Hear hear. Not that you should go away, but that we should Rise Above It. I keep saying that...

Also, you can't (or at least please don't) judge people only by what they do in extremis. Normal times may have more normal behavior... and if you're new, as you say, you haven't had much of a chance to see us being Normal. (Not that most of us are standard, but you know what I mean, I hope.)