Day # 2 Night : Can We Just Talk ?

There was also another thing that I realized during this experiment is that people are always on their phones. There was an incident where I was at Yama to pick up food for my mom because sushi is what my family eats at every special occasion. When I went inside I was bombarded with a long line that I had to stand in. I spent probably 20 minutes in line (I’m not sure because I DID NOT HAVE MY PHONE), but the whole time in line people were just staring at their phone instead of talking. I thought that it was weird cause we have all been in quarantine for almost 2 months now and we haven’t seen any people that are new and yet when people are waiting in line standing 6 feet apart nobody wants to talk. I know you might be thinking “ Emma you could have said something to someone ” but I am not that kind of person who would do that and I guess I felt out of place to do that.

After baking the cookies, I did what I stated and delivered them to me and my mom’s friends. I’m still learning how to drive, so my dad had to come with me. I found that there were little times where I missed having my phones and I could’ve used my phone to help me. For example when I was dropping off the cookies I found it hard to leave the cookies not knowing if the person got them or not. When I dropped them off I would leave it at the door and then ring the bell. I had no way of texting people that the cookies were there, so there was an idea of uncertainty when I was dropping the cookies. But I was able to see some of my friends who opened the door right after I rang the doorbell. Throughout this pandemic, I miss seeing people’s real faces and not seeing it through a screen. So that was a highlight of this experiment actually finding ways to see people, while still social distancing (Be Safe).

So every night during quarantine, my family has a zoom call at 9 pm. I normally don’t participate because I just call my cousins at my own time, but this night was different. I actually wanted to participate this time and had more fun engaging with people because I haven’t seen new faces or truly engaged in a conversation with people besides my parents or dog.