I like to complain about queues – but I secretly love the ritual and excitement Gary Nunn © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
It’s 7.45pm on a Friday in a busy inner-city Sydney pub and the end-of-week high infuses with the excitement of reaching – who knows how long for – Covid-normal times to create a unique buzz.
Things are
almost back to normal but I can’t help feeling something’s missing. Something that used to provoke my cantankerousness.
The usual delicious irritations are there: the smell of cold beer combines with body odours, I mishear every other word of my friend’s anecdote amid the cacophony.
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