To InfiniTier and beyond ....

[dancemom]

Tiers, tiers and more tears ....

I’m scared of what’s to come, I can’t see a future.
I’m not worried by the virus or feeling ‘safe’ but it scares me not knowing how life will be. Not everyone will want to do things like before, different priorities type thing.
Also masks and social distancing massively restricts things we can do.

Hope that make some sort of sense

@runningpink if I remember right you live alone? That must be incredibly difficult. I can't really imagine life at the minute either but I just keep looking at pictures to try and make me feel good. Write little lists of all the things I want to do when this is done

@runningpink I get what you mean. Everyone keeps saying "when we go back to normal" the reality is this isn't something that is just going away. There is now always going to be some controls relating to it but I also think it's a bit of the fear of the unknown.

We have learnt over the years to live with new viruses and find new ways of adapting. It will be the same again.

Yeah I’m alone and furloughed.
I have mentioned to a couple of friends about making some loose plans of things to look forward to. We don’t have anything fully in place so I may try and get even a couple things confirmed with a rough timeframe.

Think even the changes tomorrow don’t help much as I don’t have shelter, warmth in my garden to have a friend round just yet.
Think I’m just not big on change, you think I’d be used to it after this year!
Hopefully I’m just worrying over nothing

@Scottishskifun yes you have summed it up it’s definitely the fear of the unknown that’s scares me.

I think everything will go back to normal really quickly, like it has in India and some US states.

In Florida, it’s been pretty much normal throughout and lower deaths etc than the strict lockdown states like California, despite its aged population

So my point us that it will happen 😃

@runningpink

I’m scared of what’s to come, I can’t see a future. I’m not worried by the virus or feeling ‘safe’ but it scares me not knowing how life will be. Not everyone will want to do things like before, different priorities type thing. Also masks and social distancing massively restricts things we can do.

Hope that make some sort of sense

Running the end is in sight. It has to be, wither it's the end of July or possibly closer, every day we are getting closer to the finish line.

Ok next winter there might be some restrictions because kids won't have been vaccinated but give it time.

I do think Covid means it will no longer be tolerated for people to have manky hygiene or go to work with cold and coughing everywhere.

But on the whole the vaccine has to get us to normal.

I do think Covid means it will no longer be tolerated for people to have manky hygiene or go to work with cold and coughing everywhere.

This! Truly one of the better things to come out of all this.

I so want to go back to normal. Proper normal, where I can just turn up somewhere without having booked a timed slot, without having to struggle with masks and hand sanitiser. Where I don't have to leave any details for test, protect and survive. Where I can browse in a shop and touch things, and even try things on without getting glared at by shop staff as if I'm trying to kill them. Where I can do things in groups of more than 50 (weddings, parties, church services, choir, concerts) and ideally sing and touch other people (where appropriate, obvs!).

The "normal" last summer was horrible really. I know it was much better than now, but it was still grim. I hate being herded around and made to feel I should be grateful for being let into somewhere in the first place and can I please get out as quickly as possible without infecting anyone by my filthy presence.

I don't think my normal will happen this year, though. And possibly not next I assume shops and public places will want to encourage people back gently by showing how cautious they are being, and insisting on masks and distancing and so on even when it's not obligatory. I'm OK with a bit of a slow return, as I know many people are more anxious than I am, but if it becomes permanent I just think I'll not go out as much as I used to. Which makes me feel a bit tearful, frankly.

I genuinely think people will quickly get back into normal. FOMO will kick in

I so hope you're right Wouldbegood. I worry about a massive recession, job losses, cuts and their effects, on the music industry in particular as my son is about to graduate with a degree in music, (probably). We thought long and hard about the wisdom of him doing music even though he loves it and is dedicated and talented. Until the pandemic, he was getting quite a bit of work playing and I was beginning to think he would be able to make a (modest) living as a musician. But now......

I heard an interesting analysis, which was that although individual businesses and so on will suffer, the market for them will still be there after all this is done, so things will carry on.

I think people do want culture and fun and restaurants and so on so they will come back!

I think people do want culture and fun and restaurants and so on so they will come back!

Definitely.
We've all done some odd things during Covid, watching bands / musicians live via zoom, just doesn't do it for me. It's a poor substitute for the real deal.
Restaurant take-away are great but I'm still left with the plates to deal with.

I want to go have my 'pre-theater' stoat off to be entertained and roll home.
The day will come it has too.

I hope you are right and people will naturally go back to ‘normal’ in time.

Masks and track and trace affect my ability for normality but there are other things I can still do if my friends are also keen so I will try and focus on that.

All this time on my own is clearly not a good thing! Way too much overthinking going on!

I think they will. Seeing people cramming into restaurants last august persuaded me of that. Maybe it's just because we're in dirty Glasgow.

It’s really busy anywhere that can be open now too. Take aways and stuff.

And when we went to (outdoor) opera last year it sold out; hotels busy when we were away.

This thread is filling up, any suggestions for the next title?

Hmmmmm
Tiers but not as we know it
To Tier or not to Tier that is the question
If only I could tier back time

@dancemom

This thread is filling up, any suggestions for the next title?

The Tyranny of Tiers?

The Tieranny

Tiers in the Rain
Tiers are not enough

Here come those Tiers again ?

tieranny about right - let's hope we're heading for glasnost!

Watch out for the tier rant.