First World Problems

Internet is down, and you're out of coffee pods at work. Wah! Wah!

They are small irritations, but they're irritations nonetheless.

You go to a Greek restaurant assuming that for dessert you'll have some baklava.

They're out of baklava!

How can a Greek restaurant not have baklava? If a Greek restaurant doesn't have baklava, it's not a Greek restaurant!

This type of thing seems to happen to many people. You go to a restaurant. You're hungry and excited about the menu. You're having a nice time with the spouse. Everything is perfect. You've ordered drinks. Then you make your choice.

"I'll have the 'Albacore Confit en Salade.'"

"We're out of the albacore, I'm sorry."

Hmmmm. "Okay, do you have the 'Duck Breast with Pomegranate'?"

"No."

"What do you have?"

"We have the 'Schnitzel with Potato Salad.'"

"Fine! I'll have that."


Has this happened to you? It's the sort of setback, irritation and frustration that illustrates "First World problems" — relatively minor frustrations or irritants about which we complain only because of the absence of more serious problems, ...