OT: How have you been impacted by the coronavirus crisis?

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

on a plus note here, whole foods has delivery spots open again, with most of the stuff we would like to have available for delivery.

Both Whole Foods and Stop & Shop locally have announced morning "senior hours" so the 60+ crowd can shop early, when shelves may be most fully stocked (and the stores will be less crowded.)

(Not necessarily relevant to @AngryScientist, I'm assuming. )

[colker]

Originally Posted by C40_guy

Both Whole Foods and Stop & Shop locally have announced morning "senior hours" so the 60+ crowd can shop early, when shelves may be most fully stocked (and the stores will be less crowded.)

(Not necessarily relevant to @AngryScientist, I'm assuming. )

Helping each other is the new black.

[Ozz]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

on a plus note here, whole foods has delivery spots open again, with most of the stuff we would like to have available for delivery.

i was thinking either me or my wife would need to make a grocery run early next week, but seems we can get the food brought to us.

this is good news and a signal that the food stores are now rebounding from the initial hoarding wave, and at least the anxiety over food/basic supplies may calm down.

Just placed an order with QFC (local Kroger Co. grocery store)...no spots open until Saturday evening...should be OK until then....apparently we are running out of ice cream and lemon pound cake for the boys.

[Keith A]

They just announces that all Brevard County FL beaches will be closed starting on Thursday. I wonder if they will really drag us out of the water if we are surfing. Seems pretty difficult for one surfer to infect another one when they are out in the water.

[temeyone]

Reposting this for anyone interested:

Ok guys, several of you have reached out about my job loss, and while I am confident I can make it through this more or less ok, I know a lot of the guys in the kitchen, really sweet guys truly, who have sweated and toiled to make the restaurant (Clinton Street Baking Co in NYC's Lower East Side) a world-class attraction, are in a very tough spot. They have no net underneath them, and not nearly enough cash to weather the storm. NYC's govt is absolutely dropping the ball on freezing rents and getting folks covered, so I created a GoFundMe to help them out until that happens (if it ever does).

Anything helps, and it's all going to the guys who need it most. Thanks to everyone expressing concern. You are truly a special bunch.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-...f+share-flow-1

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by Ozz

Just placed an order with QFC (local Kroger Co. grocery store)...no spots open until Saturday evening...should be OK until then....apparently we are running out of ice cream and lemon pound cake for the boys.

Picked up ice cream during my last grocery run, first thing Sunday morning.

Today I stopped at the local packie and picked up a 12 pack of Fat Tire Ale. How appropriate!

[Clean39T]

Me right now..

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[Llewellyn]

I had someone deliberately move away from me as we passed each other on my walk this morning. At first I was a bit offended until I realised she was probably just social distancing.

Still seems a bit silly to me.

[AngryScientist]

maybe XXtwin can shed some light on this one:

i want to know what gyms are doing for their employees?

most who belong to a gym are probably in the same boat as me. your membership fees are auto charged to a CC every month and that's that. now that my gym is closed for the foreseeable future, i'm not about to demand a refund, unless they are not paying their employees through the downtime.

it would be a huge profit windfall for a gym to continue to collect membership fees and not pay employees right?

anyone know? i'm planning on asking my gym just this question.

i'm happy to continue to pay my monthly fee if the staff is still on the payroll.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Me right now..
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in situations like this, and other high stress situations, i find it's hugely important to be physically tired at the end of a day.

it's really easy to be mentally exhausted when you're stressed and you cant put your mind on "off" - but if you maintain a good program of cardio, and exhaust yourself physically also, at least you can sleep.

that's my play. i'm kind of like a dog.

a tired dog is a good dog.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

in situations like this, and other high stress situations, i find it's hugely important to be physically tired at the end of a day.

it's really easy to be mentally exhausted when you're stressed and you cant put your mind on "off" - but if you maintain a good program of cardio, and exhaust yourself physically also, at least you can sleep.

that's my play. i'm kind of like a dog.

a tired dog is a good dog.

And a tired cat is just lulling you into a false sense of security..

[d_douglas]

We have a university student in our little basement suite. As the university has now shut down officially and all remaining courses are online, he has asked to break his lease a month early to get outta town and go back to his family home (in a remote little town).

It seems our moral obligation to allow him to leave early with no penalty, as he is a poor student.

Just doing our part

[paredown]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

We have a university student in our little basement suite. As the university has now shut down officially and all remaining courses are online, he has asked to break his lease a month early to get outta town and go back to his family home (in a remote little town).

It seems our moral obligation to allow him to leave early with no penalty, as he is a poor student.

Just doing our part

The good folks answer--thanks for being a mensch.

(I still am annoyed when I had a similar situation while in Grad school, and got zero understanding from the landlord.)

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

maybe XXtwin can shed some light on this one:

i want to know what gyms are doing for their employees?

most who belong to a gym are probably in the same boat as me. your membership fees are auto charged to a CC every month and that's that. now that my gym is closed for the foreseeable future, i'm not about to demand a refund, unless they are not paying their employees through the downtime.

it would be a huge profit windfall for a gym to continue to collect membership fees and not pay employees right?

anyone know? i'm planning on asking my gym just this question.

i'm happy to continue to pay my monthly fee if the staff is still on the payroll.

That's a good question. I really don't know the answer to that. I work at a gym with all private trainers. We are not employees of the gym. I have switched to training remotely, which seems to be working out well for the time being.

I do appreciate your concern for the employees of the gym. I think it's that level of "pocketbook empathy" that's going to help us weather the storm. In general, this pandemic has made me much more attuned to the plights of small businesses. I think we should have much more safeguards in place for small businesses. I'm not an economist, so I don't know what that looks like.

But I do know that when this ****storm passes, I'm looking forward to getting my hair cut by the local barber, visiting my favorite pastry shop, and getting my bikes tuned up by the local mechs.

[XXtwindad]

Originally Posted by d_douglas

We have a university student in our little basement suite. As the university has now shut down officially and all remaining courses are online, he has asked to break his lease a month early to get outta town and go back to his family home (in a remote little town).

It seems our moral obligation to allow him to leave early with no penalty, as he is a poor student.

Just doing our part

Thanks.