Rant about people and COVID19 (mostly people)

vienna · 04-13-20, 02:23 AM

The Walmart store I went also has the tape markings on the floor and the queue outside the door, six feet apart waiting to get in; some stores like Walmart have begun to allow only so many persons per square footage to be in the store at the same time, so it a 'one out, one in' process; once inside the Walmart, almost without exception, people were trying to maintain distance while shopping; I did notice some of the younger shoppers seemed to give seniors, like myself, a wider berth than other shoppers when we approach; there may be some good from this, after all...

I am also not a social person and tend to prefer my own company, both in the real world on online; in my last job, when I said I didn't use social media at all, a coworker asked "Why Not?"; one of the other workers who had known me for a few years said "Oh, he's waiting until some one comes up with "Anti-social Media"...

I use to enjoy taking walks because LA is such a car city the sidewalks are very often fairly wide open; now, with the lock down, more people with nowhere to drive to are walking around their neighborhoods; I don't recall seeing the amount of foot traffic on the local side streets as I have in recent weeks; noticeable has been the reduction of people glued to their cell phone locally; I guess if you're not planning social meets or calling ride shares, or going to restaurants and sending photos of whatever it is you're eating, cell hones just don't have much purpose other than the mundane phone call...

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04-13-20, 02:23 AM	#15
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	The Walmart store I went also has the tape markings on the floor and the queue outside the door, six feet apart waiting to get in; some stores like Walmart have begun to allow only so many persons per square footage to be in the store at the same time, so it a 'one out, one in' process; once inside the Walmart, almost without exception, people were trying to maintain distance while shopping; I did notice some of the younger shoppers seemed to give seniors, like myself, a wider berth than other shoppers when we approach; there may be some good from this, after all... I am also not a social person and tend to prefer my own company, both in the real world on online; in my last job, when I said I didn't use social media at all, a coworker asked "Why Not?"; one of the other workers who had known me for a few years said "Oh, he's waiting until some one comes up with "Anti-social Media"... I use to enjoy taking walks because LA is such a car city the sidewalks are very often fairly wide open; now, with the lock down, more people with nowhere to drive to are walking around their neighborhoods; I don't recall seeing the amount of foot traffic on the local side streets as I have in recent weeks; noticeable has been the reduction of people glued to their cell phone locally; I guess if you're not planning social meets or calling ride shares, or going to restaurants and sending photos of whatever it is you're eating, cell hones just don't have much purpose other than the mundane phone call... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 04-13-20 at 05:05 AM.