Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I have a very customer-facing job, and pre-lockdown was able to mask whilst at work fairly successfully, though it was exhausting at times. I have the advantage of spending a lot of the day by myself as well, and so was able to use this time to "recharge" before going back into the customer-facing environment. Over lockdown my role has been predominantly at home doing meetings over Skype/Zoom/Teams etc., but now that I'm working face-to-face more and more I feel like I've regressed massively. Masking seems to take orders of magnitude more effort than it did before lockdown. I realise that this could probably be put down to lack of practise, but it is concerning me.
Has anyone else had this experience? Please tell me it's not just me...
I can cope with normies fine. However, when anxious, I can excruciate myself.
This afternoon I was in a Post Office to post a Mass Card - for the death of a former Lecturer of mine who died of cancer - and there was an elderly woman in front of me posting several parcels. I found it a challenge to remain calm. However, I can appreciate that it might be her only way of communicating with loved-ones abroad. But I was still having kittens.