We use foul, repulsive language compulsively in casual conversation. An alien might describe us as a species obsessed with its intimate bodily functions

Someone in my 38-storey building doesn’t put the trolley back where it belongs. Two trolleys are usually parked in the lobby for people with luggage or heavy shop-ping. Some tenants just abandon the trolley somewhere on their floor after use. Others put it in the lift, expecting that whenever it reaches the ground floor, someone will push it out. A few conscientious people take it back to the lobby, even if it means travelling 38 floors again.

The unreturned trolley is the second-most turbulent conversation in the building’s WhatsApp chat group, coming right after Why are there so many cockroaches? I am usually an interested observer,

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