Will you ever stand comfortably next to a stranger on the tube in rush hour again?
No, us neither.
The pandemic has understandably made us as a society extremely germ-conscious.
That coupled with the need for us to maintain space, avoid touching others and increase our hand hygiene will probably mean that we leave the pandemic with long-term concerns around activities we once did without worry.
A quarter of Brits won’t share a bag of crisps with friends anymore, neither will they use makeup samples in shops, and 19% won’t chat to someone in close proximity at a club, according to a new study by Vision Direct.
Going forward, their survey found that eight out of 10 people will consciously try not to share items with other people and nearly three quarters will make efforts to keep space between themselves and strangers.
Another thing one in 10 people will avoid when offices reopen is shared cutlery and mugs.
Psychologically, the pandemic has made us wary about having contact and catching illnesses from others.
Rebecca Strauss from Vision Express says: ‘There are no two ways about it, our lives have changed forever.
‘Hopefully if we have learned anything through all this, it is to be mindful of our own personal space and hygiene habits.’
These are the top 50 things people won’t do post-pandemic:
50 things people say they'll never do again post-Covid:
- Use someone else’s lip balm
- Sneak a bite of someone else’s sandwich
- Use store makeup samples
- Snog a stranger on a night out
- Borrow a swimming costume from someone else
- Use someone else’s makeup
- Stand close to people at the bar or in a queue
- Leave the house without hand sanitiser
- Share a pack of crisps in a pub
- Use someone else’s deodorant
- Get someone to check if your breath smells
- Go to a buffet-style restaurant
- Hold the handrail on an escalator
- Hold onto public transport e.g. the bus/tube handles/pole
- Shake someone’s hand
- Borrow gloves from someone else
- Drink from mugs/glasses in work
- Chat in close proximity to someone in a club
- Sit next to someone on public transport
- Use office cutlery
- Try on someone else’s glasses to see what they look like
- Share clothes with a friend
- Use your fingertips to push pelican crossing buttons
- Use gym equipment after someone else
- High five someone
- Use someone else’s nail varnish
- Share takeaway food dishes with others
- Let someone else pack your shopping in the bags at the supermarket
- Go to a live sporting event
- Use a public toilet
- Sit on a train without sanitizing the area
- Hotdesk at work
- Partake in free food giveaways at work
- Use someone else’s pen
- Try on sunglasses in a shop
- Take part in an office ‘tea round’
- Use your fingertips to operate cashpoints
- Pay for things with cash
- Check your hair in someone’s sunglasses reflection
- Use a swing at a park
- Buy something from a charity shop
- Go back to the office at all
- Accept a cup of tea from someone else
- Go to shopping centres
- Sit in the back seat of a car next to someone
- Sleep over at someone else’s house
- Having a slice of birthday cake at a party
- Sample someone else’s baking
- Pose for a group photo
- Use a toilet at someone else’s house
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source https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/19/50-things-brits-say-they-wont-do-post-pandemic-14111854/
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