A Perspective: Life Post Covid-19
Like anything else that’s going on right now, people have different stances on how they feel about businesses opening back up. Some people are anxious to/for opening things back up as soon as possible, whereas some are still wary at the thought of going out at all. The reality is, even if we were to open back up, things are/will not be the same as before for a while. A friend of mine in Arizona who works as a hair stylist had to recently deal with a client who came in equally horrified as my friend was to see some other clients there not wearing masks, as it was a recommendation in that region but not a requirement.
As a massage therapist, I have always preferred to treat clients without shoes on inside my office. For an example, if I want to place my foot on the table to stabilize a client’s leg for stretching it would just be unimaginable for me to do that with shoes on. Therefore, placing a bootie dispenser inside my office for clients to place their feet in to encase their shoes in the plastic bootie covers is actually something I personally don’t mind having long term, especially since I am getting a carpet cleaning job done prior to opening back up. The thought of returning to the gym at some point and having people actually do a better job of wiping things down after usage [like they’re supposed to do] is also pleasant. But seeing some people continue to not care is probably going to be horrifying for me like it has been for some people in hair salons in Arizona.
One way to put things into perspective is this: Even before the pandemic happened, we have all seen those people who choose not to wash their hands after using the bathroom or will have the audacity to double dip their chips or bread that they have already taken a bite out of. Speaking of taking a bite out of bread --- I once bit into a piece of bread only to discover that another woman sitting across from me decided to stick her chewed up gum onto the bottom of it before placing it on the plate in front of me.
Just as some people are finally deciding to proactively deciding to finally educate themselves on racism towards black people in America, I hope some people will have become more educated on sanitary etiquette. Will there continue to be extremely racist people or unsanitary people in America? Sadly, yes. But we can all hope for a vast improvement.