Covid-19

Kinda like when a c store clerk TOLD me. That I need to have a mask on. Or they wouldn’t ring up the stuff I had on the counter.
That convenience store clerk probably could not give a damn whether you wear a mask or not. He was simply trying to enforce the rules that came down from above him so that he did not lose his job, and the business owner did not get fined or closed by the government.


I told him “ if I come back in here with a mask on, I ain’t paying for shit.”
I hope you didn’t really do that, it is difficult enough for retail employees today, suggesting that they would be robbed for enforcing the rules probably does not help.

@Tinman6 - I’m not picking on you specifically, but I am absolutely shocked at the amount of abuse my front line retail employees take from customers about this mask situation.

They’re just showing up every day trying not to get sick and follow whatever the updated policy is to keep from getting fired.

A plea to all, please be kind and compassionate to your friendly (hopefully) retail workers.
 
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Hell yes!!! Non-COVIDites should be forced to give up their businesses to COVIDers and a Federal law should be passed that only COVIDers can hold public office, serve in security forces, etc.

For the children of course. :rolleyes:

Not everyday where you can use Godwin's Law and actually be 100% correct.
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Break, break. I'm about to fly home for the first time since Sep. 2019. I'll wear a mask outside of my home or when around people. Not because I'm a believer, but people are. If wearing a mask to the grocery store or Home Depot keeps people from freaking out or most importantly, gives them some peace of mind, I'm fine with my choice. With that said, I think it should be voluntary and not state or federally mandated. If I choose to wear a mask, that hurts who? No one. If we think it is acceptable for the gov't to step in for something like that, then we've slid another step closer to a totalitarian state. Yes, I put seatbelt and helmet laws in this category. Do they save lives? Absolutely! Do I wear my seatbelt? Absolutely! Should the gov't step in and save us from ourselves? Nah, son.

Save us from other people (smoking indoors for example), but otherwise let us live our own lives.

Times are stressful enough. If wearing a mask in public takes an emotional burden, however slight, off of someone, then I'm fine with my CHOICE. I am a grade A asshole when needed, but I also know how to say, please, thank you, and hold open a door. Those cost me nothing and neither will wearing a mask in public. It rarely costs us anything to respect others.

And when needed, they can fuck off with a pizza cutter and I'll deliver that message with a smile.
 
Not everyday where you can use Godwin's Law and actually be 100% correct.
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Break, break. I'm about to fly home for the first time since Sep. 2019. I'll wear a mask outside of my home or when around people. Not because I'm a believer, but people are. If wearing a mask to the grocery store or Home Depot keeps people from freaking out or most importantly, gives them some peace of mind, I'm fine with my choice. With that said, I think it should be voluntary and not state or federally mandated. If I choose to wear a mask, that hurts who? No one. If we think it is acceptable for the gov't to step in for something like that, then we've slid another step closer to a totalitarian state. Yes, I put seatbelt and helmet laws in this category. Do they save lives? Absolutely! Do I wear my seatbelt? Absolutely! Should the gov't step in and save us from ourselves? Nah, son.

Save us from other people (smoking indoors for example), but otherwise let us live our own lives.

Times are stressful enough. If wearing a mask in public takes an emotional burden, however slight, off of someone, then I'm fine with my CHOICE. I am a grade A asshole when needed, but I also know how to say, please, thank you, and hold open a door. Those cost me nothing and neither will wearing a mask in public. It rarely costs us anything to respect others.

And when needed, they can fuck off with a pizza cutter and I'll deliver that message with a smile.
Your body, my choice, comrade.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...-have-merry-little-christmas-emphasis-little/

When asked whether the different outcome has more to do with American individualism or the executive branch's stance on avoiding national mandates, Fauci responded that the “independent spirit in the United States of people not wanting to comply with public health measures has certainly hurt us a bit.”
 
Just found out that our governor is going to come through Monday or Tuesday, he wants to "talk with the team that put all this together ".

My boss has already approved my PTO. Not into the dog and pony show.

Regarding Dr Fauci, he's not wrong, you know. We have a history of rugged individualism, we are allowed to make our own choices, good or bad. This is no different.
 
Just found out that our governor is going to come through Monday or Tuesday, he wants to "talk with the team that put all this together ".

My boss has already approved my PTO. Not into the dog and pony show.

Regarding Dr Fauci, he's not wrong, you know. We have a history of rugged individualism, we are allowed to make our own choices, good or bad. This is no different.
I already prepared your talking points! I had multiple pages but after my wife edited out all the swears, it says:

”Good morning Guv’nuh.”

That‘s all that made it past the censor.
 
@Devildoc. Are we sure this PTO wasn't "directed"?

:ROFLMAO: ;-)

If his wife's like mine, SHE told him to take PTO.

"Yeah, Babe, the Gov. is coming by work to talk to the people involved in this bullshit circus."
"It sounds like a good time to take some PTO."
"Nah, I'm good, I'll be fine."
(She glares)
"You know, a day off would do me some good."
 
If his wife's like mine, SHE told him to take PTO.

"Yeah, Babe, the Gov. is coming by work to talk to the people involved in this bullshit circus."
"It sounds like a good time to take some PTO."
"Nah, I'm good, I'll be fine."
(She glares)
"You know, a day off would do me some good."

Lol, not quite word for word, but almost.

My contribution to cost savings and our response: there was one and a half doses left in the vials after the five vials that Pfizer said was actually in the vial. I brought that to my boss's attention who took it to her boss who took it to her boss, within 2 hours we were on a conference call with the FDA and the CDC and now Pfizer has updated their practice saying we can have six doses per vial.
 
Lol, not quite word for word, but almost.

My contribution to cost savings and our response: there was one and a half doses left in the vials after the five vials that Pfizer said was actually in the vial. I brought that to my boss's attention who took it to her boss who took it to her boss, within 2 hours we were on a conference call with the FDA and the CDC and now Pfizer has updated their practice saying we can have six doses per vial.

Clearly the folks who "package" the product don't understand "the maths" involved. That really builds confidence. Stringer Bell is not amused with their business acumen.
 
Clearly the folks who "package" the product don't understand "the maths" involved. That really builds confidence. Stringer Bell is not amused with their business acumen.

Almost every vial of any medication has a little leftover for spillage or waste, but any other medication we have a great deal of flexibility on what we do with it. Since this is still technically considered an investigational medication, so we were legally and ethically bound to only the five doses. But I said it was silly, at the end of the day we are throwing away hundreds of doses. It's not an expense issue, each dose is about three and a half dollars. But the fact that they had to move heaven and earth, the FDA, and the CDC is just absolutely asinine. The bureaucracy in this is incredible. It's like the peacetime military, cumbersome.
 
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