had the name of it written in the foreword.

and it's the size of a phone book. Then some information that's not all that surprising

"it's funny, but the book has doubled in size in the last 3 months"