that almost nobody does what they're supposed to do

Now I'm starting to wonder if the whole country wasn't born under the sign of Mercury, but a retrograde one. Or, due to some special combination of circumstances, it constantly falls under its influence. Because what you wrote is so traditionally Bulgarian. Maybe the special period now only intensifies it.😂
I can't say whether I believe in astrology. Rather not, but nevertheless, by suggestion or something else, retrograde periods are really intense in terms of confusion. Well, in Bulgaria this is hard to notice, because it's like that every day 😃
But the fact that you noticed it is really something. I can only sympathize with you.