Just went for my weekly constitutional walk in the park. It was a beautiful Spring day so lots of other people had the same idea and the park was packed, mostly with mask-wearing, sensible people maintaining, or at least attempting to maintain social distance.
However, a shocking number of people, especially young adults, runners, and cyclists, appear to have rationalized away their need to maintain social distance, wear masks at all, or anywhere other than their chins, and heaved their sweaty bodies uncomfortably close, huffing and puffing and no doubt spewing a fine micro spray my way, my ancient white hair notwithstanding. Sometime in the next week I’ll begin posting their pictures.
Oh dear that’s worrying for you. I hear similar problems from my daughter regarding the parks in London. Perhaps that’s the downside of our much valued individualism.
Absolutely it is. Too bad there’s not a happy medium between Western rugged individualism and Eastern thrall to the state and maintaining order
Absolutely agree.
My sentiments exactly
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I see the same think when out on my daily walks or bike rides and it blows my mind.
People, especially younger ones, I think, just can’t comprehend the paradigm shift; for them this is a temporary inconvenience they’re impatient to have over and their moment to moment judgments are perfect rationalizations.
Yes, and they feel immortal
Yes, that too.
The terrible thing is, I’m sure most of these people are sure they’re making perfectly sounds judgments.
What in the heck don’t these people get??!! Our beaches opened this week. I, of course, don’t partake, but the thought process of all these people packed in…..”I live here. The beaches need to be opened.” Yeah right, buddy. You and all 1000 of your closest friends. Says this old gal…..white hair notwithstanding.