Apr 9th 2020, 4:12:21
can coffee shops ever go back to lineups and filled cafe of readers, writers, appointments and study spaces? will food courts ever reopen after social distancing is lifted? busses and trains seating arrangements put riders within inches and in most large cities the transportation system is frequently busy having standing passengers almost touching each other. some of the problems in the last 30 years include groping on the subway, thefts by pickpocketers, vandalism, contamination, pushing to name a few. unacceptable before the coronavirus became a crisis, will this risk behavior be possible after these measures go away?
business will never return to a new normal. not in the way normal was in the 1990s and 2000s. freedom to spit, chew and swallow in front of the public, buying hot dogs at the stadium and throwing popcorn should not happen again. ketchup and mustard out all day on somebody's windowsill being shared with hundreds of people at one point was part of my lunch on a regular day and i regret that it may never be allowed again. saurkrout, corn, onion and mushrooms are favourites of mine. in fact there were lineups to order italian, polish or german dogs.
it appears that getting sick is happening more easily than in the past. whether it is the air, quality of water, pollution, lack of sunlight, there are things we have to change to get better. there are things we have to give up. if it's sports, movie theatres, airplanes that's what it's got to be. we're going to hide in a while like Jonah when the trees grow back the air is breathable and we can go back to Ninevah again.
