I’m getting tired of the sound of silence due to Covid.

[dseag2]

The most annoying thing about Home Depot is their employees. Try to find one when you need them.

Agreed. I went looking for a countertop microwave a couple of weeks ago. I finally found someone and he laughed like I was speaking Swahili and said he didn't work in that department. He asked someone else and that guy didn't understand either. I bought my microwave at Best Buy.

Last week we were looking for a Carolina Jasmine at Home Depot. There was no one around in the Garden Center. I finally found a guy that had no clue. He finally found someone that told me they had sold out.

Home Depot is the worst.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I would have loved to have "the sound of silence" for the last month and a half. Crews were knocking down a parking garage across the street and from about 7 a.m. almost every day for at least 5 or 6 weeks, jackhammering and banging could be heard until about 4 p.m....in stereo it seemed. Because it could be heard from the front and back of our buildings.

On a personal level, I've been venturing out to go to the local supermarket where I sometimes run into one of my honorary children who's a security guard there. We have nice conversations and a couple of times he even walked me home so he could carry my packages (which he thinks are too heavy). Last time I didn't let him. I've had my regular doctor and lab appointments during which I engage the staffs. Since COVID my friends and I are keeping in better touch and we're having longer conversations which are always peppered with laughter. That helps.

 

[Sunny]

I would have loved to have "the sound of silence" for the last month and a half. Crews were knocking down a parking garage across the street and from about 7 a.m. almost every day for at least 5 or 6 weeks, jackhammering and banging could be heard until about 4 p.m....in stereo it seemed. Because it could be heard from the front and back of our buildings.

Good point, Diva. What's so awful about a little peace and quiet? And I haven't noticed that it's any more "silent" around here than it ever was. Good grief, everything gets blamed on Covid!

 

[Packerjohn]

Until the empty land near us is developed, I live in a very quiet area. I can open the windows at bedtime and know there’ll be few sounds until those birds start tweeting in the morning. They’re noisy little buggers.

When we walk the sounds of cars driving by bother me. I know this is small town thinking because big city folks would laugh at our definition of a traffic.

I agree. I have this feeling that only the rich can afford peace and quiet. The rest of us have to live with the constant noise of roaring traffic and other assorted noises of society. It appears that noisy cars rule the world. I know of places that have wide streets but absolutely no place for people to walk. How are we suppose to keep fit? Join a so-called health club, I suppose? In many places, cars are more important than people.

 

[Pinky]

I enjoyed the social interaction yesterday, with the nurse that gave me my 2nd booster shot. She was young and had a great sense of humour. The other nurse joined in with us. I was joking about the rickety chair I had to sit on. Maybe it wouldn't be funny to anyone else, but it was to us

Just a few pleasant words with a store employee, can boost the spirits. Humans need that.

 

[Em in Ohio]

I do live in a small town....
But......
This Covid thing has turned the sounds of life into silence, for me.
I miss hearing the sounds of life......kids playing, traffic, and just the noise of life.

Does anyone feel the same.

I long for the quiet! It wasn't quiet here long, but it was heavenly while it lasted - less traffic, a few quiet walkers, ahhh...

 

[SeniorBen]

I just moved to a new neighborhood and what a difference from where I used to live! So nice and peaceful and quiet! I take my dog out for a walk and... well, actually, there are a lot of noisy dogs barking from almost every backyard or bay-window as we go by, but not much people activity.

I went grocery shopping last night and there was hardly anyone in the store. No line at the self-checkout area, no line to grab some bell peppers, nobody in my way when I was looking for peppercorns. I feel like I've gone back in time 30 years! I'll bet gentrification will hit this area in a few decades like it did my old neighborhood, but it's nice to enjoy it while it lasts.

 

[oldaunt]

I agree. I have this feeling that only the rich can afford peace and quiet. The rest of us have to live with the constant noise of roaring traffic and other assorted noises of society. It appears that noisy cars rule the world. I know of places that have wide streets but absolutely no place for people to walk. How are we suppose to keep fit? Join a so-called health club, I suppose? In many places, cars are more important than people.

I live at about the middle of low-income guidelines and have for years, but I have 26 acres just paid off this month at the end of a dead end road. Not fancy but its all mine, and NO traffic. And if you can't get out and walk, put a treadmill in front of your TV instead of a recliner.

 

[StarSong]

Most everything is back to pre-Covid levels of noise and busyness here.

 

[Remy]

Until the empty land near us is developed, I live in a very quiet area. I can open the windows at bedtime and know there’ll be few sounds until those birds start tweeting in the morning. They’re noisy little buggers.

When we walk the sounds of cars driving by bother me. I know this is small town thinking because big city folks would laugh at our definition of a traffic.

I wish it were a little quieter where I am. The apartment has a street that goes up to a lot of houses further up so there is street noise. If I have to work the next morning, I don't have the window open at night in case something wakes me. I also run a CD that sounds like an air conditioner blowing which helps me sleep and blocks some noise.

When I owned that house, it should have been quiet but actually there was a lot of noise.

 

[MickaC]

Good point, Diva. What's so awful about a little peace and quiet? And I haven't noticed that it's any more "silent" around here than it ever was. Good grief, everything gets blamed on Covid!

I didn’t mean to give the impression that everything is Covid’s fault.....times are changing for the future.......21st century......whether we can change with it or not.