Poll of the Day > How has Covid-19 changed your activities

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How has Covid-19 affected your weekend activities

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It has changed the variety of things I cook at work, and it's increased the number of things that annoy me in my daily life.

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Work as a teacher is a lot different.

I've stopped going to restaurants.

Grocery store visits are once every two weeks now, and feel like a dangerous event.

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I no longer accompany my spouse to the store.

That's it.

Biggest difference is being home all the time.

Once back to work I wont be able to go for my usual place for lunch

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I already worked from home full time. I just had to buy a Chuck Norris total gym instead of going to the real gym for the time being. Also not playing pick up hockey weekly anymore. But other than that, business as usual

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Everything is different compared to a year ago.

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Only a little. Pubs and cinemas are closed and I can't go out on long walks but other than that nothing has changed.

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I have wanted Chinese food for about 2 months now.

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They're very much different as I used to go out all the time when I could, now I'm stuck inside on the weekends.

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Not too much of a difference for me.

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I'm still working every weekend but I'm home earlier.

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No difference. Well, assuming weekend in terms of days off from work and not the normal weekend, because I was working weekends up until march.

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In March I spent $230 in gas for my car.

In the past 30 days I've spent $100 in gas, and most of that was for the lawn mower.

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I work weekends so other than a slower start and not having non-grocery stores to go to, there's no real change on my end. Gas is cheap but I rarely spend more than $30 a month anyway.

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Working from home instead of the office. Covering up my face when I am going to the store. Only hanging out with one friend as opposed to a few. Driving a lot less in general. Not going out to any concerts or movies or social events.

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I eat out, and work less, plus wearing a mask to buy groceries. Otherwise it's exactly the same.

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Entity13 posted...

it's increased the number of things that annoy me in my daily life.

This pretty much.
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There have been some changes at the Safeway where I work to accommodate soical distancing, wearing facial coverings, closing down certain self-service areas.

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Way less gatherings... On the upside, way less beer and food consumption!

Very different. Prior to COVID-19, every Friday evening I meet with my Scout troop and often volunteer for something on the weekends or hang out with friends. Now I just stay home and play video games or take care of house stuff.

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faramir77 posted...

Grocery store visits are once every two weeks now, and feel like a dangerous event.

Yeah, but how's about that traffic!

That's the only thing that's been better for me- Commutes from work that would take me an hour - hour and a half now take me 20-25 minutes each way.

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Well, my stepdad is sick with something, and my mom has begun to experience a sore throat. My mom and I used to coordinate with one another each week for our grocery needs, but that won't be the case this week. I'm hoping Covid won't be to blame for future weeks. Mind you, we were careful, especially for my stepdad's sake; only going to necessary places, with masks on, and sanitizing what we needed to before and afterward.

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I'm stuck doing a job I didn't really intend on staying at. Had a business venture lined up over the summer but everything's canceled so I'm going to finish up the contract I'm currently on. Had to move in with a homie since I was trying to time everything so that I'd be done with my previous lease just in time to start the venture (would've been traveling a lot).

Working from home now, that's great. Not being able to go to the bar or eat out has been a bit of a bummer but now I have a reason to be a a wild recluse. I haven't shaved since early March. I look like some crazy mountain hermit.

Family bugging me more than usual as a result of them getting bored at home but beyond that no change.

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It made my skin on my hands crack due to the corrosive properties of soap and constantly washing my hands.

wwinterj25 posted...

I can't go out on long walks

Why not?

@L0Z
corrosive properties of soap

Washing with acetone might be a bad idea?

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peanutt121 posted...

corrosive properties of soap

Washing with acetone might be a bad idea?

Could be a skin condition maybe?

I can't wash my hands all the time without massive eczema flare ups that render my hands not only useless but in extreme pain. Even for days after adjusting the amount I'm washing my hands.

I play games.

games.. games never changes.

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LeetCheet posted...

This pretty much.

yeah it feels like it's easier for me to get irritated and annoyed now because there's a lot less for anyone to do except chores around the house browsing the web playing video games eating and sleeping

but after awhile doing the same thing over and over again with nothing to look forward to becomes a major bummer

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Nothing really different. Im not a nervous wreck so I dont really even think about it.

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Somewhat different.

I haven't had gatherings.

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I no longer drive to the train station, park (and pay for one of those parking permits), catch the train, walk to the specific university building my tutorial's in, walk to the room the tutorial's in, walk to the train station, catch the train, then drive home.

So this is better for my wallet, but not so good for my physical health...walking to, between, and from university used to be most of my walking, so not being able to do that isn't great.

used to hit up taco bell for lunch/dinner every time i went to go food shopping
stopped playing pokemong go as much as i used to because of the virus
increased gaming inside the home due to lockdown.

supposed to get 1 activity back on monday if tourists don't screw it up again, though my dog is getting on in years so it's harder to motivate her to doing what she loves again.
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ChaosAzeroth posted...

Could be a skin condition maybe?

I can't wash my hands all the time without massive eczema flare ups that render my hands not only useless but in extreme pain. Even for days after adjusting the amount I'm washing my hands.

I was jokingly asking because at my job I used to be exposed to serious acetone fumes and would have the same problem on my skin just because of the fumes. A very painful experience and peeling large chunks of dead skin in crinkly sheets was very little fun either.

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