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Post by Grumpyoldman on Mar 31, 2020 17:31:09 GMT -5
Rumors are going around at UPS about possible layoffs. I have nearly 15 years in. I feel sorry for the new hires if it's true.
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Post by Lego Customs! on Mar 31, 2020 17:52:54 GMT -5
Becoming more and more apparent that this vile government here in the UK is hiding the true death toll. Only a couple of weeks ago the so called Prime Minister was encouraging people to catch Coronavirus thinking it worked the same way as chickenpox and now he's faking that he's ill to get some sympathy and hide from scrutiny.
On top of that we have companies coming out and saying that they offered their services to build ventilators for hospitals only to either be ignored or turned down by the government in favour of giving a large contract to a second-rate vacuum cleaner company who just so happen to donate money to the governing Tory party. Definitely a lot of people using this to make some money.
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Post by IRS on Mar 31, 2020 20:18:10 GMT -5
Inopportune time to be working in a grocery store, I'll say that much.
I fully expect someone to get mugged in the parking lot for their toilet paper before this is over with.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Apr 1, 2020 0:07:11 GMT -5
Four weeks ago Donald Trump said this was a hoax and our cases would be down to zero. The United States now has the highest number of confirmed cases in the entire world. It seems like he finally got it, albeit painfully late. I don't know who got through to him that it wasn't some political hoax centered around his reelection, but it happened. Today he talked about the growing numbers of deaths and the dark couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully, he'll listen to people who are better informed about the scientific outlook of this, and then he'll commit all resources available to fighting the spread of the disease. At least, we should hope this is the case.
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Post by Nivro™ on Apr 1, 2020 2:50:14 GMT -5
Mike Lindell (the My Pillow guy) announced at a Trump PC that he was shifting 75% of his factory production into making masks. He said he could be pumping out 50,000 masks a day by friday.
He was crapon from "the wave" and the media....Most people dont even know the announcement was made.
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Post by taker on Apr 1, 2020 3:05:42 GMT -5
uk Should have pulled the drawbridge up when this thing first hit A 13-year-old boy who tested positive for coronavirus has died, a London hospital trust has said. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, from Brixton in south London, died in King's College Hospital early on Monday. He is thought to be the youngest person to have died with the virus in the UK.
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 1, 2020 9:17:21 GMT -5
So I was in Walmart the other day, and I noticed a lot of people wearing gloves and masks in there. They are wearing the wrong type of masks. It's surreal
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Post by drifter on Apr 1, 2020 10:59:35 GMT -5
Four weeks ago Donald Trump said this was a hoax and our cases would be down to zero. The United States now has the highest number of confirmed cases in the entire world. It seems like he finally got it, albeit painfully late. I don't know who got through to him that it wasn't some political hoax centered around his reelection, but it happened. Today he talked about the growing numbers of deaths and the dark couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully, he'll listen to people who are better informed about the scientific outlook of this, and then he'll commit all resources available to fighting the spread of the disease. At least, we should hope this is the case. I think it was finally seeing the actual impact it was having. I read one report saying he was shook from the sight at a Queens hospital near where he grew up. Also saw something from that reporter Jim Acosta, who is basically one of Trump's biggest media enemies, and he said, at a recent press conference, it was a different Donald Trump. He said, you could just tell, he was scared.
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Post by K5 on Apr 1, 2020 11:13:43 GMT -5
It seems like he finally got it, albeit painfully late. I don't know who got through to him that it wasn't some political hoax centered around his reelection, but it happened. Today he talked about the growing numbers of deaths and the dark couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully, he'll listen to people who are better informed about the scientific outlook of this, and then he'll commit all resources available to fighting the spread of the disease. At least, we should hope this is the case. I think it was finally seeing the actual impact it was having. I read one report saying he was shook from the sight at a Queens hospital near where he grew up. Also saw something from that reporter Jim Acosta, who is basically one of Trump's biggest media enemies, and he said, at a recent press conference, it was a different Donald Trump. He said, you could just tell, he was scared. the guy is a senior who drinks diet pop and eats McDonald’s every day. he would hold up little fight to the virus despite the level of medical assistance he’d receive
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Apr 1, 2020 11:19:30 GMT -5
Mike Lindell (the My Pillow guy) announced at a Trump PC that he was shifting 75% of his factory production into making masks. He said he could be pumping out 50,000 masks a day by friday. He was crap on from "the wave" and the media....Most people dont even know the announcement was made. Perhaps it was him turning it into a sacrilegious campaign rally, you know, how most of those briefings have started to resemble. Must have got great ratings tho...
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Post by LA Times on Apr 1, 2020 12:37:58 GMT -5
So I was in Walmart the other day, and I noticed a lot of people wearing gloves and masks in there. They are wearing the wrong type of masks. It's surreal What masks were they wearing? The surgical kind is all sold out everywhere.
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Post by vampiroporvida on Apr 1, 2020 13:10:13 GMT -5
How dare you request a day off and not work yourself to death 24/7, 365 (366 this year) for a company that couldn't give two craps if you croaked on your lunch break, just replace your corpse with a new driver whilst in the middle of the worst outbreak in 110 years? One of the managers actually said "Lots of people are out of work because if this. Just be grateful you have a job right now." And after dealing with so much bullsh*t for the past 15 years, I just keep telling myself "I am just a cog in a large machine. If that cog should break, it can be replaced." Fun times right now. Only last month I was thinking of buying a small farm in Tennessee. Now everything is on hold. I had to refind this post, because today it hit me hard. I am called essential, but that really means my family doesn't matter and that I am expendable. The worthy are mostly at home, outside of the medical and police fields, of course.
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Post by PJ on Apr 1, 2020 14:47:49 GMT -5
So I was in Walmart the other day, and I noticed a lot of people wearing gloves and masks in there. They are wearing the wrong type of masks. It's surreal What masks were they wearing? The surgical kind is all sold out everywhere. A Darth Vader mask. Seriously when we went to shop rite I saw a guy wearing a respirator mask for painting.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Apr 1, 2020 15:08:30 GMT -5
Four weeks ago Donald Trump said this was a hoax and our cases would be down to zero. The United States now has the highest number of confirmed cases in the entire world. It seems like he finally got it, albeit painfully late. I don't know who got through to him that it wasn't some political hoax centered around his reelection, but it happened. Today he talked about the growing numbers of deaths and the dark couple of weeks ahead. Hopefully, he'll listen to people who are better informed about the scientific outlook of this, and then he'll commit all resources available to fighting the spread of the disease. At least, we should hope this is the case. I agree, I’m the last to praise Trump, but he does seem to have his head out of his ass now and will actually listen to the experts. Hopefully it continues.
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Post by Nivro™ on Apr 1, 2020 15:13:49 GMT -5
What masks were they wearing? The surgical kind is all sold out everywhere. A Darth Vader mask. Seriously when we went to shop rite I saw a guy wearing a respirator mask for painting. Not gonna lie...I kinda want to buy a Bane mask and stand out in front of walmart with TP and say "and we give it back to you.....the people"
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Apr 1, 2020 16:03:56 GMT -5
In Panama (the nation, not PCB) men and women are no longer being allowed to be out in public together. Men are given a 2-hour allowance to conduct necessary errands three days a week, women are given three different days during the week for the same. No citizen is allowed out on Sunday.
The country has already enacted strict travel restrictions, essentially closed off entry internationally, and will enforce a 12-hour overnight curfew.
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Post by bababooey on Apr 1, 2020 18:10:59 GMT -5
What masks were they wearing? The surgical kind is all sold out everywhere. A Darth Vader mask. Seriously when we went to shop rite I saw a guy wearing a respirator mask for painting. Last week I saw my neighbor leave for work wearing a heavy coat, winter gloves, a hat, a towel folded into multiple layers and wrapped around her face, and a mask over it. First thing they did when they got in the car was roll the window down. Kinda seems like overkill to the point where stuff is wasted.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Apr 1, 2020 20:46:37 GMT -5
I'm really getting interested in this whole thing. Like, how long is your window of patience with this? How long are you personally gonna be willing to postpone your entire existence? Especially if you personally arent high risk for death? How long are the powerhouse companies gonna allow themselves to sacrifice their money? How long before ing chaos breaks loose? My bet is sometime this summer. Stay strapped folks.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Apr 1, 2020 21:24:04 GMT -5
I'm really getting interested in this whole thing. Like, how long is your window of patience with this? How long are you personally gonna be willing to postpone your entire existence? Especially if you personally arent high risk for death? How long are the powerhouse companies gonna allow themselves to sacrifice their money? How long before ing chaos breaks loose? My bet is sometime this summer. Stay strapped folks. Eventually the US will reach the point of no return as far as economic recovery is concerned. Once the warmer weather arrives, people will not stay home regardless of how many stay at home orders are going on. Hopefully things are back to normal sooner rather than later, not holding my breath though.
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Post by rkmo: The FOCUS Method on Apr 1, 2020 22:23:44 GMT -5
I'm really getting interested in this whole thing. Like, how long is your window of patience with this? How long are you personally gonna be willing to postpone your entire existence? Especially if you personally arent high risk for death? How long are the powerhouse companies gonna allow themselves to sacrifice their money? How long before ing chaos breaks loose? My bet is sometime this summer. Stay strapped folks. "Strapped" as in fasten your seatbelts? Or carrying a piece?
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