What are you missing & what are you appreciating?

[Narz]

What aspects of non-corona society do you miss the most?

I mostly miss gym, chess club, people watching, yoga classes, kava bar. In pretty much that order.

I'm appreciating less traffic in the streets and it might be placebo but the air smells better.

I also feel less social shame about being underemployed when a third of others also are.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I miss going out to a club and dancing. I miss my favorite pub and darts night with my friends.

I miss being able to go out on a date. I really miss that.

 

[Ajidica]

I am missing getting together with friends. It was fine for a couple weeks -God knows I have enough books and videogames- but it is starting to get to me.
I am also really starting to hate working remote. I can never get into my 'work-mind' as I'm working on my kitchen table, which means my bookshelf and worktable is always in my eyesight distracting me.
But I can't complain. I'm still working full time and work is unaffected by Covid19. If anything our business is going up thanks to financial volatility.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I miss happiness.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I miss going out to a club and dancing.

Have you tried dancing via video chat?

 

[Zkribbler]

Have you tried dancing via video chat?

Isn't that a lot like cyber sex?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Isn't that a lot like cyber sex?

I dunno. I might be willing to try it and see, though I guess I would need a webcam...

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Have you tried dancing via video chat?

Nah, there's Second Life for that if I was that desperate.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Nah, there's Second Life for that if I was that desperate.

Ah well, can't blame a guy for tryin'.

 

[Zardnaar]

D&D and family dinners at local restaurants.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

D&D and family dinners at local restaurants.

D&D seems like it would translate into an on-line activity a lot better than dancing would.

 

[Zardnaar]

D&D seems like it would translate into an on-line activity a lot better than dancing would.

It would. I'm not familiar with online tables, wife doesn't have a headset and not in the mood to play.

 

[Morty]

My office/place of work - it's a crappy, open plan space with fluorescent lighting and tiny windows, but I'm missing the general hubbub of people, phone calls, and general chit-chat.
I'm appreciating the shorter work days due to the lack of a commute - always appreciated the 30 minute drive as it was my time for a bit of headspace, but there's something satisfying about rolling out of bed at 8:30am and being at 'my desk' by 9am!

 

[Snerk]

I don't miss that much tbh, I have what I need.

 

[H4run]

I miss sense of security and stability. Appreciate the long "holiday", all the game hours, all the family time.

 

[Samson]

I am missing human contact, which I would normally get at work and down the pub, and dates. I also am not getting the variety and volume of food, particularly fruit and vegetables, that I have got used to in recent years.

I am saving loads of money, principally from not commuting and not drinking in the pub. I quite like having the time to do proper cooking, rather than rushing what I can when I get home from work.

 

[Gorbles]

I miss the office. We had a good bunch of folks in there, and though most of them are being made redundant in August (separate thing, though no less sucky) I was really looking forward to having a last few months together with them in-person. We're all still working, from home, and communicate daily, but it's not the same thing.

I kinda miss what social life I had left, but it was very hard to juggle that with children for the time being. Definitely going to miss a couple of events that would've happened this year (that probably shouldn't go ahead, even if we're technically allowed by June / July), they're the only kind of times a lot of my social circle (increasingly married and / or with children) get to get together.

 

[amadeus]

I miss the peace of mind I once had.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I miss taking the train.

 

[Snerk]

I miss news about news.