I go to a small supermarket, well only just started going to shops, been having deliveries with isolation.
most shoppers used to be so pleasant, chatting etc..
now most everyone seems so miserable... if someone is in the way, whether chatting, or just parking their trolley out into the passage way, whilst they contemplate stuff on the shelves, I usually stop and say "excuse me" depending on vibes I get , I will mostly, smile, surely it shows in our eyes?
and say, didn`t want to smash your butt, or didn`t want to take inches off your bum! mostly I get a good response.
tough it they don`t like it, I have said excuse me..
yesterday, a lady was coughing away, just her, and another shopper and me,, in the aisle... she apologised and said not the virus, I have asthma, so we both stopped and suggested she should get a letter/note from her doc, so she doesn`t have to wear a mask as she explained it aggravate her asthma.
it was a pleasant chat, she didn`t seem to know she could be exempt..
as we parted. I thanked the other lady for chatting, and we both said we had been isolated and were lonely, and how "miserable" everyone seemed to have got... no more smiling, (well can we see the mouth smiling) and no more pleasantries...
this lockup has caused a terrible change in the English way of life in more ways than one.