“We Are All Like Zombies”: People Are Sharing The Things They’ve Missed Since COVID

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“One of my fondest moments in my relationship with my fiancé happened because of a Walmart being open 24 hours. This was back in 2018-ish, and my fiancé and I both worked at the local Pizza Hut. We had opposite schedules, and for some reason, management never scheduled our days off together. For about 3 or 4 months, we only saw each other at shift change.

One day, our closing driver called out, and I was the only one willing and able to be the closing driver, but we still needed a manager in the store to run things. My fiancé offered to work a double, and we worked that closing shift together. We still didn’t get to see each other long because the closing driver was a solo gig at my store, which meant I was on the road the entire night. But for 2 minutes every 20 minutes, I got to see her. Made my day.

But the best part was still to come. We actually weren’t super busy, and we were able to clean up and get everything done at a reasonable hour. It was still after midnight before we were finally done with everything. We got everyone out of the store, and we went over to Walmart and grabbed a bunch of random stuff we could cook in the oven and fryer, and came back to the store and had a date night in a closed Pizza Hut at 1 am.

And no, nothing illicit happened. We cooked chicken nuggets and ran mac and cheese through the oven to heat it up. Maybe some dumplings, all frozen junk food. And we sat and talked and ate for like 90 minutes. It could’ve been longer, I don’t remember. All I remember is the moment.

It’s a point in our relationship I’ll never forget, and I’m glad Walmart was open 24 hours.” 

—u/GGATHELMIL