Wednesday again. I don't know where the time goes. Lockdown started in March and now suddenly it's getting on for late May.
Lots of people, myself included, have expressed opinions about how our experience in lockdown might lead to some restructuring of the world or changes in the way we do things, some re-configuring of the ultra- rapid life we all lived in before mid- March 2020. Out in the car at the weekend we passed a huge queue of people in cars, stacked up one after the other, twenty or thirty cars long, and the only places they can have been queuing for were the newly re-opened drive though Krispy Kreme and/or the drive through Starbucks. That's straight back where we left off isn't it?
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Sadly I think fuck all will change if anything we will be pushed further, faster by the powers that be to make up for the "extended holiday" that we (the peasants) have all been on.
ReplyDeleteThat view- that we are all on holiday- is really pissing me off. I've worked full days, every workday since we started lockdown, teaching online lessons etc and I'm far from being alone in this. The Tory right wing narrative to paint us all as sitting in the garden with our feet up and doing nothing appalling. And tells us everything we need to know about them.
ReplyDeleteI can identify with that Adam. As the Learning Support Manager in a college I too have been working full days, co-ordinating as well as delivering the remote support of many students. It might be a bit easier in my position as our students are all 16-19 and don't really need to be looked after all day but it hasn't been easy and I really resent how we're currently being portrayed in the right-wing media.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm old. Once we return to "normal", the past decade of austerity is going to seem like the golden years.
ReplyDeleteI hate the human race (but not everyone in it!)
ReplyDelete'People ain't no good' said Lux Interior and Nick Cave.
ReplyDelete"...and the only places they can have been queuing for were the newly re-opened drive though Krispy Kreme and/or the drive through Starbucks. That's straight back where we left off isn't it?"
ReplyDeleteA sign of the instant gratification that so many people seek out these days. Plus, it allows them to boast on social media.
Some things will change. We're not at the end yet, despite how long it's been/felt.
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