12 things 2020 changed forever in our homes

1. Products are brought by the courier

And not just food. Also prepared food, and basic necessities, clothes and shoes. Once we considered it lordly – well, isn’t it possible to go to the store for bread and milk? Now I don’t want to go to the supermarket once again. It’s better to order delivery, especially since there are plenty of free options. Yes, you can’t take away the food with your own hands, but the likelihood of contact with a potentially infected person tends to zero.

2. A stock of medical masks appeared in the house

After all, without her, you can’t leave the house now. And if he did, then just walk the streets. After all, you can’t go to the bus, to the store, or even to the cafe without a mask. There are, of course, places where they turn a blind eye to violation of the mask regime. But do you want to risk your health? That is why the supply of masks is always and everywhere – both at home and in bags.

3. Sanitizers are registered in the bag

Perhaps the habit that you don’t even want to give up. I got out of the subway or the bus – I worked my hands. I bought it in a supermarket – I repeated the procedure. After all, an object dirtier than the handles of baskets and carts in stores cannot be found. However, no – a contactless payment device can compete with them.

4. The gym can be equipped at home

“We usually brought dumbbells to order, but now we won’t bring them to order,” the consultant in a sporting goods store shrugs his shoulders. – They even ran out in the warehouse. Apparently, everyone decided to study at home. What if the gyms are closed again? “

Taking care of yourself has reached a new level – after many have grown their sides in quarantine, the popularity of home workouts has increased significantly.

5. And the office too

At first, everyone was happy that they could not go to work. Then they got bored. And then they began to suffer – it turns out that it is not so easy without office communication! But nothing can be done, you can’t trample on remoteness, I had to equip myself an office at home. Usually in the kitchen. This is another reason why the sides grow in quarantine. By the way, sometimes we get very funny “offices” – here there are many funny examples.

6. “Whiteness” is worth its weight in gold

Initially, all chlorine-based cleaning products were gone from the shops. Especially popular was “Whiteness” – since Soviet times, a memorable liquid with a hellish smell, but unrealistically effective against microbes. She washed the floor, cleaned everything that could be cleaned, wiped everything that could be cleaned. Now, fortunately, the degree of fanaticism in cleaning has decreased. But disinfectants in the house are still not translated.

7. Toilet paper is never superfluous

For some reason, everyone began to stock up on it. And not only in Russia, but also abroad: toilet paper was swept off the shelves all over the world. The explanation came a little later – as it turned out, in China, where it all started, they bought toilet paper instead of gloves: they tore off a few towels and opened the doors, pressed buttons.  

8. Shopping for a rainy day – needed

Buckwheat ran out along with toilet paper. And in the houses there were reserves, as in the distant Soviet times, when life was ruled by a deficit. They bought canned food, cereals, sugar, butter, frozen vegetables became a hit. By the way, many of these products can really be stored almost forever.

9. The house turned into a fortress

Many of us have only now understood the meaning of this saying. Only within the walls of your own home can you feel completely protected, only at home can you be one hundred percent comfortable and safe. Therefore, the house has ceased to be just a place where we come to take a shower and spend the night. Now it is an oasis of comfort, which we have again learned to create for ourselves.  

10. Thinking about getting a dog

At first, everyone laughed at the jokes that dog owners can now rent them out for money – after all, during the lockdown, only dog ​​breeders had at least some freedom of movement. And then – another reason to go outside. After all, when there is no need to go anywhere, everything is brought home, we have become much less walking.  

11. We began to cook ourselves more often …

As noted in studies on eating habits, we have become less likely to eat normal food, but more often to snack. Parents come up with a variety of kitchen rituals with the participation of children: baking, for example. And someone for the first time began to cook himself: now you won’t sit too long in a cafe. And culinary skills will always come in handy.

12. … and wash your hands more often

We can say that for the first time we learned how to do it correctly. Before how? Soaked, soaped, rinsed. And now even tick-toks are being filmed dedicated to this procedure. You need to sing Happy birthday twice while you wash your hands, and take your time. And there is even a special soaping technology – it was developed by WHO specialists and tried to bring it to every inhabitant of the planet. However, it is a sin to give up such a habit – you can catch a dozen infections from unwashed hands.