OT: COVID long term lifestyle changes?

[Yardigan]

See, the issue with “never have to wait in line” is that there are like 2 lanes open at the grocery store

That's why I use the self-scan and bag as you shop method. The stores we go to have a corral of self checkout registers, rarely if ever a line. What's changed for me about grocery shopping is, we used to do it Saturday afternoon. During the worst of it, we tried several different times/dates and settled on Monday evening. Less crowded and usually pretty well stocked meat and produce (which is the main reason to go in the first place).

 

[M.S.G.]

Pretty confident we will be in masks most if not all of next school year…

In other news, I got 30 mins into a lesson on “Harrison Bergeron” on the last day of summer school, realized noooooooo one was interested, said screw it and put on Back to the Future… none of my ten students had ever seen it, a travesty!

 

[Husky Alien]

Nah. I'm one who instinctively goes for the handshake and am frequently thwarted midway by the guys who go for the bro hug and it turns awkward.

LMAO!

 

[Husky Alien]

This thread is making me wonder if we should do a separate thread on the different kinds of handshakes and when or where they are used. The business shake, the double shake, the handshake into bro hug, handshake into left hand on the side of shoulder all come to mind.

Don't forget the elbow bump. AFLAC!

 

[husky429]

Pretty confident we will be in masks most if not all of next school year…

In other news, I got 30 mins into a lesson on “Harrison Bergeron” on the last day of summer school, realized noooooooo one was interested, said screw it and put on Back to the Future… none of my ten students had ever seen it, a travesty!

Play the movie 2049!

 

[CL82]

Don't forget the elbow bump. AFLAC!

Yup and the fist bump, I guess.

FWIW I freaking hate the elbow bump. I'd rather just do nothing. Not a huge fan of the fist bump in a business setting, but the elbow bump is an abomination.

 

[Husky Alien]

Yup and the fist bump, I guess.

FWIW I freaking hate the elbow bump. I'd rather just do nothing. Not a huge fan of the fist bump in a business setting, but the elbow bump is an abomination.

AGREE!

 

[Madmannsucks]

Neither will I

My plan was to retire-Now, I work from home, so I have no problem working-set up an office and have a TV-let's face it. Retirement would have been mostly sitting around watching TV. My boss is trying to get me to fill out a "career path"....Not gonna happen. If they change the approach from what's in it for me, to what's in it for them?.....I might do it. No drive. no wardrobe.....

 

[Madmannsucks]

They are active at Whole Foods here in Denver

You're in Denver-Aurora here.

 

[Yardigan]

My plan was to retire-Now, I work from home, so I have no problem working-set up an office and have a TV-let's face it. Retirement would have been mostly sitting around watching TV. My boss is trying to get me to fill out a "career path"....Not gonna happen. If they change the approach from what's in it for me, to what's in it for them?.....I might do it. No drive. no wardrobe.....

Agree with this...been working at home for years and life wouldn't be that much different retired...so may as well keep getting paid for it as long as they are up to it....

 

[Lefty2one]

Beg to differ down here where I am the line for self check out is often longer than the regular lines.

The problem is Boomers also love self-checkout and they spend 10 minutes checking out for a dozen items. My favorite is the folks paying with cash and exact change at self-checkout.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Pretty confident we will be in masks most if not all of next school year…

In other news, I got 30 mins into a lesson on “Harrison Bergeron” on the last day of summer school, realized noooooooo one was interested, said screw it and put on Back to the Future… none of my ten students had ever seen it, a travesty!

What state is that where kids and staff will be wearing masks this upcoming school year?

 

[phillionaire]

The problem is Boomers also love self-checkout and they spend 10 minutes checking out for a dozen items. My favorite is the folks paying with cash and exact change at self-checkout.

You should need to have a license to use the self checkout lanes and I will die on that hill.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I expect to be more "hybrid" work from home than before (I stopped going in on Fridays long ago). May not go back at all. Depends on what the facility changes look like. My home office though, is much improved. Dual monitors, sit stand desk, great chair.

Handshakes...they seem to be back. I don't need them, but if a hand comes out, I'm not going to refuse, that's just lame.
I'm not changing any behavior. Didn't use curbside from groceries and have no interest. I did try it at Home Depot, and having four 40 pound bags of water softener salt delivered to my car isn't bad. But I'm not that lazy, so will probably not use it. I'm pleased most stores now support tapping your phone or credit card.

I think other things will change, my town is going to become more crowded I expect. Traffic is already worse here in the suburbs. I think Covid just accelerated trends that were coming anyway. Anything that can be digitized is going to be digitized. I expect retail banks to shut a lot of branches. These virtual restaurants (mostly wing places it seems) are interesting.

 

[HuskyHawk]

My plan was to retire-Now, I work from home, so I have no problem working-set up an office and have a TV-let's face it. Retirement would have been mostly sitting around watching TV. My boss is trying to get me to fill out a "career path"....Not gonna happen. If they change the approach from what's in it for me, to what's in it for them?.....I might do it. No drive. no wardrobe.....

Agree with this...been working at home for years and life wouldn't be that much different retired...so may as well keep getting paid for it as long as they are up to it....

I expected to be 5 years away from retirement. But told my wife and friends, if they let me keep working from my future retirement location (Cape Cod possibly), I'll keep going longer. At some point though I'm going to need less stress. So I may not work quite the way I do now. I want to be able to take two weeks off and go to Europe. I can't do that now.

 

[the Q]

Why do you all hate the bow?

Simple. Effective. Sanitary

 

[Ant3411]

My opinion is things are going to be back to normal pretty quickly (if they have not already) and the COVID threat will be a distant memory. Flex work schedule and washing hands more might be here to stay but let's get back out there people...

I went out in NYC last night for the first time since pre-covid, and NYC was lively as ever...and i forgot how much fun it was to do things like that.

 

[Dove]

Was at LL Bean Outlet in Freeport on Monday. It's like COVID never happened. I was really freaked out by the mob there. I left.

 

[HooperScooper]

Really? Link?

I guess I should have been more clear. They're saying you should still wash your hands but that the chances of getting COVID from surfaces is extremely low. So all that hand sanitizer you see everywhere isn't needed.

Has the Era of Overzealous Cleaning Finally Come to an End? (Published 2021)

This week, the C.D.C. acknowledged what scientists have been saying for months: The risk of catching the coronavirus from surfaces is low.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Palatine]

The biggest change so far has been the censorship of skeptical information. Interesting to see if that takes hold.

 

[Waquoit]

The biggest change so far has been the censorship of skeptical information. Interesting to see if that takes hold.

I got 2 days on the beach for politics.

 

[UCSouth]

You should need to have a license to use the self checkout lanes and I will die on that hill.

Lowes will give you 10% off at self checkout if you ask them about a discount. Other than that, someone is ringing up and bagging my stuff. Full price, full service.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The biggest change so far has been the censorship of skeptical information. Interesting to see if that takes hold.

Tough to look around and say that's been the "biggest" change. Also "skeptical" is a hell of a euphemism.

Pre-Covid I was in the office for at least part of 6 days every week, if not 7. I don't see myself ever going back to that. And I doubt I'll be doing 5 day weeks in the office. The biggest thing I've learned is that I can be productive from home.

 

[phillionaire]

Lowes will give you 10% off at self checkout if you ask them about a discount. Other than that, someone is ringing up and bagging my stuff. Full price, full service.

I didn’t know that, that’s a good deal. I always use self checkout because I’m a misanthrope.

 

[mussels]

Why do you all hate the bow?

Simple. Effective. Sanitary

No hate here - in the Rip Hamilton era the Huskies used to bow to one another to recognize an assist or a great play. Was very fun to watch.

 

[CL82]

No hate here - in the Rip Hamilton era the Huskies used to bow to one another to recognize an assist or a great play. Was very fun to watch.

I think that was just Rip and Freeman, IIRC. It was fun to watch.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

What about third party food delivery? Postmates.... GrubHub...etc.

I think they struggle going forward. I really didn't like food delivery. Expensive and cold. If a restaurant did their own delivery it seemed to work. They cared more about the customer experience. Third party not so much. I had too many late deliveries and cold $50 pizzas to keep using these services.

 

[superjohn]

What about third party food delivery? Postmates.... GrubHub...etc.

I think they struggle going forward. I really didn't like food delivery. Expensive and cold. If a restaurant did their own delivery it seemed to work. They cared more about the customer experience. Third party not so much. I had too many late deliveries and cold $50 pizzas to keep using these services.

Sit down restaurants don't like doing delivery and pickup and they all hate third party delivery apps. I urge everyone to go out to eat, go to your locals instead of fast food/chains, and never use third party delivery apps.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I expect to be more "hybrid" work from home than before (I stopped going in on Fridays long ago). May not go back at all. Depends on what the facility changes look like. My home office though, is much improved. Dual monitors, sit stand desk, great chair.

Handshakes...they seem to be back. I don't need them, but if a hand comes out, I'm not going to refuse, that's just lame.
I'm not changing any behavior. Didn't use curbside from groceries and have no interest. I did try it at Home Depot, and having four 40 pound bags of water softener salt delivered to my car isn't bad. But I'm not that lazy, so will probably not use it. I'm pleased most stores now support tapping your phone or credit card.

I think other things will change, my town is going to become more crowded I expect. Traffic is already worse here in the suburbs. I think Covid just accelerated trends that were coming anyway. Anything that can be digitized is going to be digitized. I expect retail banks to shut a lot of branches. These virtual restaurants (mostly wing places it seems) are interesting.

Traffic where I live has been worst I've ever seen.

Every hotel and condo is packed with tourists and car traffic is unbelievably bad. Roads normally just holding locals traffic are getting backed up 2-2.5 miles and making 10 min drives turn in to one hour drives.

 

[Chin Diesel]

What about third party food delivery? Postmates.... GrubHub...etc.

I think they struggle going forward. I really didn't like food delivery. Expensive and cold. If a restaurant did their own delivery it seemed to work. They cared more about the customer experience. Third party not so much. I had too many late deliveries and cold $50 pizzas to keep using these services.

Only thing I like or have used is the grocery delivery to the car. That is a great time saver if rolling up and having groceries brought to you.