Coronavirus (NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL COMMENTARY PLEASE)

[Himmel]

NYC Delays Public School Opening From Sept. 10 To Sept. 21

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Himmel

NYC Delays Public School Opening From Sept. 10 To Sept. 21

What difference will 11 days make

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

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not an NBA fan huh

Wake me up if the Raptors make the final.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

What difference will 11 days make

It's called 'kicking the can down the road'...

[Dollar Colonel]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

No one cheers for them.

lol it’s not 2011 anymore, though it looks like the Canucks’ days are numbered. Too bad since this is the first time I’ve followed them since the run.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

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ummmm no...i miss going out to dinner, date nights in the city, parties with friends, friends in general, movie theaters, comedy shows, concerts, sporting events, taking the kids to the zoo and summer carnivals and everything else in between...

I miss not being able to simply walk past someone and not feel threatened on some level...

[veritas]

So what you guys haven't noticed anything you don't miss? Some of them are easy like how my roundtrip commute went from 1 and half hours of driving a day to like 20 or 30 mins. Or the improvement in air quality around the world. Covid probably did more to stop global warming then governments would have been willing to do in a decade.

Its easy to name stuff you do miss but upon reflection their should be some stuff you noticed you don't miss.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I'm such an idiot. I was in a hurry to go to the store this morning, that I quickly got ready and I ended up getting out of my apartment without my mask on. I was walking down the hallway and my neighbors saw me. It wasn't until I was about to enter the elevator when I realized I didn't have my mask. So, I quickly ran back to my apartment to get my mask. How embarrassing and a couple of my neighbors (who all responsibly wear masks) saw me! They must think I'm a jerk for not wearing a mask!

Not only am I humiliated, but I'm so angry at myself. How could I have forgotten that we are in a pandemic???

Oh man, I did it again today. I left my apartment again without a mask. This time I didn’t realize until I got down to the lobby where my doorman saw me. So I quickly ran back into the elevator and went back up to my apartment to get my mask. Luckily no one was in the elevator. But the fact that my doorman saw me! How embarrassing!

I am so stupid! Why do I keep making this mistake over and over???? Grrrrr!

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by veritas

So what you guys haven't noticed anything you don't miss? Some of them are easy like how my roundtrip commute went from 1 and half hours of driving a day to like 20 or 30 mins. Or the improvement in air quality around the world. Covid probably did more to stop global warming then governments would have been willing to do in a decade.

Its easy to name stuff you do miss but upon reflection their should be some stuff you noticed you don't miss.

Ya I definitely don't miss having to go into work anymore...been told company isn't going to look at people going back until next year at earliest - and then in some sort of staggered fashion with permanent working from home an option for some people.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by veritas

So what you guys haven't noticed anything you don't miss? Some of them are easy like how my roundtrip commute went from 1 and half hours of driving a day to like 20 or 30 mins. Or the improvement in air quality around the world. Covid probably did more to stop global warming then governments would have been willing to do in a decade.

Its easy to name stuff you do miss but upon reflection their should be some stuff you noticed you don't miss.

Sorry, just can't come up with any change that resulted from CV-19 that I don't miss. Can list a dozen I do miss along with changes I dislike as a result of it.

[Lacit170]

Originally Posted by veritas

So what you guys haven't noticed anything you don't miss? Some of them are easy like how my roundtrip commute went from 1 and half hours of driving a day to like 20 or 30 mins. Or the improvement in air quality around the world. Covid probably did more to stop global warming then governments would have been willing to do in a decade.

Its easy to name stuff you do miss but upon reflection their should be some stuff you noticed you don't miss.

traffic is basically the same where im at.... in the very beginning it was less but now...back to the normal commute....

i cant really come up with any positives...actually, just thought of one while typing..... single rider golf carts.....love that! so, hope that stays for the long haul lol....

edit: also love that restaurants have gotten creative with outdoor seating areas. that was one of my biggest complaints in my area before covid was the lack of places to eat with outdoor seating...now, almost everywhere has outdoor seating

[Lee A Stewart]

Went to Burger King for dinner tonite. We were the only ones in the dining room. Got there at 4:45PM. Nice to sit down to a meal I haven't cooked. Only the second time since March. Plan on going again Saturday.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

Ya I definitely don't miss having to go into work anymore...been told company isn't going to look at people going back until next year at earliest - and then in some sort of staggered fashion with permanent working from home an option for some people.

I envy people whose working from home experience has been like a vacation. For me, I'm actually working when I'm at home because I have things to do and if none of it gets done, I'd get in trouble. For my uncle, he says working for home has been like an endless vacation for him.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I had to go out to stock up on more hand sanitizers today and to my surprise, they have gotten quite expensive. An 8 oz bottle is around $6. That's insane!

I guess I should be grateful that these stores have them in stock now. Honestly, I'd rather there be $6 hand sanitizers than no sanitizers at all. The problem is, people were abusing it before when they were cheap. Too many people were buying unnecessary quantities and stores were completely sold out for a long period of time.

Or you know, just buy soap for a fraction of the price that is several times more effective. There's enough sanitizer stations around in buildings that carrying portable sanitizer bottles on you isn't really necessary.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Or you know, just buy soap for a fraction of the price that is several times more effective. There's enough sanitizer stations around in buildings that carrying portable sanitizer bottles on you isn't really necessary.

Plus, the sanitizer available now in stores smells like Pepe Le Pew cut one on your hands.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

Went to Burger King for dinner tonite. We were the only ones in the dining room. Got there at 4:45PM. Nice to sit down to a meal I haven't cooked. Only the second time since March. Plan on going again Saturday.

Sorry, but 'Burger King' doesn't belong in the same sentence as 'dining room'...

Glad that you got out to eat though.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Plus, the sanitizer available now in stores smells like Pepe Le Pew cut one on your hands.

I used one of the hand sanitizers at the store last week and it really smelled bad!! After that, I swore to use my own hand sanitizer going forward.

[ctujackbauer]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Or you know, just buy soap for a fraction of the price that is several times more effective. There's enough sanitizer stations around in buildings that carrying portable sanitizer bottles on you isn't really necessary.

This might be specific to California, but most of the restaurants, grocery stores, and other stores shut off access to their bathrooms and water fountains. And the only place I've seen a sanitizer station was a doctor's office (probably only to be used by the employees.)

A Starbucks nearby had chairs and tables blocking access to the bathrooms because I guess people tried to use them.

[Scarriere]

The tourist town that I’m currently in, all of the restaurants and shops have sanitizer at the entrance and One of my travelling companions started to refuse to put it on. I told her that she should be using it, but she still refused.
While waiting in line at Starbucks, a couple of teenagers were ignorant of the big decals on the floor and were too close to the older couple ahead of them. The older couple tried cold stares, but the teenagers were oblivious, so the older couple left.

Every single day my mind is boggled by the ignorance of people.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by ctujackbauer

This might be specific to California, but most of the restaurants, grocery stores, and other stores shut off access to their bathrooms and water fountains. And the only place I've seen a sanitizer station was a doctor's office (probably only to be used by the employees.)

That's insanity. What are you supposed to do, hold it all day when you leave your house?