<Anchor> As



Corona 19 is getting longer, it's time to think about eating one meal with other people once more.

So we investigated who people eat these days with, and how much we meet with other people in the Corona era.



Reporter Choi Jae-young and reporter Shin Seung-i will deliver.



<Reporter Choi Jae-young>



Corona has changed the lunch scene of office workers.



[Jaewoong Choi/Worker: Eating in a small scale, or eating alone...

]



There was a partition in the place where I used to hang out, and talking with my colleagues is now a nuisance.



[Jinah Lee/Restaurant Manager: The conversation has decreased a lot.

The number of words has decreased a lot, and the atmosphere itself has become a lot heavier.] When



SBS conducted a public opinion poll, less than 10% of the people who can eat comfortably

say'even workmates are

okay'.



43.7% of the respondents answered'family'.



Rather, the place where social exchange took place became a place to separate the people who were trusted and those who were not.



In fact, 93.9% of respondents said that their'meetings' with other people decreased after the coronavirus, but meetings with friends and lovers were no exception, as well as delayed and academic meetings, clubs, and workplace dinners.



[Jaewoong Choi/Worker: It means that the chances of (meeting) have decreased a lot with the coming of Corona, and there are good points in that part, but there are some bad points in the end...

]



Corona has changed the center of daily life from the outside to the home very quickly.



This trend is bound to continue as long as the corona is not over.



So how are we accepting this change now?



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<Reporter Shin Seung-i>



Dad prepares the dinner table with familiar skills.



After Corona 19, eating dinner with my family has become more frequent.



[Do you want to go bike ride tomorrow morning?

(Tomorrow?)]



I enjoy spending time with my extended family, but it is also true that time goes by.



As the division of roles was ambiguous and the lines between work and rest disappeared, minor conflicts began to arise.



[Jang Dong-il/Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do: (As the time spent at home is getting longer), there is a part where my wife is tired once she comes in.

When I woke up to go to the bathroom, at dawn, I was sitting on the couch and doing something (personal work).]



[Kim Ji-hee/Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do: (The longer the time spent together), the more distance you spend, the more silently doing your work... Talking about (conflict) will make each other too difficult, so they go different paths without talking.]



Seven out of ten citizens answered that the number of times they eat at home increased after the coronavirus, and on average five times a week than before 38.5% of people said that they ate more at home.



That's why 61% of respondents said they became close to each other, but 36% said they were not.



[Kim Ho-gi/Yonsei University Sociology Professor: It shows that the family has been newly rediscovered.

At the same time, it also informs us that our social relationships and trust have been reduced by that amount.]



In the era of Corona 19, finding a new balance point for the changed trust relationship is another homework that has been thrown to us.



(Video coverage: Lee Byeong-ju, Video editing: Park Ki-deok, CG: Hong Seong-yong, Choi Jae-young, Lee Ye-jeong, Seong Jae-eun, VJ: Jeong Young-sam, Jeong Han-wook, Kim Cho-a)