A particularly extreme Mercury Retrograde period, such that even trivial communication fails spectacularly. Packages are delivered incorrectly, e-mailed messages are lost to the electronic void, and civilization crumbles as confused citizens squint, confused and helpless, at text messages that were sent hours late to the wrong person.
A. S. Mercury retrograde ends tonight 11:21 pm PST
Amy A. IMHO, this one has been particularly "retrogrady"!
Chris H. @Amy - I'd go so far as to say "retrotarded".