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Started a new one.

Need to adhere to guidelines this time though.

I've been reading a lot about america and its increase in cases, does anyone have a theory why it's gotten so bad suddenly when New York is coming out the other side so successfully?

Imo it's because they have rubbish confusing government guidance as Trump and state governors dont seem to agree. Then they did a half arsed lock down with no consistent financial support (one pay cheque was never going to be enough) so opened everything too quickly & kind of all at once.

Do you think if they had done a furlough scheme and followed a lock down like the UK they may be in a better position? Surely with how spaced out they are they had that on their side more than the UK anyway.

I am currently just hiding in the garage and listening to any thunder.

I'm getting really wound up with beach threads. There seems to be this overwhelming idea that people either live by the beach or they live 3 hours away, no one seems to live in the middle.

Spudlet
My workplace has advertised you can bring your own cup and it wont be touched. Put it on a huge tray, staff are to balance said tray under coffee dispenser (hoping the customer put it exactly in the right position first) and somehow make the coffee without touching it. You cannot make a cappuccino without tilting the bloody cup? Keep meaning to ask htf are we supposed to do it?
Nothing surprises me there...running out of everything as they cant get deliveries. Advertising special boxes but we don't actually have the right plastic boxes for them! Running out of bloody cups, other things we need for said boxes its a complete shitstorm. And despite the millions of staff they took on recently they expect one person to do it all and serve customers. Sick as a chip today. I get so annoyed at all the notices on way to staff room about wastage, selling products, increasing sales, fastest this, fastest that and nothing about maybe if we had the right fecking equipment that might help! Too old for this shit I really am.
Is it too early for wine?

@willow Good grief, that sounds like a right royal palaver! Couldn’t they just tell you to wash your hands really well after handling the Cup of Dooooooom, or am I missing something?!

Oh god stop mentioning kids messes. I am round the bend telling tgem to clean thier rooms and bring down thier dishes! And bloody wash them don't leave them for me to do I ain't doing them!
They are supposed to do tea dishes. I left kitchen like a bombsite for hours then overnight one day last week as I dug my heels in. The dishes just kept mounting up over pm and I kept gritting my teeth and walking away.

Bloody teens no wonder I have grey hairs.🤣

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane I was seriously tempted to keep driving...
Am sat outside Aldi, awaiting the will to go in. It's busier than I'd hoped. I had wanted to hit the other shops but my current rage level is not conducive to dealing with shop dementors (or people at all, really) and if I can't wander about at my own pace without worrying about holding up the people behind me, then I don't want to go.
Bastard bullshit...

I really need some exercise, rather than junk food and alcohol. But I'm gonna buy the junk food and alcohol anyway because there's fuck all else to enjoy at the moment.

I'm sick of being the responsibile adult. It means I do all the worrying and organising and thinking and everyone else is just hanging around the house enjoying a quiet life.

Grrrr (rage clearly not worn off yet, God help the other people in Aldi!).

@LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard take your time. Don't rush back.

And don't buy ice lollies!

They probably think we will kill off all the customers with our germ ridden laws!🤣
But let's face it that's too damm much like common sense these days!

Deaths in USA, they are putting politics before lives. Here the political parties have publicly pulled together in England, gritted teeth and got on with it. Over in america they have postured endlessly about the right to go forth and breathe over everyone, it is terrifying for friends who have taken it seriously.

Paws not not laws stupid autocorrect (just did it again!)

I'm stuck in the garage, there is like a river running outside.

@LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard you poor bugger. That awful feeling of rage so you can't be near idiots, but knowing you have to be surrounded by idiots :(

Sympathies to those of you surrounded by teenage and spouse filth. One benefit of going solo in lockdown is at least knowing any squalor is my own.

In other news I've just has a fucking massive tax demand. Bastards. I could put it off, but I still have to pay it at some point. That nice SE grant I got back at the start of the month should cover it, so I don't know why they paid it put in the first place. Sigh.

Same for DH (massive tax bill) rubbish isn't it. Not what we need right now. YY to teens and mess feeling more an more like a student flat share. I'm just doing less of the house stuff or would get angry. Thankfully not having visitors no-one needs to see it. With two boys and DH feel a bit outnumbered at times. I don't want to talk about computers and coding and Minecraft which is what they talk about a lot.

The kids are getting new beds on Monday (death deliveries). It’ll be a great chance for the rooms to be polished too to bottom for a fresh start. I’ve decided I’ll ban all electronic devices until they’re done.

Do check back in with me 10pm tomorrow night when I’m raging and filling bin bags as they’ll have done fuck all.

Re: supermarket jenga. It’s virtually impossible to SD if you’re trying to be a decent citizen and as you say, not get in the way of those behind you as you’re dithering by the apples. Then there’s the staff, do you give them a wide berth and treat them like lepers- or smile, even crack a joke (!) and get closer than 2m.

The kids wanted to go in this morning but I’d just seen a very elderly bemasked lady going in. So whilst a heartless death-causing dick, I’m not up for full-on carnage.

But the lollies weren’t going to buy themselves.

insane according to dd who works in a supermarket, most customers just lean right in when they want to ask a question. Or just chat, if they're regulars. But not a single staff member has been murdered yet

I've been out for a lovely murderous run through nearly empty fields.
I saw one runner, who was exploring and broke social distance to show him a picture of an OS map on my phone. The chances of being contamined by someone else also running at least 10k is pretty darn slim.
I think I saw 5 people in nearly 8 miles. I never did manage to convince the dementors that the further and longer I run from home, the fewer people I see. It was quiet enough to temporarily dispense with my soggy sports bra for two fields when the sun came out after steady rain

The furthest point from the sea in the UK is about 20 miles from me, so I make do with pleasant pastoral scenery like this instead.

or smile, even crack a joke (!) and get closer than 2m.
^^this. It's impossible to work in the aisles and keep 2m away from everyone. Especially as some customers seem to find us invisible and will lean over us to get stuff! Jokes and chat very welcome😄

Oh why did I set off for the caravan?
Was it because my dil said it was nice near york?

I’ve just had the most terrifying drive of my life
I’m normally a confident driver but this scared the pants off me
Pulled into thirsk but still got 15 minutes to go and it’s black over by the caravan

Taken me all day of asking for one box of fucking dolls to be tidied up here. DD1 seems to be nearing puberty in terms of lank hair and the temper so god help us all. She's sat on Skype most of the day having a singing competition with her friends - you can imagine the noise.

Talking about the driving rain, thunder, lightning
Not being able to see
And hailstones
I’m wearing my skimpiest sun dress

To make matters worse we can’t stay over

@Willow2017

or smile, even crack a joke (!) and get closer than 2m. ^^this. It's impossible to work in the aisles and keep 2m away from everyone. Especially as some customers seem to find us invisible and will lean over us to get stuff! Jokes and chat very welcome😄

This is why I've not bought into the hazards of teaching arguments.

There is a difference in that teachers are in an enclosed space for a prolonged time with 30 or up to 150 pupils per day vs supermarket staff having brief contact, but their pool of contamination is thousands who are untracable. And supermarket workers were exposed with no protection right through the worst of this when there statistically will have been contaminated people coming through. Yet supermarket staff have just cracked off.

I hope I can get back to helping in school in the not-so-distant future.

DH just had a dementorish moment - shouldn't have let him listen to Saturday afternoon Radio 4. DS2 used to call, it the angry show. He is a 60, obese type 2 diabetic with high blood pressure. He doesn't eat sensibly and is on a permanent see food diet that is fundamentally high carb. It is a long standing bone of contention between us. He started to rant about people not being sensible. I pointed out that he couldn't expect people to stay locked up on his behalf if he wasn't prepared to address his diet to help himself.

@Dowser, that was a bad one, but awesome! Currently sat at the top of Sutton Bank with coffee. Thankfully in the car!

I've been watching that one pass us, from the comfort of my kitchen. We got one solitary faint rumble. The sun is shining and dh has dragged Ds2 out for a quick walk. They both need it.

Hate to say it, but I have banana bread on the oven.