Why do people have to go to bars during a pandemic?

[boston bean]

Fact is they do not.

The bar owners are suffering economically. They deserve financial relief from the govt.

[RandySF]

1. Why do young people need to cluster?

Seems like there's no such thing as too crowded for them.

[pwb]

2. Not me anymore.

Owners and corporations stage events to encourage people to feel safe. I do have a 18 pack always on the refrigerator bottom for company. I am staying put.

[Nevilledog]

3. Because those people aren't lucky enough to be introverts.

[ananda]

6. That's what I was thinking.

I'm an introvert and I must say that sheltering
has been good for me.

My overall wellbeing has improved tremendously.

[Nevilledog]

7. I still get claustrophobic once in awhile..... Backyard or front porch cues that.

Hubby who is WFH is an extrovert....sucks to be him!

[smirkymonkey]

12. Same here. I almost don't want to tell people how happy I am with this situation

because I don't want to come across as smug, but I am well suited to it. The best thing is that I don't feel the PRESSURE to have to go out and socialize as I have a built in excuse.

I wfh and am in online meetings and emailing people back and forth all day long and I get enough social interaction from the people I do want to connect w/ over the phone, text and email (almost too much sometimes). I have only left my apartment building the Thurs before the July 4th weekend to get some errands done (w/ mask and social distancing) and went up to Maine to my sister's house since most of my family was gathering there for the holiday. Other than that, I am pretty much apartment bound.

I love not going into an office, but we will have to start up again on Aug 3rd, going in every other week, however I still get to wfh every Friday as I usually did before this whole thing started. I suppose that will be dealable unless infection rates start to pick back up here again.

[Ms. Toad]

4. Ohio was semi-smart about this earlier -

Restaurants that relied heavily on their liquour sales for profits were losing money even if they were able to switch to takeout - so early on any restaurant that had a liquour license was permitted to sell a limited quantity of alcohol with meals.

That was at least a pressure relief valve for places that had a mixture of alcohol and food sales.

[exboyfil]

5. Humans are social creatures

The only times I have been inside besides my house since March has been the grocery store twice and the hair stylist once, but I am an introvert.

I can see how it would be hard for some people to forego the socializing. I personally don't like crowds, but I do miss our summer of community festivals with their cover bands.

[soothsayer]

8. It was the very first place people headed in WI when their SC overruled the guv

Boom! Crowding into some cute little crowded dive bar.

I was like “ THAT’s what they were so upset about missing??”

Idk, cheaper at home.

[PSPS]

9. Alcoholism is a big problem

I dodged the bullet, apparently, but I lost two older brothers to alcoholism. Through them, I learned just how widespread and common it is. For example, in the medium-sized city where we all grew up, there are dozens of, maybe even over 100, different AA chapter meetings EVERY DAY!

[no_hypocrisy]

10. 1. Running away from reality.

2. Most people don't like to drink alone.
3. Alcohol addiction.

[grantcart]

11. Sex

[spinbaby]

13. We had a local guy shut down two bars

After one bar shut down because a regular tested positive for Covid, that regular took himself to another bar, which also had to shut down. Rural western PA—no one seems to believe in Covid here.