First off, I'm feeling brave so posting here. Please be kind! Not sure if I've phrased the thread title well, but recently there seem to have been so many things that have gone wrong due to incompetence, laziness, or when I've bought something, poor quality. Just why? I don't remember my parents having to replace things with great regularity as they fell apart after a few wears or washes, for example. Ditto - if you made an agreement, it was stuck to. This week I've had someone rearrange to fit a new door FOUR times. Can it be that hard? Really?
Other examples - ordered flowers for a bereaved friend, they were delivered to her neighbour. Bought a new kettle - died within a week. DC started nursery - there have been three teachers so far this half term alone due to a mix up over long term sick cover (they FORGOT to renew the original cover teacher's contract). Ok, so all of these things in isolation aren't the end of the world, I'm not living in a war torn country and they're very much first world problems. However, the sheer incompetence that seems to pervade (my?!)everyday life at the moment is staggering.
I'd just like to point out that I'm not particularly highly strung, but I do expect things I've bought to be fit for purpose and people to keep their end of a contract/bargain. I know I can react to each of these situations in different ways and not let them get me down. But when they all come together, I am left wondering, do we just expect less these days? Are standards lower? I don't shop in bargain basements - even higher end stuff seems disposable...