"A beleaguered grunt from the other room interrupts him. Moments later, a teenage boy lopes out... Without a glance at Cameron, the boy holds up a cereal box and moans, 'Mom! We're outta Cheerios."...
A look of surprise crosses Avery's face, then she inhales stiffly... "Marco, hon, what do we do when we're out of Cheerios?"
Marco rolls his eyes. "The list."
"Right. We add it to the shopping list," she says, her tone pointed "I'm sure you'll find something else to eat in the meantime."
Marco mutters, "We're out of chips, too."
"Oh, the humanity," Avery says dryly. "Look I'll try to get to the grocery store later..."
- excerpted from Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt.
Very seldom do I actually laugh out loud when reading a book, but the mother's phrase of exasperation with her teen's complaint was truly chuckleworthy. In the past, when confronted with such a situation, my response probably would have been to say (or at least think) "First World Problem." But this response is better.
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