St George's Day Flitbits

“Flitbits” is my new term for the little musings I write, as short paragraphs, in my book of notes on my desk. Here are the latest batch:

I think the longer this lockdown goes on, the more good it will do for society in general.

The people who will suffer most are the ones who are just holding on and waiting to go back to their former lives. Those lives don’t exist anymore. We won’t be ‘going back’ to anything, all we can do is move on from this, into whatever altered existence we then inhabit. Anyone expecting the same old normal is in for a shock.

On a personal level - it has stunned me how nice I have been to customers! Ever since I first entered the world of supermarket retail (as a shelf-filler, however many years ago it was) I have despised my fellow Man and hated being in a position of serving them. In the past month, I’ve found myself feeling honoured to be able to help them, and taking time to talk to them all, and trying to send them off from the garage with a smile. Maybe it’s because I know I’m mainly dealing with people who are out-and-about because they’re key workers, or maybe this whole thing has made me more of a human. I’m not sure, but I genuinely hope it continues post-Corona.

I understand, and sympathise with, anyone who is missing sport, especially at the weekends. But I hope those people now realise there are far better ways to use your spare time than spending 10 hours a day watching other people being active on television.

RC 23-4-20