Not talking about politicians or who's going to be re-elected or stay in power. More of the practical day to day effects for the next 5-10 years (after which I think we'll forget this all and move on). Like after 9/11, airport security got all jacked up and strict. What do you think is going to happen? Are people going to be more cold, distant and standoffish? Less crowds?
Also, on the job front....they have really showed how dispensable basically everyone is. Will people be less loyal to their corporations and companies after seeing how when shit goes down, they will be left in the dirt?
I may keep more practical survival stuff in my storage locker. Get masks, sanitizers, etc. I have a bidet toilet, so I don't use that much TP to be honest. May try to buy some heavier duty masks too...like industrial
I'm hoping people stop being filthy. I've bitched for years about businesses that lock their bathroom and give you a key on a piece of pipe or wood. Once I had to pick up my wife at the airport and stopped at a gas station on the corner of Tropicana and the airport and I had to go. Lady handed me the key and I took it...opened the bathroom and set the key down. Washed my hands and then went to the bathroom. Washed my hands again after I was done and opened the door with a paper towel and leaned in and grabbed the key with the paper towel. Walked back up front and handed her the key still holding it with the towel. She took it from me and THEN asked if I dropped it in the toilet or something. I said no, they probably hand this key to 500 people a day and I have no idea what they did with it or if they washed their hands. She looked horrified and I said " I bet you get sick all the time don't you?" She said yes...I said there ya go.
Oh.... my wife hands her damn phone to people all over the place with apple pay or some other shit. I tell her that's gross bit she doesn't seem to care.
Probably a lot more people will work from home. Perhaps an exodus to the boonies now and less of an attraction of dense city life? End of the office?
I'll add that I see a ton of dudes who either don't wash or just run their hands under water for a hot second and then walk out.
This. My favorite one was leaving the stall at the same time as another guy at Sunset Station. Dude walked right out without washing his hands. I washed my hands and walked out and he was with a bunch of middle aged women. I caught one of the women's eye as I walked by and rubbed my hands and whispered "he didn't wash his hands" and shook my head no. She looked sick...I laughed. I'm an asshole but that shit is nasty.
Yeah IF they do that. She hands it to the people at Starbucks all the time so they can scan something. If they all used NFC or whatever it is that would be fine.
Jesus this just reminded me. My wife likes to point out people who pick their nose when we are at a stoplight. I've looked and watched people young and old and everything in between pick their nose and eat it. For the life of me I never understood why anyone would do that.
I need one. Mine get long and she won't notice until we are on our way out to see some friends and then she'll tell me my nose hairs are too long. I'll grab them and pull them out in the car and throw them out the window. I wonder what people who've seen me thought is wrong with me.
