You're going out with friends almost every day?
I've seen one friend in person since March and it was in their backyard wearing masks.
This is incredibly selfish.
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I miss going out to restaurants so much y'all...
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You're going out with friends almost every day?
I've seen one friend in person since March and it was in their backyard wearing masks.
This is incredibly selfish.
It's in the past. Let it go. Kill it if you have to.
But on a serious note, no not really. I took my kids out for lunch a few times a month but eh, can't now so move on.
But on a serious note, no not really. I took my kids out for lunch a few times a month but eh, can't now so move on.
I get takeout occasionally and just bring it home, otherwise I've tried really hard to clean up my diet a bit so it hasn't been that bad.
That said I miss eating Korean BBQ with my friends really badly. I'm glad my last real solid memory of the before time is one where a lot of my friend group were together being shitty and kinda loud in public and just having a really good time. Maybe next year I guess.
That said I miss eating Korean BBQ with my friends really badly. I'm glad my last real solid memory of the before time is one where a lot of my friend group were together being shitty and kinda loud in public and just having a really good time. Maybe next year I guess.
Well we work together, and then drink after work, and the ones that I don't work with work at similar jobs as me. And by eating out I mean fast food drive thrus. I work at a grocery store, so I see hundreds of people everyday (besides my day off where I don't leave the house, but only because I'm an intovert and prefer staying at home in general). My fear towards corona is virtually gone. If I'm feeling sick then I just call out until I feel better but thankfully I haven't felt that. I was really sick in Feb and I wonder if that was the virus before it became public knowledge cause I felt like I was dying during then.
So I don't see how it's selfish.
My wife and I have been going back out to eat pretty frequently, only go to places we can sit outside and the tables are spread out.
Not once a week no but OP makes it sound like it was a daily thing
I order for pick up all the time. Due to covid, a lot of places are really fast at preparing food for pick up now. I don't miss sitting down inside restaurants at all but I do miss some restaurants that had to close down permanently because of this whole thing.
We have a few in the Netherlands....and we call them that...a sports bar....not a restaurant.
I'm in Texas and I have been eating in a restaurant several times a week. I do have my mask on until I eat and carry sanitizer with me. Most the the eateries I go to have sanitizing spray and towels that lets you sanitize your table yourself. All the places also only seat every other table and even then the places are less than half occupied. Yes I realize it is still a risk of catching Covid.
I completely understand honestly restaurants and especially movie theaters are kind of my escape for things nowadays I thankfully have enough streaming options but I do kind of miss the ability just to order something talk with a waiter and smile as I take my time eating food.
A little reprieve in a world that sometimes it's rather cruel
A little reprieve in a world that sometimes it's rather cruel
... you do realize that you can get COVID, be completely asymptomatic so that you don't get sick at all, but then spread it to others, right?
I miss it dearly. I've went twice recently and I felt like one of the few times in the past few months I've been in high spirits.
Now imagine having a gastrointestinal issue that's prevented you from eating out for the past 10+ years!
Wheeee~
Wheeee~
i go to restaurants maybe like once a week tops, and then only if they have outdoor seating and are closely following safety protocols. but yeah its getting cold in MA not sure how long thats gonna last
Do it.
If you want to sit away from other diners, most restaurants will gladly accommodate you if they have the tables available.
If you want to sit away from other diners, most restaurants will gladly accommodate you if they have the tables available.
I miss wing night the most.
Used to get together with a buddy or two, grab a couple pints and some half price wings and fries, just shoot the shit for like 2 hours every Wednesday.
I mean, I also miss like nice restaurant date nights with the girlfriend, or an office lunch on a Friday that just worked it's way into an early end to the work day instead of going back to the office, but wing night is what hurts the most.
Used to get together with a buddy or two, grab a couple pints and some half price wings and fries, just shoot the shit for like 2 hours every Wednesday.
I mean, I also miss like nice restaurant date nights with the girlfriend, or an office lunch on a Friday that just worked it's way into an early end to the work day instead of going back to the office, but wing night is what hurts the most.
I really don't, having waiters calling my SO my sister.
Our order never arriving and having to complain so they "remember" to bring it.
Loud people on the next table over (bonus bad points if they are singing happy birthday obnoxiously loud).
Having my card being randomly denied due to a busted card reader on the place.
Of course i'm cherry picking the worst moments, but it's better this way.
Our order never arriving and having to complain so they "remember" to bring it.
Loud people on the next table over (bonus bad points if they are singing happy birthday obnoxiously loud).
Having my card being randomly denied due to a busted card reader on the place.
Of course i'm cherry picking the worst moments, but it's better this way.
The only restaurants I would eat at is fast food, which I still do as not much has changed with them. I personally don't like eating at restaurants and prefer to get take out anyway.
Just one of many, many things I miss. So many small things we took for granted before the pandemic. I certainly never will again.
I love all the people in these threads being like "well I don't miss it so sucks to be you."
Anyways, restaurants in my state have been open since about July and so far I haven't been to any that have been packed (strict capacity limits are still in place). I would love to go more often but obviously that's not a thing right now and going out to eat was my primary way of socializing so it sucks a lot. Especially since with the way the country has handled this, a second lockdown is very likely which means yet another few months of not being able to even step foot in a restaurant. If only the idiots could follow rules
Anyways, restaurants in my state have been open since about July and so far I haven't been to any that have been packed (strict capacity limits are still in place). I would love to go more often but obviously that's not a thing right now and going out to eat was my primary way of socializing so it sucks a lot. Especially since with the way the country has handled this, a second lockdown is very likely which means yet another few months of not being able to even step foot in a restaurant. If only the idiots could follow rules
You don't know their life or their story. Don't antagonize people you don't know.
Last weekend I went to a restaurant for the first time in months. Had a nice brunch.
Other than a long wait and having to wear a mask prior to seating, it was fine. You can still enjoy things, even when restricted.
Other than a long wait and having to wear a mask prior to seating, it was fine. You can still enjoy things, even when restricted.
I didn't often eat at sitdowns but scarfing down even some fast food in your car or on the sidewalk just feels bad.
That kind of attitude comes up in every single thread about activities that the pandemic has made impossible or risky whether it's cinemas, eating, sports or travelling. It's like some people here never left their house even before the pandemic and are now annoyed when some people miss their favorite activities.
Yeah that's been ERA in a nutshell this year. Every thread about people's personal grievances about the things that they miss turns into a shitshow where people engage in suffering olympics or act holier than thou because they don't miss normal things.
I'm not antagonizing. They are objectively going against expert advise on a seemingly daily basis. So yes, I will judge.
Then I don't get how you don't get the selfish part. You could have COVID any time without knowing it. As someone working with the public regularly, you're actually far more likely than the average person to have it. Any contact you have with people is a chance to infect them. Which means the responsible thing is to minimize non essential contact as much as possible. You have to go to work. You don't have to go drinking every night.
Some of us have zero socialization right now. Since March, outside of a few doctors appointments, I've gone inside a building that isn't my house 3 times. Once to get a flu shot, once to vote. The one thing I've done for me was for my anniversary me and my wife made a trip to a liquor warehouse, in the middle of the day on a weekday. There was like one other customer in the whole place, and i still felt bad about it. I had my parents over twice, after they quarantined. I've seen no friends, no other family, nothing to protect myself and others. To limit chances of spreading this as much as possible.
I'm not saying everyone has to go to that extreme. I understand the desire to see friends and family now and then. God do I freaking get it. Every night though? You're going to do you, but don't lie to yourself about what you're doing.
I agree.
I have wanted to go out for sushi so bad since the beginning of all of this. I have yet to give in. I won't give in, too risky.
I did buy supermarket sushi one time when I was out on a grocery trip. It wasn't god-awful but it wasn't the same.
I have wanted to go out for sushi so bad since the beginning of all of this. I have yet to give in. I won't give in, too risky.
I did buy supermarket sushi one time when I was out on a grocery trip. It wasn't god-awful but it wasn't the same.
We still eat at restaurants. Went to all you can eat hotpot last Friday. If you don't want to risk it then that's fine
I go out a couple times a week. Sunday I like to watch the Bucs play at a bar or restaurant (unless it's late). I just try to sit outside if it's doesn't look well maintained/ to many people inside.
