while I understand never wanting to deal with middle manangment assholes lockdown's really fucking hurt a lot of people like people who do resturant work, and hair dressers, and whole portions of the economy that require you to be physically there. Yeah I get it office work is a special kind of hell but its only a portion of americas economy and every thing else is needed to avoid great depression 2 electric boogaloo.
I agree, that is why I think that some level of distancing and protection should have been required and that people should have been left to go to restaurants and hairdressers at their own risk.
Honestly I like the fact that people wear masks in food stores and have to clean their hands before entering, I also like it when there are sneeze shields at the checkout counters and idiots don't step on my heels there.(I like my personal fucking space, and I am something of a germophobe)
The lockdown should have been something along the lines of, "If you can work remotely, you work remotely" and Boomer managers would have been banned from blocking that.
I actually flourished during the pandemic, with my salary increasing a decent amount, not having to go to an office and eating at home freed up a massive amount of time that in turn let me improve my skills and get a bunch of certificates, all remotely, which in turn gave my CV a big boost, I also
lost a few kilos and managed to increase my physical activity with the help of a treadmill.
Obviously I didn't waste any money on the overpriced hypster trash that usually gets sold around places with lots of office space.
I am not returning to an office, ever!