COVID boredom with life not changing.

tara83

Im sorry to hear about your illness, truly hope you get to make all the trips you wish for shortly.

I think that’s the crux of it that humans are social creatures. When I see comments on kids needing to go back to school for socialisation and I get they are priority, I think adults need socialisation too. We need to get back to offices and hobbies

tara83

So I still struggle to understand why so many people in Ireland (and it does seem to be a particularly Irish thing) think they're stuck in such a deep hole. [/quote]

A lot of people are restricted by quarantine restrictions they need to take the additional 2 weeks off work for example

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

CelticRambler wrote: »

But isn't that kind of planning the exact opposite of the "spontaneity" that many contributors to this thread are pining for?

No, I mean for me, holidays pre-covid before did represent a big risk way above the risk your average person takes by going on holiday. I know this having lived in the land of the healthy and of the ill. There are risks for everyone takes going on holiday but for me, the risks were not distant hypothetical scenarios but things that could very easily happen. I really had to be certain that I could get home quickly if I needed to. That risk was still worth taking pre-covid. Now, it just isn't because it would be a disaster for me to get stranded in another country now. And that's why I can't take a foreign holiday right now.

De Danann

De Danann wrote: »

Yes OP I feel the exact same. You hit it right on the button that everything is so regulated and unspontaneous.

Everybody in my office is seperated and its very dull and lonely. I feel more than ever like a little worker drone, sitting alone at my desk with nobody to chat with. No craic to break up the day.

Lunchtime is awkward as the little kitchenette we have is limited to 1 person at a time, you're not allowed use the dishes or cutlery so you have to remember to bring in everything in your bag. I have resorted to bringing in boring sambos to avoid needing to use the microwave. Miserable experience

I'm tired of all the planning and caution and wariness. I have vulnerable family members so I have a constant reminder not to drop my guard but it is all wearing me out.

Why are you not working from home, it’s the government advice and would avoid all that hassle with a small kitchen, worrying about relatives etc? Sounds like an office job so no reason you shouldn’t be. I know very few who have gone back to the office since March and 95% are delighted with not setting foot in the office either, WFH home is all positives imo.

leahyl

Madden Late Percussionist wrote: »

Why are you not working from home, it’s the government advice and would avoid all that hassle with a small kitchen, worrying about relatives etc? Sounds like an office job so no reason you shouldn’t be. I know very few who have gone back to the office since March and 95% are delighted with not setting foot in the office either, WFH home is all positives imo.

We have to go back into the office from next week for 2/3 days per week - I’m in admin in education and I work in an office that has a reception for students to come with queries so we have to have someone there to “support the students” even though they won’t even be in the building for 90% of the time...but anyway! In the first few months I actually was thinking I’d like to go back to the office but in the last month or two I’ve gotten used to WFH so two days would suit me just fine to be in the office especially with the winter coming in. Plus I live with my parents who are both over 70 so would prefer to be home as much as possible.

De Danann

Madden Late Percussionist wrote: »

Why are you not working from home, it’s the government advice and would avoid all that hassle with a small kitchen, worrying about relatives etc? Sounds like an office job so no reason you shouldn’t be. I know very few who have gone back to the office since March and 95% are delighted with not setting foot in the office either, WFH home is all positives imo.

I work in a Court office that deals with physical paperwork being sent in. For one we can't take this paperwork home with us for security reasons, and for another we can't take the stamps and seals required to officially issue the papers home either.

I have a letter saying I am an essential worker because of this inability to WFH and have been commuting as normal the whole time. But they have taken measures by spreading us all out inside the building. Those in different departments that can do work online are wfh and we have taken over their spaces to allow for social distancing.