Still going to restaurants?

[kymom99]

It seems like now, once it takes hold in a family, everyone ends up with it. When I had it a year ago, no one else in my household got it. And I was really sick. My son has it now, but he was not at home. He’s been able to isolate and recover. I’m not sure restaurants are any more if a risk than anywhere else that might be crowded. Not many people are wearing masks where they don’t have to around me.

 

[Snowflakey]

Nope, not going to any restaurants. I have grandbabies who aren't able to get a vaccine that I need to protect!

 

[wenrob]

It seems like now, once it takes hold in a family, everyone ends up with it. When I had it a year ago, no one else in my household got it. And I was really sick. My son has it now, but he was not at home. He’s been able to isolate and recover. I’m not sure restaurants are any more if a risk than anywhere else that might be crowded. Not many people are wearing masks where they don’t have to around me.

I don’t know, it’s like playing the lottery. DD’s best friend’s fiancé got Covid for Christmas and neither the BFF nor their roommates (and DD and other friends who had been with them days prior) got it all cooped up in a little apartment together. On the flip of that my stepmother goes nowhere, does not allow any of us to come over (just one friend) and she’s in the hospital with it. We’re trying to piece together when/how it happened and if it’s safe for my brother to come over here and drop off her phone since he was exposed to her when calling an ambulance.

No to restaurants or crowded places that are unnecessary for me. We’re homebodies so going out to eat isn’t really a big part of our lives anyway.

 

[aprilchem]

I don’t know, it’s like playing the lottery. DD’s best friend’s fiancé got Covid for Christmas and neither the BFF nor their roommates (and DD and other friends who had been with them days prior) got it all cooped up in a little apartment together. On the flip of that my stepmother goes nowhere, does not allow any of us to come over (just one friend) and she’s in the hospital with it. We’re trying to piece together when/how it happened and if it’s safe for my brother to come over here and drop off her phone since he was exposed to her when calling an ambulance.

No to restaurants or crowded places that are unnecessary for me. We’re homebodies so going out to eat isn’t really a big part of our lives anyway.

You might suggest the BFF or the roommates to get an antibody test in about a month just to check, even if they've had negative tests. My best friend had COVID at some point in the last 8 weeks and neither her nor anyone in her family were symptomatic - she only found out by getting a blood antibody test as a screening because of some other random symptoms she was having (which we thought might be long COVID, but turned out they're related to another medical condition).

I'm scheduled for a blood antibody test on Thursday, now, because I don't see any way that she could have had it and I not - she is the only person I don't social distance from. It won't change my behavior if I learn I had it, but we're both scientists and want to figure out the mystery!

 

[Sinder]

It seems like now, once it takes hold in a family, everyone ends up with it. When I had it a year ago, no one else in my household got it. And I was really sick. My son has it now, but he was not at home. He’s been able to isolate and recover. I’m not sure restaurants are any more if a risk than anywhere else that might be crowded. Not many people are wearing masks where they don’t have to around me.

My dd had it right before Christmas and nobody else in the house got it.
We even had a get together with 5 people who spent the weekend with us, left the night before dd tested positive (so she was hanging out as normal with all of us). Not one of them got it either.

 

[punkin]

DD23 just tested positive on Saturday. She's been out to restaurants, concerts, parties. It's hit her hard... like a really bad cold but it triggered a really awful migraine so she's pretty debilitated. I'm praying she recovers quickly. She's really too far away for me to actually do anything.

My DD29 is pregnant so she's trying to avoid getting it. She's barely going out of the house at all (let me tell you what that's doing to her mental health). But that's temporary. As soon as she gives birth, we are planning to have a nice little family party... maybe in a restaurant.

I personally went out last week and the restaurant was crowded as if there was no pandemic. People took off their masks the instant they sat down and didn't even bother putting them back on as they left. The restaurant required proof of vaccination but they barely glanced at it.

People are DONE! not only with the covid, but with the constant shaming (see a particular post upthread). We don't want to kill granny. We haven't seen my MIL in 2 years... she has medical issues and isn't comfortable doing anything) but if she wanted to see us, we would do it in an instant. At this point it's entirely possible she will never meet her great grandchild.

 

[Moliphino]

I haven't eaten inside a restaurant since we were in Spain in October. We have done takeout a few times.

Wait, not entirely true. I did eat inside a Wendy's a few weeks ago. It wasn't super crowded, so I was able to sit well away from other people, and it doesn't take long to eat food and leave. I haven't been to any table service restaurants, though.

 

[ronandannette]

My dd had it right before Christmas and nobody else in the house got it.
We even had a get together with 5 people who spent the weekend with us, left the night before dd tested positive (so she was hanging out as normal with all of us). Not one of them got it either.

Didn’t get it or just never developed symptoms? If they weren’t tested, it’s impossible to know. Asymptomatic spread of Omicron is rampant but of course if one isn’t aware they have it, they don’t isolate.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Wait, not entirely true. I did eat inside a Wendy's a few weeks ago.

Not by some grand decision or anything my husband and I realized we couldn't remember the last time we ate inside a fast food place (it had to have been in 2020, I remember going inside a McDonald's with a mask on). We're not actively avoiding it just somehow haven't done it. My husband has been inside to get food from the counter after a mobile order goes wrong or something like that so it's not that all the places are closed inside (he's seen people eating inside). Some franchise owners have done that but mostly they haven't around here. People do seem to be eating inside around here at fast food places but nowhere near the amount of people before the pandemic.

I don't think I would mind going inside to eat but the appeal has sorta gone away. Strange to just realize that.

 

[Moliphino]

Not by some grand decision or anything my husband and I realized we couldn't remember the last time we ate inside a fast food place (it had to have been in 2020, I remember going inside a McDonald's with a mask on). We're not actively avoiding it just somehow haven't done it. My husband has been inside to get food from the counter after a mobile order goes wrong or something like that so it's not that all the places are closed inside (he's seen people eating inside). Some franchise owners have done that but mostly they haven't around here. People do seem to be eating inside around here at fast food places but nowhere near the amount of people before the pandemic.

I don't think I would mind going inside to eat but the appeal has sorta gone away. Strange to just realize that.

I would usually take it to go, but I had left work for the day and was on my way to run errands, so I didn't have a convenient place to take the food to eat. It was too cold to want to eat in my car.

 

[kymom99]

My dd had it right before Christmas and nobody else in the house got it.
We even had a get together with 5 people who spent the weekend with us, left the night before dd tested positive (so she was hanging out as normal with all of us). Not one of them got it either.

That’s good, my son was with friends who didn’t get sick either. What I have seen is people with small kids. I think it’s hard to isolate everyone when there are little ones. I can count 5 families off the top of my head recently who had it run through their households.

 

[OrangeBirdGirl]

DH & I rarely go out to eat because we enjoy cooking. I go in spurts where I will meet friends out. Currently, due to record cases in our area and some very sick family members with COVID, I have axed going out to eat with friends. I guess mainly is because I'm sitting so close to someone unmasked. If DH and I decided we'd want to go out to eat though we would, since we're obviously unmasked together at home. And, even pre-COVID when we'd go out to eat we'd eat at the off times anyways as not as busy.

 

[Sinder]

Didn’t get it or just never developed symptoms? If they weren’t tested, it’s impossible to know. Asymptomatic spread of Omicron is rampant but of course if one isn’t aware they have it, they don’t isolate.

Didn't get it, we were all tested, some of us 2 times, some of us 3

 

[Sinder]

That’s good, my son was with friends who didn’t get sick either. What I have seen is people with small kids. I think it’s hard to isolate everyone when there are little ones. I can count 5 families off the top of my head recently who had it run through their households.

We were surprised that nobody that was in contact with my dd at our house ended up getting it. Her boyfriend got it but he actually isn't sure if he gave it her since he found out that a couple people he worked with were positive the same day my dd tested.
I know several families that had the same thing happen, one person got it but nobody else did and a couple families that had it go through a couple people in the house. It's a roll of the dice I guess on how it's going to spread within your home if one person in it ends up positive.

 

[leahgoogle]

Yes. Our area is pretty much business as usual. We eat out at restaurants if we want to.

 

[kdonnel]

I did eat inside a Wendy's a few weeks ago.

I have been trying for two years to eat in a Wendy’s. I have wanted their chili but none of the Wendy’s here are open for dine in. I don’t do to go so no Wendy’s for me.

 

[chickapin parterre]

one casino has great spacing of tables, so we go there......but still only frequently the outdoor Taco Stands. And we have been to mexico several times late in the day 4:00 one resturnt is empty, all the americans and canadians have gone back to their vacation residents....so our wait is zero to leave thru border check out. and service is great in the restaurant that was crowded at 2:00 because they all had high hopes that the 2 hour standing walk out time would diminish. at 4:00 it is at hour and half.

 

[Pink Partridge]

Vaccinated and boosted, so I feel safe eating at restaurants. Science, statistics, and all that jazz.

BUT, I am very picky about where my money goes as far as eating out. We have really polished our cooking skills during shutdowns, and most restaurants tend to disappoint us now due to being understaffed and the quality of food. Also, I am used to much larger wine pours at home now

 

[evilmommie]

Vaccinated and boosted, so I feel safe eating at restaurants. Science, statistics, and all that jazz.

BUT, I am very picky about where my money goes as far as eating out. We have really polished our cooking skills during shutdowns, and most restaurants tend to disappoint us now due to being understaffed and the quality of food. Also, I am used to much larger wine pours at home now

on this. Super picky about our choices in restaurants BEFORE Covid and now even more. And, my wine cellar has better choices. Hahaha

Fig & Olive did not disappoint on Saturday. Gorgeous everything!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

One of my mother-in-law's favorite waitresses, one whom we have met enough times, passed away last night from Covid
Another employee is sick. My in-laws are like that insurance commercial where it talks about the waiters don't need to know your name..they know all of the regular waitstaff and sometimes the managers too. They share their life stories and all with many of them texting over time, one employee from a different location ended up being the in-law's landscape guy. I know this is hitting mother-in-law very hard. While I didn't know the woman's life story the same way it is surreal because I remember her sticking around the table talking (she knew the in-law's order very well) and chatting and always stopping by to say hello.

I don't have much details but I do know they went to that particular restaurant multiple times in a week and very recently but my mother-in-law and step-father-in-law have 3 doses though they are considered immunocomprimised so I do worry from time to time just how much they spend going out to eat.