I follow my old primary school's Twitter account so I knew about this and yet, I still read the above as 'John Wick'.
I'm still going out for evening walks and it's got a lot emptier where I am but I'm basically crossing the road to avoid people every couple of minutes at this point. Adds in extra steps, I guess? I'm awkward enough to try to smile at them to defuse them thinking I'm being rude :D
I agree. It's incredibly fucked up, but we need to do it, and then pry the power away from these chinless fucks when the virus is dealt with.
Hmm. Better try and get my anxiety meds refilled before a lockdown hits. My doctor's surgery has announced they're not letting anyone through the door without an appointment, so that should be fun.
I would imagine they'll be able to do something like this remotely.
ffs, just saw a tweet showing how rammed some trains are still
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John Cusick on Twitter
“Please explain @c2c_Rail how cutting all the rail services into London a Covid hot bed. Is a a good idea. Explain how this helps #SocialDistancing as @BorisJohnson asked. Explain how last week trains were empty and safe. How many people have have killed today @c2c_Rail ?”
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but the supermarkets will not be closing, you will still be able to go there on lockdown
You know it's a weird time when what used to be satire is now sensible publishing.
Britons spend lovely weekend being totally irresponsible dickheads
THE UK’s residents have spent a lovely weekend behaving like stupid, reckless wankers, they have happily confirmed.www.thedailymash.co.uk
Aside from the obvious stupidity it was still freezing over the weekend, what are they even doing
Today's, example of a first world problem post here.....
Once we go into lockdown I presume supply chain for non essentials will cease?
Ordered a new MacBook so my son can do his schoolwork as we only have my work computer at home, assume things like that stop?
Once we go into lockdown I presume supply chain for non essentials will cease?
Ordered a new MacBook so my son can do his schoolwork as we only have my work computer at home, assume things like that stop?
Yeah, this is the only thing which makes sense and it fits with their strategy over the last couple of weeks. When they got the Imperial College report, they clearly KNEW that immediate lockdown was the way forward, but also KNEW that the British public is one ruled by pride and hubris and that telling people to stay indoors 100% would probably result in chaos. So they decided to gradually ramp it up. Which makes some sort of sense.
People will still go to work during a lockdown so presumably we will still be able to get deliveries.
Apparently this guy is an awful person? I haven't looked into it but heard it from numerous folk. Incredibly enterprising doing home PE lessons though. It's a great idea.
Thanks, my brain is mush at the moment really not sure what's going on!
I've always loathed him, but I'll be honest - I can't guarantee that this isn't because we are the same age, but he is exponentially more wealthy, healthy and better looking.
Fair cop for doing this though. My 6 year old loved it. The 13 y/o was less enthusiastic but she gave it a go at least.
I hope that if we do for a more stringent lockdown, then they also enforce the closure of non-essential workplaces etc.
Problem is that even with a more enforced lockdown, everyone will still view their job as 'essential', because management view it as such.
Problem is that even with a more enforced lockdown, everyone will still view their job as 'essential', because management view it as such.
At least in the US, Amazon is prioritizing essentials and anything else can take around a month to arrive (if that, that's just based on the current estimates given by Amazon)
So I went for a walk in the Peak district yesterday. Heaving. Wasn't at one of the major spots but there were loads of people about. I managed to keep my distance from most people but it felt like the majority were not trying to keep their distance.
I also saw numerous mixed groups. Multiple families walking together and one rambling group of old timers, a group bouldering, as well flipping loads of cyclists. I also went past one pub that still seemed to be open, with cyclists milling about the doorway.
I also saw numerous mixed groups. Multiple families walking together and one rambling group of old timers, a group bouldering, as well flipping loads of cyclists. I also went past one pub that still seemed to be open, with cyclists milling about the doorway.
So I wanted to order groceries from asda website , like usual. Every slot is booked for a whole month . Had to go on foot , surprisingly shelves are full for the most part . I live in Bridgewater btw, the town is small so maybe thats why . I myself for in Morrisons warehouse and theres no chance of shuting that thing down
This is partly a result of services being cut leading to more people being packed on carriages.ffs, just saw a tweet showing how rammed some trains are still
John Cusick on Twitter
“Please explain @c2c_Rail how cutting all the rail services into London a Covid hot bed. Is a a good idea. Explain how this helps #SocialDistancing as @BorisJohnson asked. Explain how last week trains were empty and safe. How many people have have killed today @c2c_Rail ?”
Look at this!
Supply chains for non-essentials won't stop - as is a lot of it is being automated as part of digital transformation (not in a way to take people's jobs but to improve times). They'll continue but it will be slower and stocks will take longer to replenish but places have large amounts of stock and it's moving from one distribution centre to another. Don't expect customised things to come in with ease but standard products will be fine and won't be running out.
Freight and logistics companies as well as delivery services will prioritise essentials so delivery times can be longer than anticipated but it doesn't mean the product doesn't exist.
For supply chains to essentially stop they need to not have inventory, manufacturing needs to have stopped for longer, and the health priorities have changed so much that only essential deliveries will take place. We aren't in that state as yet and it will be a while to get there because when that state hits you'll be feeling the impact on the economy a lot more than right now. And what most countries are trying to do is prevent that state. Yes things aren't great, people are dying, and the markets are crashing but it is still where things are slow, stagnating, declining but not in a state where it's not recoverable and things will go completely pear shaped.
ffs, just saw a tweet showing how rammed some trains are still
John Cusick on Twitter
“Please explain @c2c_Rail how cutting all the rail services into London a Covid hot bed. Is a a good idea. Explain how this helps #SocialDistancing as @BorisJohnson asked. Explain how last week trains were empty and safe. How many people have have killed today @c2c_Rail ?”
Look at this!
They just need to enforce mandatory work from home for all non-essential businesses (if it's possible). Trains need to keep running on minimal services for essential workers (unless there's other means for them to get where they need to get to - there isn't) but businesses now need to start enforcing compliance in that you should be WFH outside of essential services. Once that's done then it stops. The guy posting that himself is a digital marketer, that is a role in itself that can be done remotely - he himself doesn't need to commute to the city to work if that is indeed why he's going in. Unless of course he's reposting other's pictures.
I think you're missing the point of the word "panic" in "panic buying".
The reality of the situation is not especially relevant.
I'm in a sizeable town in Cheshire.
All the delivery and click-and-collect slots, which are usually available next day, had been booked out well into next month since last week here. They are now completely unavailable.
I've tried shopping early morning, late night, middle of the day. Doesn't matter. Bread is gone, fresh meat is gone, milk is gone, tissues are gone. Every store is ransacked of essentials. It's madness.
Doesn't matter for some. At work, a colleague keeps spouting the same: "better go shopping now and stock up, they will close them soon" when everybody is telling him that this is false and he should cut it. He keeps repeating it.
I understand people stocking up for some stuff., But bread, milk, fresh meat these things wont last as long , Thats unfortunate .
Was informed by a relative in our family Whatsapp group, their partner works there.
Where we are eggs are basically impossible to come by - people can't even use sound logic for their doomsday prepping.
Bread and milk can be frozen, and I imagine those hoarding have nice big freezers.
Funnily enough chest freezers have been out of stock everywhere for a while, I wonder why.
Didn't Currys and the like announce last week that they are selling out of freezers?
Preppers gonna prep
I saw a guy towing a trailer with 2 chest freezers at Sainsbury's.
Just putting all the things he had purchased straight in there.
Couldn't bear it staying indoors so I decided to go to the park for a walk (as is advised and acceptable) on Sunday afternoon. The parks were so crowded that I decided to continue driving as far away as I could to a random field/hill just to go for a walk. Not a single person there aside from one other person walking their dog who was miles away. Mentally it helped a lot as I was able to enjoy the sunshine and calm myself down. Honestly, it helped so much to get an hour away from the hysteria and just get some peace and quiet. So glad Scotland has these open space areas in the outskirts of the city.
I'm not a hoarder (I don't think) but we have a freezer in the kitchen and another in the garage, and we've always bought extra milk and bread and frozen them both. If you're using bread for toast - which most people are - there's no reason NOT to freeze it. You can just take out a slice at once and toast it from frozen.
Defrosted milk isn't great, to be honest: it separates out and needs seriously vigorous shaking to re-mix. It's still better than UHT though.
Got into work today and was given a letter and a "Critical Worker" pass. Apparently I am to be given priority access for shopping, fuel and anything else I deem necessary by waving it at places I go. Going to be interesting to see how this works out when I go to Tesco later lol
Aye as soon as I saw the supermarkets announcing their NHS opening I thought that would happen. There's no cure for selfishness.
Update for the BT folks. My girlfriend has a wee bit of a cough as of the weekend, she phoned up 111 this morning about it because she's a wee bit paranoid (justifiably) being pregnant and they basically told her to self isolate which in turn locks down this whole house. Her cough doesn't appear super harsh or aggressive but it does seem persistant and she has no fever. But i phoned my work about it and they say i have to phone them everyday with updates about it and if i get whatever she's got that i go back 7 days after that point which could mean less the 14 days. This doesn't seem right does it? The sick note that the nhs website says to fill out specifically advises isolation for 14 days.
Local Government? It's not for food etc anyway so good luck.
Just don't tell them you have a cough until 7 days into the isolation?
That would be my plan, but if i have to phone them daily and if they notice i'm coughing 3 days in, they can't start a 7 day timer and force me to come back early against the nhs guidelines though, right?
If there's anything you need urgently, though, I'd consider getting it earlier rather than later. Just ordered a mesh router so that we can actually get internet in the parts of the house where the kids are home schooling.
I'd echo this. Delivery companies are already prioritising NHS goods, so it may be that at some point they're actively restricted to them.