Do you think this is the end of the people popping round culture?

[OhioOhioOhio]

That's one of my favourite things about this. Nobody pops round. Surely everyone will be much more thoughtful about imposing their germs on people after this?

I love that we're on a friendly street where people bump into each other all the time and where we get invited in for a cuppa

Christ, I can't think of anything worse

Oh I hope so too.
I love my family and friends but it's only polite to give an idea of when you're planning on coming round.
I could be in the bath, having a wank or filling in my tax return. Whatever the reason may be, I need notice .

We work shifts -it would be awful if people just randomly popped in , cant imagine anything worse tbh.
During the week Im in "work mode" really cba with it.
Im wondering if its a Northern thing as Ive never come across it daaaan South .
Its deemed friendly nosybut I would find it annoying and intrusive.

I say hello, wave and chat to my neighbours but we dont go in each others houses and everyone seems happy with that.
Before everyone says what a nasty lot we are blah blah , we are shopping for our elderly neighbours, community volunteers collecting prescriptions etc .
Its just not the done thing to go round without an invite and is considered rude and quite odd to do so.

Off topic, but someone mentioned cold callers and I realised that my high street isn't crowded with charity fundraisers now. There were always around 8 in the crowded part in front of my nearest tube station, along with an evangelical shouter. It's really quiet there now. I don't see them coming back if they have to stand 2metres from us. Sorry for charities affected, I know they need urgent help, but I can't say I'll miss dodging the fundraisers twice a day, every day

I fucking hope so 😁

I don't need my family and friends to make an appointment to come and see me. I find it odd that people do.

sigh

Why does the word 'appointment' get rolled out every single time there's a thread like this? It's not about appointments. It's about there being times when it isn't convenient for people to just turn up.

People used to turn up unannounced because there was no way of checking beforehand whether it was convenient to come by. Now that there are umpteen ways to check someone isn't in the bath/in the middle of dinner/doing something else that can't be interrupted before turning up on the doorstep, imho it's only common courtesy to do so. Expecting this to be the norm isn't unfriendly, it's a matter of practicality.