What’s something you actually miss from covid times?
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I called in sick to work recently and realised how much I missed employers taking illness so seriously.
What’s something you actually miss from covid?
Sport220@reddit
Going for a drive and it actually being enjoyable
welovetulips@reddit
It was a lovely summer
Ok_Cow_3431@reddit
it's quite tin-foil hat but I'm convinced the gorgeous summer(s) we had during covid were due to less particulate matter in the air from traffic and flight exhausts. Less particulate matter and it's harder for clouds to seed.
Chevalitron@reddit
Same thing happened after 9/11, all planes grounded, less pollution, glorious sunshine.
Ok_Cow_3431@reddit
Just a fuck tonne of dust particles from the towers dropping I guess..
electricmohair@reddit
Well not in the UK
DevOfTheTimes@reddit
I was a care worker, wish I could say the same
Iamthe0c3an2@reddit
It was wasn’t it?
carolomnipresence@reddit
The peace and quiet, the birds singing.
lj523@reddit
There was a blackbird that appeared in the gardens that back onto mine that would occasionally sing the main riff to one of my favourite songs. My wife and I would go out for a smoke in the morning and listen and laugh every time it sang the riff. I miss that bird.
Terrible_Biscotti_14@reddit
Haha this reminds me of my lockdown blackbird, he‘d wait outside for me in the morning and periodically through the day he’d appear for more food, if I wasn‘t fast enough he’d charge at my feet and make a right racket. He’d also randomly appear behind me while I’d be hanging out the washing, I’d step back and narrowly avoid squishing the daft twat.
thekittysays@reddit
The lack of car noise was so nice. I wish we could live without cars, the constant thrum of traffic really grates on me.
Bring able to hear so much bird song was lush.
GlitteringMulberry69@reddit
i live on a busy main road and the silence was crazy. a few cars every hour maybe went by. was loooovely
RoyalyMcBooty@reddit
On this, and maybe it was psychological...but I swear the air felt fresher!
pajamakitten@reddit
Less air pollution. I work in the NHS and walk to work, you could taste the difference in air quality. Sadly, it was back to normal two days after lockdown ended.
ElChupanibre56@reddit
Air pollutant concentrations across the country got measurably better. Although there has been a rebound in many areas, pollutant concentrations in general are still lower than before the start of the pandemic!
PennyyPickle@reddit
The water in the canal became crystal clear and you could see fish in it. It usually looks like chocolate milk.
thekittysays@reddit
I think so too. And it makes sense, fewer cars on the road means less fumes in the air and better air quality.
manual_typewriter@reddit
Same. We live on a VERY busy A road. The lack of traffic was beautiful.
johnlooksscared@reddit
This. I had a heart issue and was advised by the hispitals to walk every day. Lovely weather, no cars and no people so the walking was great and im sure aided my recovery
mward1984@reddit
The weather was insanely good that year.
beavertownneckoil@reddit
I had 2 Eurasian Jay's visit my small city garden regularly
BabyAlibi@reddit
Gosh it was wasn't it. Everyone was outside, building new decks and bars and getting hot tubs and a tan.
Not me 🙄 I already worked from home. I missed the whole bloody covid summer of love.
Mispict@reddit
I worked from home while my partner was furloughed and my college age children did nothing. It was shite. We live in a flat so no outside space.
Nervous-Power-9800@reddit
Christ, same, minus the kids, ex partner went radio rental within about two weeks of being furloughed so i broke all the rules and dropped her off at her mums for "a few weeks"so I could work in peace.
Realised how much happier I was without having her consuming my bandwidth. She never came back.
dorset_is_beautiful@reddit
Yup. My workload increased massively to the point where I nearly burned out through stress. The welsh government lockdowns denied me my usual stress releaving hikes in the mountains.
Meanwhile my neighbours had a lovely time boozing and sunbathing on furlough.
mimeycat@reddit
Same. Our team had to go down to 4 1/2 days a week for one month, that was it. Didn’t mind it so much, I’d have rather had my full salary than full time furlough/redundancy!
ShortGuitar7207@reddit
Endless sunny days, perfect for walking since that's all you were allowed to do.
CumUppanceToday@reddit
Those of us who lived in flats and worked from home weren't allowed to enjoy it.
Alert-Performance199@reddit
Yup, was awful
Effelumps@reddit
This is really understated. City dweller here by main road of ambulances one after another. The front area was filled with hundreds of runners exercising and then random people using our flats communal garden.
It was substantially busier where I live and for a quite a while. A truly horrible time, trapped and isolated.
As for the postives, making sure that my peeps were alright, them me, and the cleaner environment about I suppose. Hope your situation has got better now.
Human-Pomegranate849@reddit
...and even lovelier Spring!
lostnov04@reddit
This.
I'm sure the Spring was even nicer....
123twiglets@reddit
Time didn't really make sense so it was basically a lovely spring/summer blend until we all had to go back to work
Astro-Butt@reddit
I had a 6 month old when covid hit and we live right by lots of open fields and nice walks so for me most of my days were spent outside with the baby in a carrier just walking around with the dog. The downside is that no baby/toddler groups were open so missed a lot of those kinds of interactions.
pajamakitten@reddit
I maintain that if the weather was proper shit then people would have given up on lockdown much earlier. People would have gone stir-crazy with cabin fever if they could not go for a walk.
IansGotNothingLeft@reddit
It really was lovely. I have so many pictures and videos of us in the garden. I think that was the last real summer we spent out there because my daughter got too old to play with bugs and paddling pools.
KitFan2020@reddit
It really was a gorgeous summer!
mycatiscalledFrodo@reddit
Yes! The kids were in the paddling pool in May, and practically everyday during summer. And we we had snow that winter
Impressive-Type3250@reddit
the stillness of life
no fomo bc everyone was at home
being indoors 24/7
covid weather (earth must have been healing)
empty public trasport on days where i went into office
wfh
money from saved working home and outside being closed
eat out to help out
people wearing masks
people making an effort not to cough and splutter their germy particles everywhere
learxqueen@reddit
People clapping for NHS workers.
Nah, just kidding. What a slap in the face that was.
AlfonsoBonzo@reddit
How kinder people were to each other, less conspiracy theory nutcases, the quiet street, the return of animals.
Chidoribraindev@reddit
Ridiculously rose-tinted glasses lol like covid had few conspiracy theories
AlfonsoBonzo@reddit
I meant the rise of the Middle Aged white man conspiracy obsession that is currently everywhere.
That was my experience of it all. I do apologise if it doesn’t match with your own.
newfor2023@reddit
The what now?
Sigh_Bapanaada@reddit
Oh you're very fortunate not to see it, during and after covid, the number of conspiracy nutters skyrocketed because people had time to "educate" themselves.
bunini555@reddit
Couldn't agree more. I was in deep with it all.
Far too much time for an inquisitive mind and the wrong avenues of bullshit to be wandering down. Didn't help having mates as COVID deniers too :/
Spent half the time trying to prove them wrong! Haha
Sigh_Bapanaada@reddit
Yeah youtube is dangerous, so many don't realise that a mildly charismatic person who knows 5% of a topic but speaks like they know 95% is incredibly dangerous. Half of the nutters (more, probably) genuinely believed the shit they spouted and most of it was just denying anything that was said by an authority and claiming the opposite must be true.
My wife is a doctor who brought home horror stories and lost multiple colleagues to covid directly. I cut ties with several friends as a result of their ignorant ramblings, with some even suggesting my wife was coached and made up the stories she told me. I'm completely sympathetic towards not trusting the politicians, but why the fuck didn't people trust the scientists?
Multiple people putting statuses of "if you believe X, Y and Z then just unfriend me now". Yes mate I will do exactly that, thanks for outing yourself as a moron so I don't waste any more time.
bunini555@reddit
Wow man. Sounds shit. Sorry those people were belle ds to you and your wonderful doctor wife. Huge respect for her and her profession.
I just argued the toss constantly with people, especially my mates and still do now to a point.
As you say, the amount of nonsense information shoved in people's faces was insane.
minipainteruk@reddit
I'm remembering people who worked in the health care sector tell me that I shouldn't get the vaccine because it wasn't safe because they'd read it on Facebook, and how this was all orchestrated as population control.
The conspiracy theories were wild.
Joey_Sparx@reddit
I’m not being funny but people had every right to question the vaccine.
Chidoribraindev@reddit
Having the right is one thing but people just lack the humility to accept if you have no fucking clue about a topic, your questioning and shouting is not helpful.
minipainteruk@reddit
Question? Sure. I can understand people being nervous about new medicines and vaccines, especially during a pandemic.
But social media was rife with average people spreading misinformation and anti-vax nonsense, thinking they knew better than vaccine scientists and medical professionals. Do you remember people claiming there were microchips in the vaccines? It was insane!
Sigh_Bapanaada@reddit
Oh didn't you hear? We all died 3 years ago.
Then, 3 years ago, it turned out we'd all die in 2-3 years.
I'm still waiting for this mass genocide they're claiming rhe vaccine will cause. It's almost like their decision not to get it was irresponsible and cuntish after all!
dl064@reddit
I feel this whole thread, people should have to tick a box acknowledging a lot of people died alone.
naitch44@reddit
Dead roads
Churro_Dude_666@reddit
Playing Red Dead Redemption 2 every day and living life vicariously through Arthur Morgan
PhilOakeysFringe@reddit
Actually believing the world gave a shit about people with M.E./CFS/Long Covid.
3crownking@reddit
It was the best weather the UK has seen in recent memory
ForeignTurnover45@reddit
I appreciate everyone had different experiences but those with positive memories are mainly people who were being paid to not work...
Just remember that covid and lockdowns are a massive factor in why we are now in this period of decline and excessive costs.
Dazzling-Ad6085@reddit
People seemed to be kinder and getting to my visits to see my patients in a quarter of the time
Andi_Lou_Who@reddit
Playing Animal Crossing New Horizons online with a bunch of friends every day. That wholesome game got me through some bleak times.
cat757_@reddit
Omg this was me! I bought a switch the day before lockdown, I was then promptly furloughed so hello animal crossing!
EddieIzzardOnToast@reddit
Me too! I can’t believe how much time I spent digging up and replanting orange trees in hindsight.
Optimal_Tension9657@reddit
Oh I loved doing that. It was a great way to “see” my grown up daughters and grandson .
MonkeyHamlet@reddit
You might enjoy this;
https://shows.acast.com/comfort-blanket/episodes/animal-crossing-with-ellie-gibson
Beneficial-Pitch-430@reddit
Hot weather, no work, no obligations, most things I needed were still being delivered, 80% pay.
MhazardousH@reddit
How quiet the roads were. How ‘fresh’ the air felt. Walks in the evening sun. The sense of community and looking out for your neighbours.
ImpressNice299@reddit
Walks in the evening sun, as long as you were less than 5 miles home or else the police would chase you down with a drone. The sense of community, everybody grassing on each other for such crimes as having a neighbour over.
Shoddy-Computer2377@reddit
The problem with this was that people "stayed local", meaning they all piled into the same places where there was antisocial behaviour and social distancing went straight out the window.
If you got in your car and drove 10 miles to walk in the woods by yourself, they called in Albert Pierrepoint.
But if you rode your bike to the same place? That's your daily exercise, crack on, enjoy.
juliahmusic@reddit
I remember watching football matches on TV, and they would add fake crowd sounds and it was weird
inevitablelizard@reddit
If like me you were willing to spend the whole day out walking and live not too far from a national park it was absolute bliss. Police could do nothing and I got out into deserted bits of countryside I had to myself.
Come to think of it it's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life, and I really do miss it.
dl064@reddit
My friend got sent home by police because they'd seen him outside earlier.
Holeysweaterguy@reddit
Good times
lardarz@reddit
Getting in my government approved 60 mins of exercise on my bike on totally empty roads in the sunshine. Never been fitter.
Vespa_Alex@reddit
Though there wasn’t actually a time limit in any of the legislation
Realistic-Muffin-165@reddit
No and I am amazed folk still think this. Was it not an off the cuff comment at a press conference.
bacon_cake@reddit
It's a bit like the belief that that non-essential businesses had to close... which was never a requirement.
The only (parts of) businesses required to close were the public facing elements of non-essential businesses. Literally every other company was always allowed to carry on operating if it was safe to do so (a criteria that was never explained). It was only because furlough was so generous that so many places just stopped operating.
I remember overhearing an argument outside my window one morning when two guys were up early loading their car for work and my neighbour shouting at them "NOBODY'S EVEN MEANT TO BE WORKING"
Vespa_Alex@reddit
I seem to remember Gove being asked about how long was permitted, and he said something along the lines of “An hours exercise would be a reasonable amount”.
That then got interpreted as being the limit.
Realistic-Muffin-165@reddit
None of us which (even if it was law) applied here in Scotland. We had other stuff to deal with instead.
TheGorillasChoice@reddit
Correct.
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/michael-gove-tells-joggers-to-limit-exercise-stints-to-30-minutes-amid-coronavirus-lockdown
Striking_Smile6594@reddit
Yes, there was nothing to stop you going on an all day hike or bike ride if you wanted to.
Careful_Adeptness799@reddit
Exactly and who was going to stop you having your exercise 3 times a day 🤷
MartyDonovan@reddit
Wasn't the guideline more that you could leave the house twice a day? Once to go to the shops, once for exercise. But there was no reason that couldn't be a 20 mile hike, as long as it was straight from your door. They didn't like people driving into the national parks and such.
aje0200@reddit
Basically what I did, I went for a lot of 60 mile bike rides. But all from my front door, and into the countryside where if anything went wrong then I could call one of my household to come get me. But I never needed to.
pajamakitten@reddit
I was jogging half marathons near daily. I would not put it past my neighbours to grass me up but nothing came from that.
BigBlueMountainStar@reddit
And how quiet it was with fewer cars on the road
Any_Crazy_500@reddit
The air did seem clearer.
EchoJay1@reddit
I was a nurse through it. I missed driving to an from work listening to Bicep. Such a surreal time with empty streets with police patrols.
Twacey84@reddit
Going out for a walk and seeing hardly anyone and next to no cars on the road.
FirstEnd6533@reddit
All the sex
duvagin@reddit
clear seawater at the beach, and the great weather
Connect-War1046@reddit
Having my kids off school. It was an amazing summer.
StrangeKittehBoops@reddit
Clear sky, no air traffic. Better air quality because there were fewer cars. More wildlife. Kinder people.
DoJ-Mole@reddit
I miss the happy days playing video games non stop, the fact I didn’t have to pay rent for 3 months because I was in uni accommodation, and the excitement of life beyond when I realised I was missing out on social life before covid. All those things wouldn’t apply now and I would probably off myself if it happened again; I guess the main thing I miss is being younger
RevolutionaryNet1200@reddit
People washing their hands regularly
MyAccidentalAccount@reddit
People being legally required to stay away from me.
MolassesZestyclose96@reddit
Personal space in queues.
MerlinsBeard8887@reddit
The fact it was illegal to get closer than 2 metres 😂😂😂😂
TamaktiJunVision@reddit
Cycling around the near empty streets as a food courier.
Glad-Business-5896@reddit
Being paid to chill at home with my parents and not pay rent. The pay was shit, but with no rent or bills, I managed to save up enough money to buy a flat so thanks Tories
Weaubleau@reddit
Nothing whatsoever!
Thegreatwhite135@reddit
I miss having the roads to myself tbh.
bluecheese2040@reddit
For a while it felt like things could change. That those that hold society together would be recognised...not clapped at.
That there was no reason why we all needed to be herded to offices but that we had found a better way.
That things could be better
In actual fact reactionary forces stepped in, funded lobby groups and stymied change.
buy_me_a_pint@reddit
I loved the daily meetings shown on television
Not seeing as many people
BigEntertainer8430@reddit
It's depressing how little we learned from it. As soon as offices were able to open again, the bosses demanded everyone come in because they were paying insane rents and needed to make it worth their while. I'd been carrying sanitiser for years, but again, now everyone has just devolved in to being gross like before.
ExpiredParkingTicket@reddit
My wife. She didn’t die, we’ve just split since
lipperinlupin@reddit
Furlough.
Alternative-Sea-6238@reddit
Two days on, two nights on, four days off.
brickbaterang@reddit
The commute to work was blissfully devoid of other people and the bus was free.
stnectan@reddit
3 months straight of furlough. Fucking brilliant it was !
CanaryWundaboy@reddit
No traffic.
whiterunguard420@reddit
I worked the whole way through, i worked in a post office at the time, there was no change to anything from my perspective
ExtensionGuilty8084@reddit
I live in central of London and there was zero people. All of the students went back home and the hotels all closed down. It was bliss.
Mina_U290@reddit
Having the park to myself. 😁 They locked the car park gates but I know where all the public footpaths are that run through, and they couldn't prevent people using them.
There was no traffic, especially that first week. Absolute bliss.
I had to keep working as I couldn't work from home.
dorset_is_beautiful@reddit
Roadside litter. For a few months it was lovely and clean. Within 20 minutes of our local McDonald's reopening, the litter was back. I hate people sometimes 😮💨
DecentPrior2988@reddit
Staying at home and not being judged negatively for it.
Yamosu@reddit
During the first lock down it was so quiet outside. I live between a busy railway line and busy road, both were very quiet. I remarked at the time it was like a perpetual Sunday afternoon.
I also miss working from home. Got a new job a couple of years ago which I have to be in the office for. Trouble is I'm a bit of an introvert so being in an office five days a week genuinely wears me out most days.
I couldn't drive back then but I didn't have much to do or anywhere to go so was happy staying at home. Only downside was no garden.
Old-Dance1991@reddit
I went to Disney and August 2020 and there was like nobody there and it was amazing
Old-Dance1991@reddit
my mom. I know that’s kind of morbid, but she passed away in 2021.
grae3333@reddit
Sitting out the back in the sun with the beers, tunes and barbecue on 👌
therealronsutton@reddit
Wildlife reappearing.
Everything seemed greener, cleaner.
The air was fresher/cleaner.
Walking in the roads because there was no traffic.
The peace and quiet! I'm pretty certain that there must be some sort of constant hum from car traffic as well as planes in the sky. And everything was just so quiet, it was great.
OkChildhood2261@reddit
If you've ever been out in the country away from all internal combustion engines, you will notice a car approaching from about 2 miles away. So in a city you can hear every car in a huge radius.
revrobuk1957@reddit
There was a BBC/Apple documentary called The Year Earth Changed which shows the effects that lockdown had. Well worth a look.
Shoddy-Computer2377@reddit
During the first 3-4 weeks I was able to cross the road without even looking and I could go days at a time without even seeing a moving car. The buses were on a reduced schedule and seldom any passengers.
WoodyManic@reddit
I miss spending so much time with my family....we'd get drunk, play boardgames, have garden fires, share meals, get more drunk....lovely..
Its-ya-man-Dave@reddit
I’m gonna throw in a little gamer memory in here, but I started working from home pretty much at the get go. Finishing remote work, and jumping on the original CoD Warzone
RositaZetaJones@reddit
I replayed all the old Classic Tomb Raiders covid :) Kept me very occupied on the less sunny days that summer.
GrandDuty3792@reddit
Fabulous game. I saw today it’s played so little now they’ve actually tried to boost things by bringing back Verdansk
SebastianHaff17@reddit
Stuff you could do or get sent at home. Online murder mysteries, online theatre, cocktail kits, meal kits etc. I'm not saying these don't exist now, but there was a lot of choices.
Lunaspoona@reddit
I was still working but I miss how quiet the roads were.
Gooby1992@reddit
Spending time with my wife and kids. I got made redundant after 6 months of furlough, and that period of time is the most amount of time I’ve spent with all of them, with no work/commuting etc.
RegularWhiteShark@reddit
Personal space! I don’t know why people have to breathe down your neck or have their body touching yours. Back up!
AlpineJ0e@reddit
It being illegal for people to come near me.
BobBobBobBobBobDave@reddit
Ha! As an introvert, I think a lot of people find it weird when I tell them that barely seeing anyone I knew in person for about six months was actually not really a problem for me.
ian9outof10@reddit
I had to laugh as the extroverts had their world turned upside down. Meanwhile I’m having a perfectly nice time on my own while they’re all arranging shit zoom pub sessions.
Honestly, it was nice to see extroverts experience the same pain we do being forced to endure the outside world.
Ambitious-Win-9408@reddit
Sad for you that you enjoyed seeing others go through hardship mate. I hope you can find some joy in your own life instead at some point.
tcpukl@reddit
Your lack of empathy shows.
Ambitious-Win-9408@reddit
My lack of empathy? For raising the fact the op took pleasure in seeing someone else suffer? Explain that, please.
ian9outof10@reddit
I said I laughed, I laughed because that's how interoverts live the whole time. Our entire existence is shoehorned into an extrovert's world. I'd like to have seen it generate some understanding from the vast majority of people, who are extroverts, that a percentage of us struggle with the world as THEY have defined it.
gizmostrumpet@reddit
I know a lot of introverts who missed leaving the house, going to the gym, the cinema alone etc
Organis3dMess@reddit
I don’t think these people realise the difference between being an introvert who still does go outdoors and a hermit who lives and breathes his own body odours and doesn’t leave his dwelling.
daft_goose@reddit
My parents really struggled, my dad in particular kept telling me how he hated being in the house and couldn't stand not being able to go out and socialise. Though when he's at home he doesn't watch TV, read or generally do anything except listen to music so I can see why he found it hard
BobBobBobBobBobDave@reddit
I had one Zoom quiz midweek, weekly, one call on a Friday night with some friends where we sometimes quizzed and often just chatted over a drink. I spoke to my partner (who lived elsewhere) pretty much daily, and my parents every few days.
And that was MORE THAN ENOUGH social interaction. Sometimes the days when I spoke to no one were pretty great.
shadowed_siren@reddit
It was more than “not a problem” for me - it was fucking blissful. It was probably as close as I’ll ever come to my lifelong dream of living in the wilderness away from everyone.
DrH1983@reddit
The main reasons I leave the house are:
Go to work Go to the shop Go for a walk Go to play boardgames
When I do go into the office most of my meetings are on Teams anyway, so working from home meant that carried on much the same.
I could still go to shops and/or for a walk
And our boardgames moved online. I know some people in my group struggled with that but it didn't diminish my enjoyment massively.
Honestly my life carried on much the same during lockdown and I enjoyed the social distance in shops and being able to WFH. It was a bit weird and not something I'd rush to go back to but I really didn't think it was that bad.
Ms-Victory-27@reddit
Lockdown. Was both the worst of times and (definitely for me) the best of times 😁
Effelumps@reddit
Aww hugs.
Mootpoint_691@reddit
I live in an AONB. Everyone decided to visit, using their cars to get here. When lockdown ended it returned to the normal state of affairs, albeit absolutely trodden over…
CLK_RR@reddit
This.
Most_Ad_2570@reddit (OP)
Remember people would have those the 2 meter sticks 🤣
InviteAromatic6124@reddit
Not feeling guilty about not leaving the house all day
PooCube@reddit
Being left tf alone
Additional-Nobody352@reddit
Slower pace of life
Flaky-Newt8772@reddit
That I had lockdown with my babies and that time gave me precious time with them making memories of a tough time inventing games building dens a lockdown festival where we put a dome tent up in the dining room but danced in the living room with mock tails and you tubing festivals on the tv as our stage
mockingtruth@reddit
Blue skies
Informal-Tour-8201@reddit
Being a hikkokomori, except I lived alone in my flat
tenaciousofme@reddit
It was the best summer the world had seen in decades.
I liked that people needed to give each other space (i don't like being touched by strangers, even bumped into, so this was good for me)
Everywhere was closed so I saved money for the first time ever
It allowed me to strengthen the bond with my daughter as any spare time I had eg not commuting to work (as i worked from home throughout) I gave it to her.
It allowed me to appreciate my garden and outdoor spaces
I miss weekly quizzes with friends
I miss focus on health at home, now it's all "get back in the office"
I miss considerations of the others in the office if one person came in with flu like symptoms... before it was "we don't care if we have an office bug eco system" .. to "stay home today, that's fine".. and we're back to the first again which we are dammed if we do and dammed if we don't.. eg.. woke up.. symptoms.. not paying for a covid test that had no supprt behind it.. go into work.. be segregated and looked at like scum all day.. managers scorn and give u distance treating you like dirt... but you get no thanks for coming in.. and if youd dared to ask to work from home they'd say no and dock a day's pay
It was easier for me in lockdowns than in general life.
Richy99uk@reddit
the sunshine and empty roads
Visual_Stable3692@reddit
Table service in pubs.
I’ve never liked jostling for position at a busy bar, so having someone bring booze to me was wonderful. - it’s also one of the things I love about European bars too.
victory-or-death@reddit
Nothing. I was a key worker and didn’t get a vacation
KindheartednessOk98@reddit
Yeah. I was the same. And I often wonder if my life would be richer having learned a new hobby like an instrument.
I don’t have the time , nor inclination working 6 day weeks.
I can see so many pro’s and con’s but I recall feeling ‘lucky’ to go about life in a more ‘normal’ manner. I also recall carrying a letter in my car allowing me to be out and about which was a strange experience.
Part of me wishes I had had that time off to ‘decompress’ and part of me things would I have managed due to mental health issues I have had over my life time.
Or is what it is - live and learn…
trollofzog@reddit
Since when do we say vacation in the U.K.?
victory-or-death@reddit
It’s what my office uses as the slang word for “annual leave”. Also it’s probably a hangover from when I was a teacher - “vacaciones” was my favourite word in Spain
trollofzog@reddit
Interesting, I’ve only ever heard Americans use the term.
victory-or-death@reddit
Yeah it’s crept its way in over the last ten years in my experience. I don’t like it but maybe as business becomes global, that’s becoming the new norm, and “holiday” is specific to “going away on your jollies” instead
Sail_Soggy@reddit
For what it’s worth, thanks for keeping everything running man - you guys faced the shit for us and I for one will be eternally grateful ❤️
Astro-Butt@reddit
A friend of mine left his office job a week before covid hit for a key worker role so instead of having 10 months off paid which is what happened to his ex colleagues he had to work the whole way through. That changed him big time
BobBobBobBobBobDave@reddit
I had the situation where my partner was a key worker and I was made redundant, and we didn't live together at the time.
So we would speak every day, and she had been in hospital for 12 hours looking after very ill people, and I had got up at lunchtime and played video games.
swansw9@reddit
I had the same dynamic with my partner of the time. We were both miserable for different reasons and I think neither very understanding of the challenges the other faced. Which may have contributed to the fact we are no longer together.
Ok_Cow_3431@reddit
I wasn't a key worker, but software delivery staff for a financial services firm. We were all expected to carry on working but now remotely, no paid holiday for me either
Mispict@reddit
So key, we didn't recognise your efforts with anything other than pots and pans.
victory-or-death@reddit
And then called greedy 12 months later for asking for a pay rise in line with inflation
kelleehh@reddit
Same. We are the forgotten ones sadly.
Nine_Eye_Ron@reddit
Forgotten because we got the easy end of it all?
ImpressNice299@reddit
The lucky ones. Guaranteed employment, allowed to leave the house, living with some semblance of reality while most of the country is effectively in prison.
pajamakitten@reddit
No one was locked into their house. Anyone and everyone was allowed outside.
DuckSaxaphone@reddit
Pretty much every key worker role is understaffed throughout the country.
If they have it so good, go be one.
IansGotNothingLeft@reddit
I think it's very important for us to all see everyone else's perspective on covid. We all had a unique experience. I wouldn't say that "lucky" is the most sensitive term to use (neither is "vacation" for that matter), but I see where you are coming from.
Whilst I'll admit that I enjoyed lockdown (did not enjoy people I know dying), I have a friend who was deeply affected by it. She is terrified of it happening again. She was alone, she nearly lost her life due to loneliness, she lost her job and was told to just sit at home without human contact whilst living off universal credit.
Key workers put their lives at risk every day. They were often treated like shit and didn't get paid any more than they did before. They were exhausted whilst everyone else was sat at home learning to crochet or tending their garden. Healthcare workers literally watched people die at record numbers and were often separated from their loved ones to keep them safe.
We should try to remember everyone's perspective. Sorry for getting all happy clappy.
partywithanf@reddit
Guaranteed work? Apart from all the people that were made redundant when demand reduced.
ImpressNice299@reddit
No shit. The rest of us, who were fired or put on furlough.
partywithanf@reddit
Key workers were not “guaranteed work”
newfor2023@reddit
Reality it going to work? Sound dreadful
Nine_Eye_Ron@reddit
For us very little changed, apart from socialising. Work and school carried on as normal for all of it. No afterschool sports clubs and not seeing grandparents were the biggest things for us.
bluetrainlinesss@reddit
Do you mean holiday?
MGSC_1726@reddit
Same. I worked nights in a care home with a 3 and 5 year old at home with no school. Makes me want to vomit every time I think back to those days.
welshfach@reddit
I'm a single mum who worked full time from home, and had the constant battle of trying to get my neurospicy kids to do their school work. It was the most stressful time of my life.
Roninjuh@reddit
Same.
retailface@reddit
Same here. Mainly just loads of overtime, being treated horrendously by the public, and burnout.
mycatiscalledFrodo@reddit
Me and my husband were too. Not the kind that was talked about or got discounts or to shop before everything was gone though. Both trying to work from home, and school the kids, and are care of their mental health, and keep the house tidy, and make sure the children got outside, and kept their communication with friends, and trying to find basic food supplies, and arranging video calls with family so those relationships stayed strong and I had a terrible manager who micromanaged me. My mental health was horrendous coming out, I was drinking too much and I still feel sick thinking about those announcements. I remember hearing we were in lockdown and being in the car 5 minutes later to get food. The only plus point is wfh became the norm for my husband and acceptable for me so I can now work more hours and not pay for after school clubs etc
Vogue1A@reddit
So was I but I deal with invoices! Kept us in because we were part of food and drink supply chain!! My unending thank you to all of you ‘real’ key workers. You were the guys that dealt with it all and not treated that well either- despite the clapping! Please know that I appreciated you all and still do.
duowolf@reddit
Same and couldn't even relax after work as you couldn't do anything
Curious_Buy_3955@reddit
Yes my life barely changed at all, except the trains I drove had fewer people on them.
J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A@reddit
Separate entrance and exit for supermarkets.
Aldi have this as standard. But loads of other places have 2 doors going left and right and they're both entrance and exit.
So you'll inevitably see someone staring at their phone pushing a trolley into someone.
This was solved during COVID when they separated the two.
They should go back to that.
Puzzleheaded_Fold665@reddit
No traffic ❤️
0ttoChriek@reddit
Being able to go out on my bike and not constantly fear for my life because some driver decides he can't bear to slow down for even a second.
During covid, I was spending about two hours a day out on my bike, I had a couple of really long routes that included roads that had previously been busy, and it was great.
bacon_cake@reddit
I remember one day I counted 105 cyclists as I was driving to work!
RobSane@reddit
Ending every phone call with "keep safe". A small thing but it felt like a kinder time when we actually wished each other well and meant it.
bacon_cake@reddit
Maybe it's rose tinted but I did feel that for a while people were genuinely kinder.
Snaggl3t00t4@reddit
My son moved in with me full time because his mother and my ex wife had a protected job so had to work and my son lived with me 100% for 9 months while I worked from home. It was glorious.
Alundra828@reddit
Bro so many things.
I miss wiling away the days doing what I wanted. I miss being happy I didn't have to do anything for weeks at a time. I miss exercising and taking my mental health seriously. I miss standing out in my garden with a cup of tea to watch the sun go down with literally 0 background noise, realizing that my previous definition for 0 noise was actually quite loud white noise from millions of tyres on the road, and now it genuinely was silent. I miss how clean the air felt. I miss the time I had to garden. I miss the time I had to read. I miss the time I had to do DIY. I miss being paid to not work for 8 entire months.
It was just... such a fantastic period of my life. I get it was a nightmare for a lot of people, but I yearn for those days back... I was so tremendously lucky to have the pandemic experience I did.
newfor2023@reddit
I think whether you were furloughed made a big difference.
pullingteeths@reddit
My work was nice and made the 80% furlough up to 100% for everyone. But they actually fucked it up and gave us 100% plus another 20% and nobody ever said or did anything about it. So I made bank sitting at home.
newfor2023@reddit
Public sector so I just had to work from home for not much pay at the time. Did at least bring in wfh being more normalised so I can now do it for better pay some years later.
Leifang666@reddit
Agreed. I worked from home and wished I'd been furloughed. 80% of my salary and get to bake bread? Sign me up!
minipainteruk@reddit
Yes, I worked all the way through the pandemic (though fully remotely so I was far luckier than most), but it was a very busy time in my workplace and most of us were working longer and harder than before. It was certainly the most stressed I've felt during work.
At the same time, my then partner was furloughed and could do whatever he felt liked. He absolutely loved it, talked about how this was the life, how much better his mental health was, he never wanted to go back.
We had two completely different experiences within the same house.
I do feel that people tend look back fondly on the pandemic now, but there were a lot of folks who also struggled through it. I can imagine for those who worked closely within public sectors where people were dying (hospital staff, care home staff, police, carers) must have found it absolutely traumatising.
I have to admit though, less traffic on the roads was lovely!
Shoddy-Computer2377@reddit
I was working remote through the pandemic. The day job carried on 99% as normal.
ImpressNice299@reddit
And having a garden.
Jazzpunk9@reddit
No cars on the road
KindheartednessOk98@reddit
I worked all through the summer in Health based retail. I miss being able to tell people not to touch stock unnecessarily.
At that time also I was based in a seaside location and myself and a colleague spent most of the summer on a bench outside.
shamefully-epic@reddit
People making their windows, gardens & pavements outside their house kittle messages of hope, fun interactions for passers by and generally a representation of their commitment to our community.
That and homeschooling my daughter through primary one stuff. It was all toilet rolls, rolled up socks & shaving foam. Geraldine the giraffe can get effed though.
Mac4491@reddit
I wasn't required to be in work for 3 months and I got full pay.
It was a dream come true getting paid to stay home watching TV and playing video games all day.
CMDoet@reddit
Zero obligation to socialise or have any plans whatsoever
JimmyJonJackson420@reddit
I feel this in my soul
pajamakitten@reddit
It was nice to say you were having a quiet weekend in jest but not feeling like an antisocial weirdo.
petrolstationpicnic@reddit
I had a child pretty soon after Covid, so I extended my non obligations to socialise for the foreseeable!
CMDoet@reddit
Ah, I missed a trick there!
Purple_ash8@reddit
Ugh. Yes. The joys of being an introvert during lockdown.
TheCannyLad@reddit
Nothing at all. It was absolute shite on every conceivable level for me. I moved to a new area then essentially couldn't go anywhere or meet anyone.
I couldn't get broadband installed for 4 months, but still had to work from home, using a very weak mobile hotspot (rural area); when every fucker else was outside having barbeques and getting pissed in the best summer weather in my living memory, I was sat in my undecorated and scabby box room listening to everyone else having fun.
Kissed goodbye to having any social life for months.
And at the end of it, when other people were heading back to their jobs, despite our "heroic efforts", we were deemed surplus to requirements and made redundant.
I developed an alcohol habit, depression, and gained 2 stone in weight, and aged 10 years in 2.
I appreciate that's not what you asked though, but I'm just adding some balance to the inevitable Reddit love in where it was the best time of everyone's life because they didn't have to speak to anyone or even leave the house.
PuzzleheadedSpite879@reddit
The quiet
nadinecoylespassport@reddit
I feel like we all lived a more laid back, healthier lifestyle. Spending time with family, going out for exercise, clean air, I remember how sunny it was for a lot of the lockdowns. Everything felt exciting even little things like a trip into town to the shops or meeting up with friends in a park.
Eyupmeduck1989@reddit
Workplaces being more open to working from home where possible
Low-Cauliflower-5686@reddit
Yes, wish this will stick around. The flexibility at least
saanij@reddit
Pre covid my husband had 5 days work from the office but was flexible in terms of in-office hours. Mine were not flexible. Post covid, his work started from 3 days a week but still reasonable days from home were allowed. Went up to 4 days, introduced strict 8 hours in office. I had told him once introduced the strict hours policy they will not go back. Soon after they moved to a full week in office policy. The flexibility is taken away. He terribly missed all these years on the last 4 day office week. I feel lucky to still have that flexibility but feel sad that I have no company for my lunch and tea breaks.
baechesbebeachin@reddit
I had so much money
Shmiguelly@reddit
Offices being sensible about working from home, especially when there's illness in the office. A bug has wiped out half the team this week and management are insistent on us still being in every day.
doomedramen@reddit
I miss everything except the sickness & death.
I had a wonderful time staying indoors.
aricaia@reddit
How quiet the roads were! It was great driving to work when everyone else was inside!
Corporal7776@reddit
The silence!
RedNightKnight@reddit
No rushing around here there and everywhere. No kids activities, no commuting, no social life. I found it a summer of recharge. Time with family. General un-rushedness of life.
Shrink83@reddit
People caring about basic hygiene and distance. I miss the distance stickers
Robojobo27@reddit
People following basic hand hygiene practices.
preaxhpeacj@reddit
Somehow it seems to be worse now than it was before??? How people can’t follow basic hygiene practices is beyond me
Most_Ad_2570@reddit (OP)
Yep… It’s frustrating seeing hand sanitiser stations constantly empty in shops now. You have the stations just buy the sanitiser!
rosylux@reddit
I tried to use an empty one in a hospital recently, and then felt dirtier for having touched it.
Blue_wine_sloth@reddit
So many public hand sanitiser stations are disgusting if not empty, I’ll just use my own.
hulyepicsa@reddit
I was even shocked how much harder it got to buy! I swear they used to have them near the till, now it took me ages to find them in Boots, and there wasn’t much of a selection (I was hoping to get a nice smelling one so was looking forward to a browse, but only one fit the bill)
daddyysgirl21@reddit
you say this but i remember our health and safety manager coming out of the toilets at work without flushing his hands… the same man responsible for the daily covid briefings at work
Blue_wine_sloth@reddit
It was concerning that it seemed like people didn’t follow them before. I’ve always bought hand sanitiser / wipes but they were sold out for a long time. People actually complained about having to wash their hands so often, why weren’t they always doing it?! My hand washing routine didn’t change at all because I’ve always been a germaphobe.
littlegreenturtle20@reddit
Honestly, if you are washing your hands regularly (before eating food, after using the loo, after getting off public transport, after sneezing etc.) then you are most likely just a clean person. It's sad that people feel like they must label themselves germaphobes for having basic hygiene.
beereviver@reddit
The way people stopped handwashing before they did anything else after returning home is like Covid was always the only type of germ/grossness you could ever bring home from venturing anywhere.
roloem91@reddit
I went out for lunch the other day and realised I forgot hand sanitiser and I had to go into three different shops and even then it was a ridiculously big 500ml because that’s all they had. remember when every shop had them?!
Pale-Shine-6942@reddit
I was in hospital on the weekend on a ward where it was mostly elderly people with noro. The hand sanitisers around the hospital were pretty much all empty - I was so shocked!
Cobblers1234@reddit
Hand sanitisers don’t kill Norovirus, soap and water does, this is the problem
Pale-Shine-6942@reddit
Yeah true, still bad practise that they were empty. I wasn’t really well enough to be getting up and washing my hands a lot and hand sanitiser would’ve been a good option to not spread other germs on a ward full of sick elderly people
Pale-Shine-6942@reddit
Yeah true, still bad practise that the hand sanitisers were empty.
Radiant-Speaker-3425@reddit
Peace
HannaaaLucie@reddit
Getting paid to stay at home.
I was classed as clinically extremely vulnerable which meant I wasn't allowed to leave my home for anything. While it wasn't fun being cooped up, it was nice getting paid still.
gymgirl1999-@reddit
No traffic
Meatheadliftbrah@reddit
I worked in reading at the time so driving to/from work was amazing.
Lego-hearts@reddit
I enjoyed how peaceful and empty my commute to work was. The trains were empty, the walk from the station was so peaceful. I think about it often as I’m standing smushed between people in the mornings.
oh_f-f-s@reddit
I miss the fact that presenteeism was non-existent.
The companies I know of all preach this idea of collaboration and opportunities to learn and overhear useful conversations etc in the office.
In practice, it's more about people fawning over senior management to look busier/more important/more productive than they actually are. Obviously in the hopes of getting ahead.
God, I hate the politics.
whatthebosh@reddit
The empty roads and streets. Bliss
Important-Constant25@reddit
Police arresting people for having parties and socialising. What a time to be alive.
W3th3rSp00nZ@reddit
Sitting on xbox all day
Footelbowarmshin@reddit
I worked through it so didn't have the same fun times that others had. My husband was on furlough though so was available to look after our children.
I miss us spending time together. It feels like we don't all live the same life much. Husband works long hours as an HGV driver, I work full time, the oldest kid has lots of extra curricular things on. So we are rarely all together doing the same thing.
WarmTransportation35@reddit
Being able to play on the playstation in working hours becuase work dried up.
Cold-Cut-1263@reddit
It being illegal to sit next to somebody on the bus I miss those times
Helen-2104@reddit
This. The quiet. These were taken the day before we went into lockdown, I was one of the last few 'not quite key workers' sent home.
dl064@reddit
I mind my work, a university, told teaching staff in no uncertain terms that no student would be disadvantaged by COVID i.e. pass them all.
One class got straight A1s, which is absolutely unreal.
Ethelredthebold@reddit
Most days I was the only passenger on the train going to work. No screaming kids, no drunk teenagers making nuisance of themselves and always a seat. Bliss
Significant-Math6799@reddit
When the ill and disabled were not assumed to be the scum of the earth just by being unwell. But it appears we're back there as if nothing happened.
dl064@reddit
Nature is healing.
ginger_rodders@reddit
Work life balance
Glittering-Round7082@reddit
My nephews having a Father.
BrucetheGingemo@reddit
A better work/life balance. It was so nice to have time back during the day that wasn't taken up by a commute, and the extra time spent with my partner.
The occasional wfh affords some opportunity to still work in my JimJams!
punky63@reddit
Not having to work. I was fortunate enough to still get my wages, so i spent about 2 months in my own wee routine, exercising, reading, going for walks and baking cookies.
But as nice as it was, i wouldn't want to go back to that. You miss out on a lot of things that make life good, like meeting family, socialising with friends and travelling
Tangie_ape@reddit
The time to focus on me. I'll never get that again until I retire unfortunately. During Covid I started up old hobbies again, got much better at existing one's and instead of worrying about some silly thing in work could just sit back and relax.
I know it was a tough time for most but personally it was one of the best things that happened to me being furloughed through covid
pikantnasuka@reddit
Nothing whatsoever
It was shit
LiverpoolFCIsBest@reddit
No traffic. It was an absolute dream.
Mag-1892@reddit
Not be at the in-laws 4 fucking days a week
DescriptionFuture851@reddit
4 years on and I still burst out laughing when I see this.
tracinggirl@reddit
but really though..
tracinggirl@reddit
I learned how to skateboard. Whole town was empty, nobody about... except other skaters. Had no idea they existed. made new friends for a while there.
tangles3@reddit
Sitting in my parents garden drinking made up cocktails and playing animal crossing. I had just started my first job post uni and was working in admin for a small company. The boss would have packages he would need to deliver (idek what) and multiple times a week would ask me to stop wfh and go drive somewhere to deliver them. Proper scenic routes with no other cars on the road and just listening to podcasts.
neverarriving@reddit
People briefly realising that they live in a community & you can do things for your community without expecting anything in return.
Carinwe_Lysa@reddit
Only the quietness of no traffic and how nature in a way seemed to rebound a bit where I lived.
I was a non-key worker during Covid, where half of the company got furloughed and had the time of their lives at home. I think it was the most stressed in work I've ever been, meanwhile all my friends are posting pictures of their garden projects or how they're loving the time at home.
Meanwhile, I was working covering three peoples worth of stuff, and got absolutely nothing afterwards, and also living with my high-risk old man so I was scared to death that whenever I went out early morning to collect his medications etc, I'd be passing him Covid.
Turns out he most likely started with Cancer during the times where Dr's were closed as Hospitals were impossible to get into, so he went undiagnosed for a couple years :/
Careful_Adeptness799@reddit
Spending summer on a deserted beach just me and the kids literally hundreds of meters of sand just the three of us it was great we spent days on that beach.
pencilneckleel@reddit
It's strange but I genuinely miss 2020.......I used to love very little traffic and the slower pace of everything. People were more careful with hygiene and meant I didn't get any colds for a few years.
I really do think there were positives. I think people realized they didn't need to work so much to spend money on stuff they didn't really need. Families got proper time together etc
I really hoped this country would learn from this, especially the work from home movement meaning less cars on the road and more family time but we are slowly undoing it unfortunately.
griffaliff@reddit
I was an arborist / tree surgeon for my local authority at the time and we were classed as key workers so I could leave the house during the week. I worked exclusively in parks and we have great parks where I live so I spent lock down just doing minimal work there and I absolutely loved it. I miss how quiet it was mostly and the lack of busy crowds everywhere. I remember genuinely not looking forward to the last lock down being lifted.
Dark-Empath-@reddit
I miss lockdown 😄
WigglesFT@reddit
Funnily enough I saw more of my friends than ever over the COVID period. Regular zoom quizzes and various games etc and because nobody could go anywhere, there was very rarely a cancellation.
Glozboy@reddit
Being on furlough. I was being paid, but could read books I hadn't had time for before and got into watercolour painting.
Penster78@reddit
Might sound a bit sad… but… Zoom quiz nights with my mates. We had a great old time.
BurnDesign@reddit
My friends on zoom.
TheArkansasChuggabug@reddit
I worked throughout so didn't get the time away from social interaction I wanted and probably needed.
What I do think was great was only a certain amount of people being allowed in a shop like Asda at once. I just do not understand how people go there and don't know their arse from their elbow, have no spacial awareness and it always seems to be full of the people who it just so happens to be the first time they've ever been in a shop.
I am sick to bastard death of people in food shops just not knowing what they want, where they need to go, why they're there or even who the fuck they are. People blocking entire aisles with their trolley horizontally placed reviewing milk like its the first fucking time they've ever seen, heard of or bought milk. If you've been using a 4 pint semi-skimmed milk for the last decade+ Elaine I'm fairly confident I can pick you the milk you need. Why are you reading the label of every fucking bottle of milk there is with absolutely no idea who or what is around you.
People climbing over each other, kids screaming and running wild. If I was the only one in the shop I could do my weekly shop inside 3 minutes I reckon, 100% out in 5 minutes. Same shop takes anywhere up to 45 minutes dependent on the knuckledraggers who've turned up to the shop for a day out. I miss quiet shops.
wolster2002@reddit
I flew into Kuwait on the 11th March for a 5 week trip. They closed the airport on the 13th March. I eventually got home on the 1st October. I miss the overtime pay!
Ok-Advantage3180@reddit
Not receiving a lot of pressure from people (mostly family) to go out and do things. I’m an introvert with social anxiety and at the time had been massively struggling with my mental health after a bad few years in my personal life. I was also in uni at the time covid hit so a lot of my time had been spent dealing with all of that. Once my uni work was finished, covid finally allowed me some time where no one was trying to force me to do anything and I could finally relax and take some much needed time out for myself
rumblestripper@reddit
No FOMO. The house and garden have never looked better as I had time to paint, weed etc. Not spending life in a rush.
I don't miss the uncertainty and fear, but I miss pottering about the house knowing that I had nowhere to be and all the time in the world to do odd jobs, a bit of writing, catching up on years' worth of TV shows etc.
And as others have said, the fresher air and nature being able to let loose without humans ruining it.
RudePragmatist@reddit
Clear skies, clear streets and quiet walks.
AlephMartian@reddit
Zoom parties where I’d catch up with old friends from all around the world. Could theoretically still do this but no-one does.
notallthat@reddit
Having my kids home. They were both living in UK. Getting 6 months extra with my adult kids at home was fantastic. That. And the weather!!
bellxrose@reddit
People not breathing down my neck in queues.
brokencasbutt67@reddit
It was the last time things were affordable.
My bus ticket for a month used to be £48-£50
It's now £76.
Has pay gone up in line with a 50% increase on travel costs? Has it fuck.
And I'm one of the unfortunates who can't learn to drive.
Everything has gone up at a similar rate, except pay. Mortgages and rent? More.
And pay doesn't go up in line.
K1mTy3@reddit
The distancing!
I've always hated being in overcrowded places, so social distancing was great for me. I felt more comfortable being in places like supermarkets.
Now it's in the past though, I have days where I feel overstimulated, overcrowded and just need to get away from everything.
lookeo@reddit
All the free hand sanitiser everyone gave you. The high alcohol stuff is a handy just in case fuel whilst camping as well as having hand sanitiser to keep clean in camp. Yeh it burns well.
Low-Cauliflower-5686@reddit
The quiet roads and quieter public transport. It didn't get back to normal until late 2021 or early 2022.
Henno212@reddit
Good weather
aceachilleus@reddit
spending 5 whole months with my family unable to go to work and so spending it in each other’s company. Sure it was difficult some days but the majority of the time it was wonderful.
shenme_@reddit
I hate this kind of nostalgia for the Covid era, as it really sucked for me. Just started a business having left a steady job a couple weeks before Covid (didn’t think lockdowns would happen, nobody was serious about it I. Feb, don’t come at me) and so had to keep working and build up a whole new business plan from scratch while also not being eligible for any kind of financial assistance despite dutifully paying my PAYE taxes for years. It was so stressful, but luckily I made it work.
But there is one thing I miss, and that’s riding my bike through central London with no cars or people around, it was so peaceful and strange.
Limp-Vermicelli-7440@reddit
I missed the travel restrictions that meant everyone from London couldn’t come down and sit on the beach where I live. What a glorious summer.
DrH1983@reddit
Working from home full time.
Social distancing in shops.
Bulky_Parsnip8@reddit
Weather was beaut. Nobody was allowed near me. Roads were clear. Wildlife came back out…
I do miss so much from the pandemic.
Melodic-Lake-790@reddit
Having so much time.
I feel like my entire life just revolved around my computers now. Work computer and then my computer at home to study. I miss having hours and hours to go outside
OddlyDown@reddit
Personally it didn’t make a huge difference to me - I’m a stay at home dad with young kids so day to day life was more or less the same. It was much nicer being outside without the noise and traffic though.
My partner had a different experience. She works in a hospital and was much busier than usual due to constant short staffing. She also used to come home with stories of how many people had died. It was grim, and before the vaccines started rolling out it did feel like it really could be ‘the end’ - certainly of what had been considered normal until then.
While it was her experience and not mine, I get furious every time I hear idiots and conspiracy theorists saying it was all made up.
Succotash-suffer@reddit
18 months before covid I had a couple of really good contracts and doubled my earnings but it was a one off and I would not have been able to sustain that level.
I was unable to work and got the government grant based on my bumper years. I then used those 9 months to entirely renovate the doer upper house I had bought in late 2019 and planned to renovate over a 3-4 year period. I did all the work in 9 months. Covid basically made me about £200k better off than if it had not occurred.
Nettoghetto82@reddit
What sort of collectables?
Succotash-suffer@reddit
Sports memorabilia
mhoulden@reddit
Supermarkets being much quieter. Get your food and clear off. Don't treat it as a day out for the family.
GrandDuty3792@reddit
Quieter inside, but a 3 mile queue to get in
Realistic-Muffin-165@reddit
Never had to queue once.
emmaroyds82@reddit
People praising the NHS, I was a key worker, I hated the clapping but people seemed to be grateful for us working through it, now it’s back to people being abusive
Significant-Ship-665@reddit
I absolutely loved covid times. The quiet, stillness, how nice people were kind to each other, how appreciative we became of people who work unnoticed jobs.
Nice-Masterpiece1661@reddit
Being paid 90% of my salary for doing my art at home instead of working in retail.
albamick@reddit
The quietness of it all. We stay in the Scottish highlands and usually avoid the tourist trap places. It was nice to actually go and sit on the beach and it be deserted (this was during the stay in your area phase)
nicotineapache@reddit
Being 5 years younger and being able to smoke weed all day with no consequences. Having a job that paid fuck-off big bonuses and living in the city instead of where I moved when the bonuses came in. Not that I don't love living in the countryside, it's beautiful. I just miss that dopamine hit of the big bonuses and being close to the buzz.
revrobuk1957@reddit
The peace and quiet.
Kpowell911@reddit
Lockdown in general got me in the shape of my life. I was single, I was allowed to work, so could still earn money and do my job so I was lucky enough to have a decent home gym so I could train religiously, and then take advantage of the summer for long walks for cardio. Pubs were closed so I actually drank a lot less than usual, and takeaways werent really a thing for part of it. I appreciate this isnt going to be the most popular answer, but lockdown was beneficial to my mental health, it gave me an excuse to focus on my physical health. I think we all need to devote some time to “us” and Lockdown allowed that for me
gizmostrumpet@reddit
The first few weeks when it felt like a novelty.
Then it turned into months of the laptop class lecturing the rest of us at how we should be enjoying it from their sunny gardens.
Gaunts@reddit
My grandad
raben-herz@reddit
This might get me in trouble on this sub, so I'm going to preface this by saying that 2020 was when I left the UK and moved to Denmark, where spending time together in groups of up to ten people was very much allowed, even when they weren't part of the same household.
Hanging out with my friends. Most of us were either working remotely in a restricted capacity, or not working during the pandemic. We had a bunch of movie nights, board game evenings, and random picnics. We saw each other almost every day, and didn't see anybody else, nobody had family nearby. We're all in our 30s, but in may ways it felt like summer vacation used to when we were kids.
And for something UK specific, from the brief time before I moved: during the height of the panic buying my mother, who runs an elderly care facility, could not get enough food delivered for the home she ran, so she recruited me as a driver/shopper. This was before full-lockdown, but the roads were already mostly empty and driving a good chunk of the day was really calming in an otherwise stressful time.
Sea-Still5427@reddit
The quiet - less road noise, less pollution.
People showing they cared by checking up on each other.
People staying in when they felt ill instead of inflicting their germs on everyone else. It's sad we've forgotten that one.
Gins by the bins.
i2s2@reddit
No traffic on the highways
Weird-Statistician@reddit
I miss being at home all the time with my dog. I miss the sense of community at least early on. The local pubs would make soup and pies n stuff for the community, just donate a few ingredients if you could afford to.
All the corruption and price hiking and antagonism that came later has had even an old sceptic like me wondering I'd it wasn't partly orchestrated by some people to make money.
pet-fleeve@reddit
Getting my regular salary for a fraction of the work and getting a second job for more income. It got me on my feet financially.
simundo86@reddit
Getting funny looks of people just for coughing
blumpkinator2000@reddit
No furlough for me, I was considered an essential worker (although working behind the scenes in non-food retail, essential was pushing it a bit IMHO). So, very much business as usual, with the only difference being my commute got a lot easier due to the roads being practically deserted.
The best bit for me was being able to save money and get ahead financially. Compared to normal times, there was little to do and nowhere to go, so our only real outgoings were the mortgage, bills and groceries. Not spending the odd few quid here and there soon added up.
StereotypicalAussie@reddit
How busy my bike shop was
81optimus@reddit
I'm an essential worker, the roads were so much quieter
manintheredroom@reddit
Not working, just riding my bike around empty roads in the sun
BackgroundGate3@reddit
Flying on a budget airline and no-one caring how big your bag was.
MrSteveBob@reddit
My ex
oliverjaamess283@reddit
Man, I really miss staying at home, just being by myself and enjoying my own company. There was no pressure to meet up with anyone or do anything—it was so peaceful.
JudgeStandard9903@reddit
The summer was lovely but I didn't enjoy much of it. I'm a property solicitor and the stamp duty holiday meant that it was one of the most busy and stressful time of my career. I was pregnant so not ideal for stress, had to do all the appointments by myself - the highlight was taking a covid test in labour and timing it between contractions- luckily I tested negative so I could take my mask off. Oh and I live by the coast so every fucker descended here - yeah it wasn't great times tbh!
Vespa_Alex@reddit
The total lack of pressure to have made productive use of your time and done something or gone somewhere. Doing nothing other than going for a walk has never felt so relaxing.
Then when shops started to open up, how going to Homebase felt like a bit of a treat n
No_Art_1977@reddit
Obviously horrible times but agree to the remember tje highlights such as the quiet, not having to feel forced to spend time with people you dont want to, enjoy the weather, make time for online quizzes with people you actually love. My favourite were my family “restaurant nights” where we would dress up, make a themed meal and learn about the culture. Also loved the local shop had a black market, under the counter stash of loo rolls for their regular customers (pardon the pun) as they didnt want to get all sold out to people who never used the shop before who were stockpiling lol
Desperate-Cookie3373@reddit
No cars on the roads, even in London. Not being expected to socialise. Sadly I had to work through the whole thing though which took some of the gloss off.
FarroFarro@reddit
Nothing, it was dreadful
Flonkerton_Scranton@reddit
Riding through central London bike routes and seeing no people or cars. It was a wild day as the city felt like the last of us
Goatsandducks@reddit
Not being diabetic - I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes that first lockdown.
Commercial-Repair301@reddit
Nothing. Covid romanticising is weird.
TSC-99@reddit
Lockdown. I loved it.
Civil_opinion24@reddit
I still had to drive into the office from time to time. There being no traffic anywhere was a fucking dream.
Don't miss queuing up to get into a supermarket though
VeronicaMarsIsGreat@reddit
Working from home. How we went through that and then immediately after companies were like 'not only were employees happier, we could save money by not having an office building. It's a win win! Actually fuck that, everyone back in office now' is mystifying.
namur17056@reddit
The sheer lack of people. Was able to do my day to day a lot quicker. Even with the queuing systems
Charlottethevet@reddit
oh where to start....
It being illegal for people to be near me...
Not having clients in the vets and just having their pets inside instead... moat of the "naughty" animals were much nicer without their owners!
also, seeing the soap aisle in the supermarket at low stock.... made me feel like the dirty bastards who never washed their hands before were suddenly doing it. That made me feel less icky about touching things outside my own house! Also seeing the trollies being wiped clean and hand sanitising stations being full.
Klossomfawn@reddit
Life was more black and white, I didn't really have to think so much
AppleIreland@reddit
the silence. not having to go to events constantly,
i'm a massive introvert.
Herne_KZN@reddit
The quiet. I’m really struggling with the increase in traffic noise since then.
Inner_Farmer_4554@reddit
I was frontline NHS, it was so frightening and horrific.
But the 3rd lockdown ended on my birthday weekend. We could still only sit outdoors and stick to your table - no mingling! But the landlord of my local pub let me book the whole beer garden for my party... Everyone I invited came! They were so glad to just be in a pub again! I don't think I'll ever have a birthday celebration like that in my life. Everyone was so joyous (and I got loads of gifts 😉)
All-Hail-The-Ale@reddit
Peace. Walking to the shops to get my basic supplies , I could hear the birds tweeting, leaves rustling, and no cars. It was bliss.
abovetopsecret1@reddit
How quiet the roads were. Could walk and cycle and not worry about being flattened by some idiot in too much of a rush to look around themselves!
Katharinemaddison@reddit
A lot of online theatre stuff. I saw more plays over that period than I usually get to.
khughes14@reddit
I miss being off work and being able to get on it every day 😂 but my partner and I are soon to start caregiver leave so we’re envisioning a lovely summer in the garden with our baby and the odd drink here and there 😆
PoetryNo912@reddit
If we're talking about the silver lining on the cloud, then I think it was the hope of getting vaccines created.
In the middle of all the anxiety around job security and physical and mental health, to have a way to protect everyone's health was brilliant.
GrandDuty3792@reddit
I remember that moment - cautious optimism for the first time that it may end!
hutchipoos@reddit
My neighbour whooping like a baboon and clapping on NHS Thursdays. Even though she had a friend round everyday.
thehoneybadger1223@reddit
The beaches being clean, and not being woken up by drunks
eroticdiscourse@reddit
Was ‘mobilised’ with the army reserves, they didn’t give us anything to do so I was just sat at home for six months paid
AKAGreyArea@reddit
Literally nothing.
TheNotSpecialOne@reddit
Other than quiet roads, i don't miss anything. I'm glad it's back to normal.
This_Suit8791@reddit
Nothing as I worked through every lock down as I was classed as a key worker. I was a delivery driver and was super busy and it pissed me off people sitting in the sun enjoying life while I was slaving away. As well as working Monday to Friday we had the food shortages which means I had to get up on a Saturday morning for opening time at 6 to stand in a queue the length of the car park to have a chance of buying some food.
I also lost my dad which pissed me off even more when people weren’t respecting the rules.
Overall a terrible time for me one which I never want to go back to.
Jumbo_Mills@reddit
Movie marathons. Having lots of time to spend doing things together uninterrupted. It was so fun.
ashensfan123@reddit
I don't miss anything but I moved out of my parents house between lockdowns so I'd have to say that I miss having the money I had then. It was only about 10k but even so, it was good to have it.
Barbz182@reddit
I ended up getting 6 weeks of furlough and just sat at home playing video games and went out early every morning for bike ride with not a soul in sight.
If I retired, I think that's what I'd be doing. It was glorious
Simbooptendo@reddit
Good excuse to stay in and do bugger all
rsbanham@reddit
Don’t know about back in Blighty, but here in Germany - people covering their mouths when they cough! It really seems that since COVID’s been over people have gone 100% in the other direction regarding basic hygiene in terms of coughing and sneezing.
phoeniks@reddit
The company of my late partner
UsuallyAnnoying324@reddit
My condolences on your loss.
oldskoollondon@reddit
❤️
Total-Change3396@reddit
I’m very sorry xx
Good-Gur-7742@reddit
Social distancing. I loved it when people weren’t aren’t allowed to come near me or touch me.
madmon112@reddit
Wearing a mask. I'm very insecure and introverted. I kinda loved just going out, not putting on makeup, and wearing a mask like everybody eles no big deal. Now, I'm back to obsessing over my looks before I go out.
Morganx27@reddit
Cooking.
I still cook now, but I had fuck all else to do, so I'd cook super elaborate meals.
Beans on toast? I'll make the bread, bake the beans myself, lovely.
I was having 3 course meals basically every day.
Also sewing. I had time and space to dedicate to hobbies, so I sewed loads. I got so good at making a specific pair of trousers, I once made a pair because I forgot to do my laundry and I had to go out that afternoon.
oddsocks3@reddit
Start the day with Joe wicks workout, binge the office (US) then evening strolls in the sunshine....what a summer
SapphicSnek@reddit
I’m asthmatic. I miss being able to wear a mask in public and not get harsh stares.
patticakes1952@reddit
The lack of traffic.
iani63@reddit
£1 a litre petrol
Ordinary-Break2327@reddit
Losing weight because I couldn't go to the shops and buy junk food.
Creepy-Bandicoot-866@reddit
Yes, this! Going to Costa for hot chocolate and a cake, or even to little Tesco for snacks was just more hassle than it was worth.
SmokyBarnable01@reddit
The recognition of 'essential workers', an admission that the people who really keep the country ticking over were the worst paid, with the heaviest workloads and mostly terribly treated.
It was all lip service of course, go bang your pots and pans, but for one brief moment something important flickered across the nation's vision.
All gone now. Back to normal. As you were.
FlyBuy3@reddit
Living in elasticated clothing and not having to people.
ScottOld@reddit
Being able to go for a walk at a weekend without drunks everywhere
britinnit@reddit
Not hearing planes. House is under a flight path and they all but stopped.
TinyDemon000@reddit
I moved to Aus just before COVID hit and moved into a house here. I never knew I lived under a flight path until post COVID 😂😂
THE-HOARE@reddit
I played Xbox for hours,wanked and ate food for 8 weeks. All while getting paid. It was bliss it’s how I imagined adult life was when I was a teenager.
Mickleborough@reddit
Seats on public transport.
dani-dee@reddit
I miss how much time I spent with my husband and 2 kids… it made me realise that at most, with school, work and sleep, we only truly spend around 4 hours a week day with each other. It actually makes me a bit sad at times.
The winter one was fucking horrible though, wouldn’t do that again.
U2fangirl@reddit
The roads were empty. Rush hour was non existent.
People had to stay 6ft away. If that could be the rule forever I would love it.
negligiblespecies@reddit
So for me, it was an amazing opportunity for me and my husband to get back on the property ladder. We had to get a new build, but I doubt we would have been able to get such a big house otherwise.
Eastern_Bit_9279@reddit
All my friends were permanently online playing xbox. It was like being 17 again.
Icy_Mistake2996@reddit
Is there gonna be another lock down
borokish@reddit
Empty flights
pacmanfunky@reddit
The isolation, I know it sounds daft but as an introvert. Loved it, I noticed alot of people writing brilliant thing it wouldn't have happened unless covid gave them the free time.
Obviously I understand it was pandemic and people died, I'm not blind to that.
greengrayclouds@reddit
Peaceful wenit
Chill roads.
Also I had a peak time living with my ex’s family, away from my own. Felt like spreading the wings.
Weather was dece too
Enjoyed that people were humbled by their confused state. That lasted a while after but since then, people are cunts. V entitled, selfish compared to before. Less inclined to leave their bubbles/cliques
Wise-Field-7353@reddit
People caring about the clinically vulnerable. Still no exit plan for many of us to safely rejoin public life.
mhiaa173@reddit
I miss virtual staff meetings and trainings(I'm a teacher). I could work in my room and get so much done!
Geoffstibbons@reddit
Timing my return work journey so most of my street are banging pans and clapping my triumphant return home. Also keeping my neighbours under close surveillance so I can immediately inform the authorities for any breach of COVID emergency regulations.
Fuck you Doreen!
british_grapher@reddit
Going to work and driving on empty roads. It was bliss finishing and what during the week would be a 45 minute commute because of traffic, being a 15 minute commute. 😭
Significant-Yak-2373@reddit
The weather
Thisoneissfwihope@reddit
Being able to breathe properly and having energy.
BigBob145@reddit
£1 per litre petrol
Lucky-Try-1729@reddit
Working from home full time! I miss it! During the COVID I didn’t suffer from anxiety, slept enough, would not catch any viruses…now that I have to work at the office, I’m often sick, I sleep less and my autism is now « perceivable » because I forgot how to « hide » it 😳
Broken_Vision_Rhythm@reddit
The quiet roads combined with the perfect weather. As a cyclist it was amazing. Not that I’ve had any particularly bad experiences riding around where I live normally, or when I’m driving with other cyclists, but being able to go out for a couple hours and maybe seeing one or two cars was both surreal and brilliant. I kind of regret not venturing further afield really, there are a few routes near me that I wouldn’t dare ride normally that would’ve been so much fun to go full gas on with basically no traffic to worry about.
raccoonsaff@reddit
- Slower pace of life
- Things being online like online quizzes and meet up groups
- So many limited edition food products
- People seemed to be a bit more understanding
agentsquirrel1666@reddit
The beach here was so clean! Enjoying walks without random strangers wanting to touch my tattoos and ask dumb questions about them. Learning to crochet finally. Getting to spend time with my puppy and watching him learn all sorts of new things. On the downside I missed my community theatre and performing on stage, I missed live music and my close friends but I especially missed not being able to see my grandson when he first came home from hospital that really sucked but we’ve made up for it since.
Jpmoz999@reddit
No traffic.
erbstar@reddit
I was put on 3 months of full pay furlough. What a quiet glorious summer it was
aussieflu999@reddit
Silence at the airport.
Much_Line_7388@reddit
Getting paid to sit at home. Also walking my dog and seeing almost no one and anyone I did see avoided me completely. I fucking loved lockdown.
mrhippoj@reddit
Among Us
castle_lane@reddit
No fomo, felt like the world’s biggest sleepover.
DescriptionFuture851@reddit
I was furloughed and got 3/4 of weekly pay for nothing, so basically £250.
I essentially got paid to play FIFA, it was glorious.
YorkshirePuddingScot@reddit
People keeping a meter apart from you in the supermarket. I hate it when people walk RIGHT behind you (less than 2 feet) when you're in a supermarket these days.
Haeenki@reddit
The bonuses at work and cheap fuel.
white_hart_2@reddit
Sunny summer...a feeling (at the beginning) of the country coming together...theatre, concerts & musicals on TV...not having to be stuck on a train with people less than an inch from my face...not having to go to the office to deal with my toxic colleagues!
MelonCollie92@reddit
No crowds, people stayed out of my personal space, no pressure to socialise, wearing masks so no one told me to “smile”! And I didn’t have to smell peoples bad breath. Living a far slower paced life.
RT60@reddit
Free live-streamed “concerts” from some of my favourite indie artists who were also stuck at home with nothing else to do.
radicalresting@reddit
not spending money. not needing to buy gas.
Blue_wine_sloth@reddit
Being paid by my employer without having to work.
Alix_T_1865@reddit
i miss that as well!
mizcello@reddit
So much. I loved it for ME and not even in a reminiscing way, I loved it even at the time and had no problem with the lockdowns extending, although I knew it was obviously for the greater good that it ended as most people had a difficult time. Id go back to 2020 tomorrow if I could.
MissKLO@reddit
social distancing
FragrantCow2645@reddit
Cue all the basement dwellers recounting how good it was.
newfor2023@reddit
Who let you out the basement?
Dan_Quixote_@reddit
I'm a hospital doctor and live it. Patients were grateful, locals deliverered us free hot meals, neighbours were paradoxically brought together, the weather was amazing... I saw more of my friends than I do now (virtually) because everybody's schedule lined up
Coconutpieplates@reddit
I worked through covid lockdowns (healthcare) and the roads were so silent. Driving to work at ungodly hours doesn't seem bad at all when you're driving towards a sunrise.
And having an excuse to tell people not to stand so close to me in supermarkets was pretty great.
newfor2023@reddit
I had a giant backpack and could be quite inquisitive about nearby items if skme moron got to close.
LitmusPitmus@reddit
Playing Verdansk with the lads all day
Enter-Shaqiri@reddit
People having to stay away from me.
Optimal_Tension9657@reddit
Going out at 4am with my dog for a walk and actually feeling fairly ok about it
Such-Pack9054@reddit
Empty roads
Berookes@reddit
Getting paid to not work for 4 months
Mdl8922@reddit
That first lockdown was 6 of the best months of my life. Saved money, made another baby, no work, got the garden & house done, quiet roads, kids at home from school, it was fucking glorious.
Obviously I do appreciate my luck in not knowing anybody that suffered with Covid!
Lisanolan2010@reddit
Spending all day with the kids. Not having to go to work and still getting paid. Being in the garden all summer. Playing PlayStation with friends until the early hours like we did when we were kids.
Literally everything.
MonkeyHamlet@reddit
My son and I spent all day sitting on opposite sides of a table, he did his schoolwork, I was working.
Occasionally we stopped to help each other.
I know a lot of people had an awful time, but for me those days were golden.
FinancialCoat7315@reddit
Walking the dog on the local golf course that had been reclaimed by nature. Place was teaming with deer and even got to watch a fox try and take one down, was wild figuratively and literally.
People crossing the road just to avoid walking past me
Getting into petty arguments with strangers who didn't take the time to properly read any of the guidelines over masks etc and just expected you to bend to their own interpretation/will/fears
tommycamino@reddit
Video games with mates during that first lockdown
newtonbase@reddit
I could drive to work for the day and have the same parking space available when I got home.
gummibear853@reddit
My granny
RhysT86@reddit
When the bars and restaurants were allowed to reopen I was working behind a bar, and no customers were allowed to come and be served at said bar, table service only. It was great!!
lazyfucker67@reddit
Nothing, developed severe anxiety and post natal depression due to the constant fear of not having enough nappies and wipes and food to feed my son. Was awful.
ALA02@reddit
Petrol was 99p a litre
FloydEGag@reddit
Working from home was quite nice, at least for a while. The workload was not though :(
cactussticker@reddit
Among us
TerrierMam@reddit
For me it was time to myself not to do anything special just space, I find being around too many people for too long too much now and I wonder if my pre pandemic mental health was in part due to spending so much time with other people.
OrangeBeast01@reddit
Table service in restaurants. I don't mean the normal type we get in the UK before and after Covid, I mean how attentive they were, it was more on a par with Europe.
Other than that, Covid restrictions were fucking awful.
Consistent_Sale_7541@reddit
The clear blue skies and lack of traffic and no obligation to socialise or whatever.
blainy-o@reddit
Having more money in the bank. Although it came at a price in still being at home at the time.
bardic-play@reddit
Had a kid just before lockdown and another last week. The 3 months of furlough looks pretty good compared to my 2 weeks of paternity leave.
bahumat42@reddit
Just the reduced noise.
Without cars/planes all the time I could hear my neighbourhood and it was lovely.
Cheap_Signature_6319@reddit
I worked all the way through and really did enjoy most of you being locked up for several months. I didn’t step foot in a supermarket for about 12 months, and the roads were lovely and quiet.
yelnats784@reddit
Social distancing
cloud1445@reddit
Having time to visit national trust places. Now we’re back to chauffeuring kids to and from sports clubs, birthdays and sleepovers.
West_Pin_1578@reddit
All the landscaping work
3pointBrick@reddit
Empty roads.
I found a great loop from my house with some winding roads. I thought I’d try it again last weekend and it wasn’t anywhere near as fun because of all the traffic.
Happy_891@reddit
No commuting to work. Saving over 12 hours of my life on that every week!
buckfast1994@reddit
How quiet it was. You could walk for miles and not see anybody or hear a car, even in the city centre. Surreal, really.
Fecalfelcher@reddit
Nothing it was wank.
LennonC123@reddit
How quiet the roads were and I mostly remember the weather being great. I worked through but the wife was at home the whole time, she did everything around the house because she was bored and we had so much free time once I got home because of it
solve_et_coagula13@reddit
I thought the restrictions for COVID were great. The death, worry and misery not so much. But… my kids were home all the time. I worked throughout and the roads were quiet, no bosses were in and we got explicitly told to go home when work was done (rather than having to sneak off). Then there was a period of massive discount to eat out. Plus, the inlaws couldn’t pop over, I got to spend loads of time with my fiancée and we have a 3yr old so…. Good times all round. Except the death and worry and misery obviously.
ClarifyingMe@reddit
Despite lockdown being the time of much death, it was really the last time of the best health my mother and I had before it began declining to where we are today.
jimmywhereareya@reddit
I miss not having people dropping in all the time. My dad was widowed over 2 years ago, now from seeing him for an hour or 2 a week, he's in my house 5/6 days a week for up to 8 hours a day. Then I have my sons 3 kids every weekend, he is also here doing most of the scut work. But it's exhausting. I literally had to tell my dad that I need a day off. So Monday is my day off.
aldo000000000@reddit
The massive parties at my mate Boris' gaff
stvvrover@reddit
I miss one of my colleagues
Neilkd21@reddit
I miss not having to encounter fuckwits and annoying people every day.
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