since when shopping at the mall is considered "ordinary"? is it the same ordinary as driving an suv 40 miles to work?

buying food is ordinary, "shopping" is not

I was referring to Ralph's comment about finding it hard to concentrate on work.

Huh? For as long as malls have been reasonably common, was shopping at them ever seen as anything but ordinary, that is, commonplace and banal? Now, driving 40 miles to work does happen, but more often it's just a meme cherry-picked by reporters seeking out maudlin stories. After all, average commute times seem to be less than half an hour, which in typical real-world traffic might get you 5-15 miles.