not really comfortable with the term. Even before all this happened; I'm not really sure what it means. In different degrees and to different people, normal is such a subjective term. Maybe if I go through some obvious things that are not normal now and describe them as normal, it might go some way to forming some view.
children going to school
spectators spectating
people eating in restaurants
people travelling more than 5 kilometres
for me personally it's seeing my sons, playing music once a week or even occasionally going to the movies.
but then there are things that are not so obvious. Like the virus suppressing a person's true nature. I used to have a boss who loved nothing more than being an asshole and a control freak. The virus must be killing her right now because she has to put all these protective measures in place and actually pretend she cares. She must miss me so much, being her number one whipping boy. Trying to quash your inner tyrant must be murder.
then there is the recent phenomenon of the amount of people yelling conspiracy theories on the tram. Or just yelling hostile nonsense. Maybe this is a quantity issue in relation to the virus right now. Normally, they might be happy to do the same thing at home.
the other thing I have noticed in recent times is supermarket rage. People going into a seething frenzy over the most mundane consumer items at the registers. Then there are the things that happen at home like people giving it to call center operators. Maybe this could be a regular thing and have a long history, only with a greater frequency right now. I have heard the pre-call message about treating our operators with courtesy and respect, and we hope you do the same more than a few times lately.
maybe with everything that has been, or not been, happening over the last six months, the term normal could be an easy topic of preoccupation. Especially when the very idea of it could seem - illusory.
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