Otis
Footballguy
What are some things that you think may be permanently changed by this pandemic? Here are a few that have come to mind for me:
Work from home. So many of the generation that is still in charge doesn’t really understand work from home. It’s not old school and they can’t get behind it. A lot of industries and companies have embraced it but others have not. But they’ve been forced to do so now. Probably for months. And after that happens, isn’t the horse out of the barn? Once everyone has shown that they can carry on in their jobs every bit as much remotely, how do you go back? Just seems like this will result in a dramatic shift for those folks whose jobs can be performed just the same remotely. It’s the nightmare scenario for the anti-work-from-home management folks.
Cruises. I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings on these and what a scam I think these floating tin prisons are. A vacation to.... well, the middle of the ocean. Sure, they have drinks and views and sun and everything you can get an at actual beach vacation at an actual place. Anyway, we could debate the merits of these awful things all day, but what I think is clear is I don’t see how this industry bounces back. Like, ever. Airlines and travel will, because the government will and needs to save them. But this? I just don’t see it. But who knows, I guess if the government props them up, maybe they survive, and people start coming back?
Movie theaters. Some of the studios like Universal Studios announced they would release the upcoming movies direct to home on demand. I’ve always wondered about this. I have little interest in sitting in a room with a couple hundred strangers to watch a movie I’m excited to see. I’d much rather watch at home. I’d pay double to do so if I could. Always felt this way and wondered about the theaters’ stranglehold on this. Well, now, how do you go back? Yeah someone wouldn’t gouge you anymore on overpriced popcorn and coke, but then again, the studios if they model it right could make just as much money. Maybe more. Feels like a game changer.
Hygiene. We actually wash our hands now and are mindful about germs, I think in a way we never have been before. Will it change the way we behave about social interaction at least for a while?
What else in society will be forever changed by this whole mess?
Work from home. So many of the generation that is still in charge doesn’t really understand work from home. It’s not old school and they can’t get behind it. A lot of industries and companies have embraced it but others have not. But they’ve been forced to do so now. Probably for months. And after that happens, isn’t the horse out of the barn? Once everyone has shown that they can carry on in their jobs every bit as much remotely, how do you go back? Just seems like this will result in a dramatic shift for those folks whose jobs can be performed just the same remotely. It’s the nightmare scenario for the anti-work-from-home management folks.
Cruises. I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings on these and what a scam I think these floating tin prisons are. A vacation to.... well, the middle of the ocean. Sure, they have drinks and views and sun and everything you can get an at actual beach vacation at an actual place. Anyway, we could debate the merits of these awful things all day, but what I think is clear is I don’t see how this industry bounces back. Like, ever. Airlines and travel will, because the government will and needs to save them. But this? I just don’t see it. But who knows, I guess if the government props them up, maybe they survive, and people start coming back?
Movie theaters. Some of the studios like Universal Studios announced they would release the upcoming movies direct to home on demand. I’ve always wondered about this. I have little interest in sitting in a room with a couple hundred strangers to watch a movie I’m excited to see. I’d much rather watch at home. I’d pay double to do so if I could. Always felt this way and wondered about the theaters’ stranglehold on this. Well, now, how do you go back? Yeah someone wouldn’t gouge you anymore on overpriced popcorn and coke, but then again, the studios if they model it right could make just as much money. Maybe more. Feels like a game changer.
Hygiene. We actually wash our hands now and are mindful about germs, I think in a way we never have been before. Will it change the way we behave about social interaction at least for a while?
What else in society will be forever changed by this whole mess?