Went to the Mall of America yesterday

[NickB79]

It was PACKED. Bad mistake on my part, but I was in desperate need of a walk, and it was 20F outside. I didn't stay long.

But.......

Only about 25% were wearing masks 🤬

Omicron is gonna burn through us this winter like a California forest fire.......

[jimfields33]

1. I didn't go but Spider-Man movie has to be a super duper spreader

3rd highest weekend box office in history. Lots of risky behavior going on.

[Skittles]

5. thank you

I think it is disturbing how many people will pack a theater during a pandemic to watch a stupid Spiderman movie....THIS is why the virus continues to spread.

[Initech]

7. What are we supposed to do? Stay home the next 5 years?

[Skittles]

9. you don't have to stay home

but you don't have to dine indoors, attend packed movies, etc, either

[BlackSkimmer]

16. Hell, I didn't go to the mall even BEFORE the pandemic.

Still not going.

[choie]

15. Unfortunately, if people had stayed home

been vaxxed, gotten the booster and WORN MASKS, we wouldn't have to stay inside now. It's called delayed gratification. Are you going to die if you don't go to the mall?

[Skittles]

21. you know it, choie

the multiple stories indicating yeah, this probably wasn't a good idea BUT.......this is how the virus spreads

[DemocraticPatriot]

34. Hopefully it won't take 5 years for the rest of the un-masked and unvacced

to kill each other off, and hopefully not take too many sensible people with them.

guess we need some more spiderman movies. I won't be going.

[TheFarseer]

36. But most will survive to get it again and again

[SharonClark]

2. Agree it was a big mistake on your part but it did allow

you to write about that 75% who weren't masked.

[BlackSkimmer]

18. Lol.

[jcgoldie]

3. hmm

Maybe we should rake the antivaxxed...

[Skittles]

4. lightweight

I took three mile walks during the polar vortex.

[jimlup]

6. Yes people have dropped their guard and are not paying attention....

It is a sad sight and we are so far into this that fatigue is understandable. For myself and my family, we have will take every precaution.

[Initech]

8. Yeah I am truly getting to the point where I can't take much more of this.

On one hand I can see why the other side is getting really fed up. But on the other hand, being related to a medical professional (a real medical professional, BTW), I do get why we have these precautions. What do we do? We can't keep living like this but at the same time we have to weigh all options to continue as a society.

[jimlup]

10. We sit tight and try to make sense of the new reality

it may be that we get a booster or additional vaccination frequently. We continue to root for science to win this one despite the idiots among us.

[Initech]

29. Yeah I will happily get any number of booster shots I need to prevent lockdowns.

I don't want to relive 2020 as long as I live!

[jimlup]

37. Exactly!

[Skittles]

11. what exactly are you having a hard time with

I don't seem to suffer much angst behaving in a responsible manner during a pandemic.....maybe because I have known hard times before?

[Quakerfriend]

12. I too have lived through hard times, skittles & am able to "clamp down" when I need to.

But, I think many are too swayed by societal expectations- to go to that party OR
event you’ve long had tickets for etc. And, all of this suddenly building up just before the holidays is making it hard for some to abruptly stop & return to a lock down mentality.

[Skittles]

13. maybe they should spend more time savoring what they have

instead of what they cannot have

I grew up as a GI brat who moved constantly, sometimes overseas....I would not see relatives for YEARS at a time, and this was when phone calls were too expensive and of course there was no internet. It really gets on my nerves hearing people whine about who they cannot see when they can freaking SKYPE CALL them, for example. Argh. People have become.....so delicate.

[Quakerfriend]

23. Yes, I agree- people have become ' so delicate'

I suppose there have not been tough times for many in this country.
When I tell my kids about how some people live, l know they don’t always understand.
You’ve gotta ‘ go through some things’ to get it.

[Skittles]

27. oh my gosh, Quakerfriend

I know my "hard times" don't even compare to what some folk have to deal with. For example, although I grew up very much living on a budget, I have never in my life known how it feels to not know where your next meal is coming from. I donate regularly to the local food bank because I find that feeling hard to even imagine, especially for children.

[panader0]

14. Isolating from covid never really bothered me. I live outside of town, like being alone and

have many acres to roam on, and there's always some chores. I missed playing music with my friends,
but after the vaccines we started playing again after over a year. Still, that's here at my place, so no need
to go to town. Except for the regular weekly shopping, I never go anywhere.

[Skittles]

19. it really doesn't bother me much at all

but I guess I have to remember some folk are way more social than I am, for sure

[Quakerfriend]

25. Your living my kind of lifestyle, P0! N/t

[pstokely]

33. Isn't MOA a touristy mall?

don't Twin Cities local go to the less touristy malls in the area?

[dflprincess]

17. Southdale is usually pretty empty

or Burnsville Center. (Burnsville is so empty it's almost spooky.)

Not as many interesting things to look at & you'll have to make more laps to equal a MOA walk but it's safer from a crowd standpoint.

[BlackSkimmer]

20. I love walking outside in cold weather.

Or any weather for that matter. Sun, rain, snow...I love it.

I thought people who lived up north were supposed to shrug off cold weather?

[rsdsharp]

22. I went to The Mall of America once -- in 1995.

That was enough.

I went to what was previously on the site, many times. And enjoyed the visits far more.

[iemanja]

24. It's awful

Too big to get easily from one store to another. I avoid it.

[rsdsharp]

26. That's funny. We got there when it opened. My wife and daughter went into Dayton's.

I’d seen a department store, thanks, and told them to do their thing, and I’d meet them in front of the store so we could go to lunch. I went all over the mall, made 3-4 purchases, and met them for lunch. I told them where I’d been, and asked what stores they’d been to.

Daytons. That was it. We went to lunch, they went to another anchor store, and I found a bar, nursed a couple of beers and read my book. We had to drag our daughter out of the mall and she sulked when I headed toward home the next morning, instead of back to Bloomington.

My sister used to go up there every year to Christmas shop. I’d rather have a root canal.

[iemanja]

30. Dayton's was never at MOA

It was a mistake on their part. Do you mean Macy's? They bought out Dayton's. Or maybe Norstrom?

I miss Dayton's. I found it magical when I was a kid. They recently reopened the old Dayton's building, complete with a Christmas display, in downtown Minneapolis. I haven't seen it yet.

[rsdsharp]

31. Could have been Nordstrom's. One department store is like another to me.

[Throck]

28. 20F ?

Dry as hell inside.

Ironically a mask outside warms your breath. Great for walking outside.

[pstokely]

32. What's stopping Walz from a ordering statewide mask mandate?

Were some of the red and purple state Dems up for reelection next year spooked by VA and NJ?

[pfitz59]

35. I had 3 co-workers test positive today

they were vaxxed, and wore masks. I'm getting tested tomorrow.