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I agree that the sign of peace is disruptive. I have seen it done at the start of mass, wich seems more appropriate. Also the prayers after communiion ought to be longer, maybe a longer prayer of thanksgiving. As it is, the communion service ends abruptly.

Simply come to the Latin Mass. There is no "sign of peace" among the congregation (although there is between the priest and the deacon at a solemn high Mass). The time during and after communion is much longer, allowing plenty of time for thanksgiving reflections.
1. Only priests or deacons distribute commmunion so it can take longer if there are a lot of people receiving.
2. There is a much more elaborate cleansing of the vessels which takes a significant amount of time.
3. There is a signicant chunk of Mass left afterwards, including more prayers by the priest and the Last Gospel. After Low Mass there are the Leonine prayers (St. Michael etc.).
4. Most parishioners make a silent thanksgiving after Mass rather than rushing to the doors or standing in church talking.

Oh, I do fell comfortable at a Latin Mass. The last one I attended was a schismatic mass in Amsterdam. I also feel at home in a "new mass" where it is done properly, without the liturgical hotdogging that some priests love. All that is required is that the sign of peace not be done in a "folksy,how is your Aunt Mabel" way that the EEM be fewer and that the priest remained seated for several minutes after communion. He should gives the EEMs time to clean the sacred vessels and given them time to return to their seats in the congregation.

I don't know if it's a personal quirk that I have developed recently or something else, but I've gotten to the point where I can't stand the way some people act during Novus Ordo Masses. For example, when people are significantly out of sync with everyone else when responding, when responding, saying "God" instead of male personal pronouns, speaking loudly when people are trying to pray before and after Mass, etc. I've gotten the same way with saying the Rosary in a group, but that's more that I want to meditate more on the mysteries than anything else.