Some of these are so , so real .
The world will never feelquitelike it did pre-pandemic. There are definitely umpteen everyday, “normal” things that we totally took for granted pre-2020; but when I saw Reddit userHappyCaterpillar2409post in theAsk Redditpage toaskpeople, “What never came back after the pandemic?” I was honestly surprised by how many once-normal things I was already missing.
So, here are some of the best examples of things that disappeared during the pandemic that never quite came back!
1.“As a former second/third shifter: 24-hour stores. Getting off at 1:30 a.m. was a little better when I could stop at the store on the way home and get dinner.”
2.“Activities for patients in psychiatric hospitals. Before COVID, we had animators, zootherapy, a greenhouse, a cafe run by patients, volunteers, special guests, BBQ, etc.”
3.“I live in Los Angeles, and most places close by like 10 p.m. now. A lot of cafes that used to be open all night close early or have even closed down. As a night owl, it sucks.”
4.“My willingness to wear a bra.”
— u / GrrrYouBeast
5.“Affordable housing/rentals. Affordable goods and services. Affordable foods. Affordable shipping costs.”
6.“McDonald’s breakfast all day.”
7.“Civility among humans…”
— u / No_Maize_230
" I have noticed this too . More people have become disconnected and now everyone else is an ' NPC ' to them . The exit will get worse soon . masses will not need to help oneself others even in the face of starvation and exposure . "
— uracil / synapse187
8.“My full face of makeup. Pre-COVID, I used to spend 20 to 30 minutes every morning putting on a full face of makeup before work.”
9.“Shredded pepper jack cheese. I wish I were joking.”
10.“Decent flight options. Connections everywhere now!”
11.“Fully-staffed restaurants. They figured out they could run with a skeleton crew and never looked back.”
12.“The casual, spontaneous nature of pre-pandemic social gatherings.”
13.“Infection control in hospitals.”
14.“Trust in science, medicine, evidence-based thinking and decision-making, and rational thinking in general.”
15.“Zoom fatigue and burnout. Before the pandemic, Zoom was something you’d do for work, but now it’s like this unavoidable ‘virtual’ hangover.”
16.“My sense of smell.”
17.“Paper, sort of. My job went 100% digital during the lockdown, and will remain digital for the foreseeable future.”
18.“Watching new movies at home instead of the theater.”
19.“Respect and manners! I am a cashier that had to work the entire time and people are SO rude and entitled now!”
20.“Manners in general out in public. Talking on a mobile in public on speakerphone and talking during the movie at the cinema are the main ones that seem to have developed since COVID.”
21.“Definitely rental prices.”
22.“Driving etiquette.”
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