What changed or never came back after the pandemic?

Common courtesy, politeness, and looking out for your neighbour. There were positive advances in social empathy when we were "all in this together" which sadly dissipated the moment "things got back to normal".

Working from home is now a permanent thing at many companies.

Parking spaces reserved for “curbside pickup” have not gone away. I still see them in many parking lots.

Grocery prices are higher than ever and will likely never come down (that is, they will only rise more slowly).

The time when we thought “reaching across the aisle” could solve anything is over. It is effectively every man for himself. The pandemic didn’t make us come together, it had the opposite effect of making everyone more isolated and self-interested. I’m not all pessimistic about the future but I do think the effects of the pandemic were mostly negative, and it did so much damage to society.

Civility and empathy.

Low interest rates

Babysitting. I babysat and now all the kids are in school. Not needed anymore or should I say used anymore.🤔

Authorities were no longer scared of water bottles.

Parking spots.

Too many are now for online carry out orders.

Common sense

handshakes

tolerance

Faith in humanity

Civility

Common sense

Kissing

Strip clubs

Long wait times to get into a restaurant on a weekend. I still see so many people that place to-go or delivery orders instead of eating in the restaurant…

Systemic balances and harmonies in many areas of the economy. Retail, medicine, repair systems, airports, etc etc.

Many are sub opitimal in my observation.

Around here, inflation of food prices. Everything else settled back to normal. Even gas.

Reasonable prices
Certain doctors not behaving like total ***

Customer service!!!!

Common sense

John Olinger

reasonable prices

A lot of broken friendships.