17 things that people forgot how to do during the pandemic

We spent a long time in various lockdowns and it looks like it’s going to be a while still before life returns to ‘normal’.

But as coronavirus restrictions relax, it turns out quite a few of us have forgotten how to do everyday things that suddenly felt incredibly complicated, like greeting people on the street or buying stuff in shops.

Here are our 17 most relatable including favourites from a whole load highlighted by the good people of HuffPost.

1.

feeling unexpectedly shy about showing my nose and mouth now….I may have forgotten how to make……..expressions

— Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) May 17, 2021

I got very good at the “I’m smiling at you I promise” eye crinkle and now my mouth doesn’t know what to do

— Noelle Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) May 17, 2021

2.

I’ve forgotten how to talk to people in person. What do I do with my arms?

— Jenelle Riley (@jenelleriley) May 18, 2021

3.

I forgot how to act in public because when the cashier at the grocery store gave me my total I replied, “Good and you?”

— ThisOneSays (@ThisOneSayz) December 29, 2020

4.

I’m in a movie theater. I’ve forgotten how to act in this place.

— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) May 18, 2021

5.

When you put on jeans for the first time in a few weeks and can’t remember how to walk. pic.twitter.com/UtyhV72aWw

— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) July 21, 2020

6.

Talked to some strangers at a bar last night and let me assure you that people have completely forgotten how to tell stories.

— Matt Shirley (@mattsurely) May 14, 2021

7.

i’m going to come out of this pandemic even more awkward than i was before bc i forgot how to socialize 😅

— sarah needs a hug lol (@hisarahlol) September 13, 2020

8.

${NEWJOB} asked for a headshot and I realized I don’t have anything recent where I look happy

I just spent a solid hour remembering how to smile on purpose

— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss) June 21, 2020

9.

just wanna announce ahead of time that after the pandemic ends i will be grunting at you like a caveman because i forgot how to talk

— Rob DenBleyker (@RobDenBleyker) March 15, 2021