MUKAH: The new normal, to a certain extent, has slightly slowed down the pace of everyday life during the movement control order (MCO).
Queuing before entering shopping centres perhaps is one of the new norms brought about by the MCO due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Experience has shown that shopping now cannot be done as fast as one would like because of the queue system imposed at shopping centres.
The queue system is in compliance with social distancing required under the MCO which aims to contain the pandemic.
With regard to social distancing, shopping centres only allow a certain number of shoppers to enter their premises at any one time.
During the MCO, shoppers now spend more time at shopping centres.
The ‘extra time’ is spent queuing in front of shopping centres before being allowed to enter the premises, and after their body temperatures have been checked.
If a shopper goes to more than one shopping centre, he or she definitely spends another period of time waiting in the queue.
The longer the queue and the longer the time spent by shoppers already admitted into the premises, then the wait in the queue becomes even longer.
As long as the MCO is being enforced, shoppers now have to sacrifice a bit more time.
And the old normal short shopping trip now has become a bit of a longer affair. The daily pace of life, too, has slowed down to a certain extent.
