A season of seasonings

1. As we all know, meteorological summer includes the warmest months and astronomical summer runs from the June solstice to September's equinox. (Just call me Mr. Science.)  The season that we celebrate the most, though, begins with the first barbecue on Memorial Day and continues through the final feast on Labor Day. Gastronomical Summer!! As of today, it's a thing.
2. Live theater is the only business where, if the product fails, they say the customer was too stupid to understand it. 
3. It’s really frustrating when you can’t find something online and you can’t reach anyone by phone, so you get up and go to the government office to get help and wait in line and, when you get to the front of the line, the clerk looks at the same website that didn't work for you in the first place.
4. I was at the Apple store getting my phone fixed. Normally, I’d keep busy during the wait by checking things on my phone, but…
5. I find it challenging to listen to a story when the person telling it uses passive voice. I never know exactly who it was that it all happened to after the event came to pass.
6. We oldsters still talk about “inflation,” but our kids have no idea what that is. Ditto for dialing a phone. (And soon, “a phone call.”)
7. Now that I'm woke, I see things differently. Recently, I saw two guys on a boat with four women. In the old days, I'd think, "lucky guys." Now I think, "three couples."
8. On the first floor of the office building, where the coffee shop is located, there is a restroom that is open to the public. Upstairs, after you have shown your i.d. and walked through the metal detector, the bathroom is locked and you need to obtain a passcode to use it. What do they think you were hiding, and where, when you went through security?