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HeadSet
2020 Mar 12, 6:45pm
HeadSet
2020 Mar 12, 6:45pm
SunnyvaleCA says
Now that is scary. I would have presumed that software development experts would have an easy time using remote and collaboration software. And I also thought such tools would have been enhanced or developed in-house.
Commuting to work is so pleasant now! That's surely a sign of a lot of people "working" from home. I expect that, especially until people adjust, a bunch of software development deadlines are going to be missed.
Now that is scary. I would have presumed that software development experts would have an easy time using remote and collaboration software. And I also thought such tools would have been enhanced or developed in-house.
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HeadSet
2020 Mar 12, 6:47pm
HeadSet
2020 Mar 12, 6:47pm
Ceffer says
Fake news. You must remain within fondling distance.
Things are getting bad. Catholic priests are demanding that you scream your sins from 30 feet away across the church floor during confession.
Fake news. You must remain within fondling distance.
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FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2020 Mar 12, 8:07pm
FuckTheMainstreamMedia
2020 Mar 12, 8:07pm
WookieMan says
Every major online retailer is sold out of TP completely.
Now I don’t doubt it’s an artificial shortage created by unnecessary hoarding combined with jerks attempting to misery profit, but it seems quite real.
mell saysWookieMan saysThe reaction seems to be different regionally. I just went to the grocery store minutes ago. Pretty typical Thursday afternoon. Shelves fully stocked. No masks or any of that other rubbish. Plenty of TP. Maybe us midwesterners aren't as pussified as some of the coastal folks?
You can buy most of that at Trader Joes. It's more like Costco and Target the get frequented by the preppers.
It's the illusion that shit is being bought out. The god damn packages of TP at Costco fill the entire fucking cart. You can only store so much of a cheap product in the back room. You sell 10 of them and the shelf is empty in the snap of a finger. Perception is a mother fucker. It does make for some funny memes though.
Every major online retailer is sold out of TP completely.
Now I don’t doubt it’s an artificial shortage created by unnecessary hoarding combined with jerks attempting to misery profit, but it seems quite real.
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Ceffer
2020 Mar 12, 10:13pm
Ceffer
2020 Mar 12, 10:13pm
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
I think I'm going to call my broker! MAGA!
Is Trump shorting nursing homes?
I think I'm going to call my broker! MAGA!
109209
steverbeaver
2020 Mar 12, 10:58pm
steverbeaver
2020 Mar 12, 10:58pm
No dude, prepare to witness the effects of an escaped bioweapon.
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SunnyvaleCA
2020 Mar 13, 1:04am
HeadSet says
SunnyvaleCA saysFor some people, working at home can be very productive. For others, it's difficult to concentrate and group discussions are difficult (especially until the kinks of video conferencing have been worked out). If working at home were generally more productive, then every company would have mandated it years ago.Commuting to work is so pleasant now! That's surely a sign of a lot of people "working" from home. I expect that, especially until people adjust, a bunch of software development deadlines are going to be missed.
Now that is scary. I would have presumed that software development experts would have an easy time using remote and collaboration software. And I also thought such tools would have been enhanced or developed in-house.
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WookieMan
2020 Mar 13, 4:40am
WookieMan
2020 Mar 13, 4:40am
CovfefeButDeadly says
People are being smart asses. My own wife bought a package and so did my neighbors just because of the hype (we literally already have 60+ rolls before Corona was a known thing). You can always wet a towel and wipe your ass and then wash it. It's not complicated.
It's amazing how stupid people have become. I think it should be mandated for people to travel to a 3rd world country. See how the crafty people do it that can't get TP and experience it yourself. Costa Rica I don't think is technically 3rd world and in Tamarido at most establishments you shit at, you're tossing the tp in the garbage. 80% of Americans don't get to experience that and yet bitch about everything. Sewer systems are expensive and more technical than most realize, yet they bitch about their water/sewer bill. Get over it.
Every major online retailer is sold out of TP completely.
Now I don’t doubt it’s an artificial shortage created by unnecessary hoarding combined with jerks attempting to misery profit, but it seems quite real.
People are being smart asses. My own wife bought a package and so did my neighbors just because of the hype (we literally already have 60+ rolls before Corona was a known thing). You can always wet a towel and wipe your ass and then wash it. It's not complicated.
It's amazing how stupid people have become. I think it should be mandated for people to travel to a 3rd world country. See how the crafty people do it that can't get TP and experience it yourself. Costa Rica I don't think is technically 3rd world and in Tamarido at most establishments you shit at, you're tossing the tp in the garbage. 80% of Americans don't get to experience that and yet bitch about everything. Sewer systems are expensive and more technical than most realize, yet they bitch about their water/sewer bill. Get over it.
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HeadSet
2020 Mar 13, 9:24am
HeadSet
2020 Mar 13, 9:24am
If working at home were generally more productive, then every company would have mandated it years ago.
Also office politics. At my company, there is absolutely no reason all call takers cannot work from home. We have a few remote workers, including blind (a split headset, one ear reads the screen "Windows Narrator" style while the other ears hears the customer). The Call Center Manager does not want remote workers, since he "cannot manage them" despite the auto call distribution and very detailed dashboards.
Also office politics. At my company, there is absolutely no reason all call takers cannot work from home. We have a few remote workers, including blind (a split headset, one ear reads the screen "Windows Narrator" style while the other ears hears the customer). The Call Center Manager does not want remote workers, since he "cannot manage them" despite the auto call distribution and very detailed dashboards.
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zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 9:37am
zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 9:37am
Most Americans could lose some weight so a few weeks without potato chips and hot dogs would be a good thing.
109218
Patrick
2020 Mar 13, 10:00am
Patrick
2020 Mar 13, 10:00am
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
Russian ones were like smoking wet socks. Awful. That was back in 1985, but they are probably not any better now.
Patrick saysIn China, 59.5% of men smoke!
You ever have a Chinese cigarette?
It's not smoking. It's like inhaling burning trash. I can't imagine what's in it.
Russian ones were like smoking wet socks. Awful. That was back in 1985, but they are probably not any better now.
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WookieMan
2020 Mar 13, 10:26am
WookieMan
2020 Mar 13, 10:26am
Patrick says
I'd guess it's probably closer to 13% men and 10% women now. I would have been part of that crowd in 2015. God damn it's a nasty habit. My professor neighbors pound a 6 pack of Sierra Nevada and American Spirits everyday. Surprisingly in decent health at 49.... I'd guess they're in the borderline risk category of dying from this though because of the smoking. Glad I made my decision to quit about 3 years ago now.
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/ITA/italy/smoking-rate-statisticsAccording to the CDC, as of 2015, a total of 15.1% of U.S. adults (16.7% of men and 13.6% of women) smoke
I'd guess it's probably closer to 13% men and 10% women now. I would have been part of that crowd in 2015. God damn it's a nasty habit. My professor neighbors pound a 6 pack of Sierra Nevada and American Spirits everyday. Surprisingly in decent health at 49.... I'd guess they're in the borderline risk category of dying from this though because of the smoking. Glad I made my decision to quit about 3 years ago now.
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Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 11:15am
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 11:15am
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/11/814550474/missouri-sues-televangelist-jim-bakker-for-selling-fake-coronavirus-cure
How come Trump didn't think of this? His name branding is just too slow on the trigger these days.
How come Trump didn't think of this? His name branding is just too slow on the trigger these days.
109225
zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 11:33am
zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 11:33am
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/18/australia/australia-chinese-restaurants-coronavirus-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Chinese restaurants are losing business over coronavirus fears
Photos of Chinatowns across Australia, Canada, the US, and other countries show empty restaurants and quiet streets. Staff are the only ones seated at the tables, playing cards and waiting listlessly for customers.
Some restaurants have signs on the windows announcing that the interior and its surfaces are disinfected daily, in an attempt to reassure worried diners.
But these efforts often aren't enough. Shark Fin House, a well-known Cantonese dim sum restaurant in Melbourne, closed last week after reporting an 80% drop in business, according to CNN affiliate Seven News.
Ying Hou, the owner of Melbourne Chinese restaurant ShanDong MaMa, has seen her business drop by about half since January -- but many neighbors had it much worse, with only a handful of customers on any given day, she said.
When she told some fellow restauranteurs that she had lost 50% of business, "they said, 'You're doing well,'" she told CNN.
And it's not just Chinese restaurants -- other Asian businesses have also been affected. The Vietnamese restaurant Bia Hoi, also in Melbourne, has seen an 80% drop in business, said owner Jerry Mai in an Instagram post last week. Mai's other venues in Melbourne's central business district are down by 50%, she said.
"Chinatown and Glen Waverley (district) are ghost towns right now," she said in the post, blaming "fears of illness" for the decline. "I'm not exaggerating when I say that restaurant doors will close unless something happens right now."
https://www.eater.com/2020/2/10/21131642/novel-coronavirus-american-chinese-restaurants-explained
The Effect of Coronavirus on American Chinese Restaurants, Explained
The Times reports that NYC’s three main Chinatowns — in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn — have seen business drop from 50 to 70 percent in the last two weeks. The owners of restaurants like historic Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Manhattan describe their environs as a “ghost town,” telling Grub Street that business had reached a five-year slowdown last Monday.
Steve Ip, owner of Yin Ji Chang Fen, tells the Times that he’s been expecting crowds of international students visiting New York-based family during the Lunar New Year: They haven’t materialized, and business at Yin Ji Chang Fen is down by half.
The phenomenon is widespread. Restaurants in Boston’s Chinatown are suffering, too: At a time when businesses like New Golden Gate Seafood Restaurant are normally bustling, that establishment and others are practically empty, Boston radio station WBUR reports. Business leaders in Houston’s Chinatown are seeing the same situation. The owner of Houston’s Shabu house, Debbie Chen, tells Houston TV station KPRC2 news that she’s worried about being able to pay her staff. Internationally, Chinatowns in London and Sydney observe declining business as well.
In San Francisco, Chinese Merchants Association spokesperson Edward Siu says foot traffic has dropped 50 percent in Chinatown.
Chinese restaurants are losing business over coronavirus fears
Photos of Chinatowns across Australia, Canada, the US, and other countries show empty restaurants and quiet streets. Staff are the only ones seated at the tables, playing cards and waiting listlessly for customers.
Some restaurants have signs on the windows announcing that the interior and its surfaces are disinfected daily, in an attempt to reassure worried diners.
But these efforts often aren't enough. Shark Fin House, a well-known Cantonese dim sum restaurant in Melbourne, closed last week after reporting an 80% drop in business, according to CNN affiliate Seven News.
Ying Hou, the owner of Melbourne Chinese restaurant ShanDong MaMa, has seen her business drop by about half since January -- but many neighbors had it much worse, with only a handful of customers on any given day, she said.
When she told some fellow restauranteurs that she had lost 50% of business, "they said, 'You're doing well,'" she told CNN.
And it's not just Chinese restaurants -- other Asian businesses have also been affected. The Vietnamese restaurant Bia Hoi, also in Melbourne, has seen an 80% drop in business, said owner Jerry Mai in an Instagram post last week. Mai's other venues in Melbourne's central business district are down by 50%, she said.
"Chinatown and Glen Waverley (district) are ghost towns right now," she said in the post, blaming "fears of illness" for the decline. "I'm not exaggerating when I say that restaurant doors will close unless something happens right now."
https://www.eater.com/2020/2/10/21131642/novel-coronavirus-american-chinese-restaurants-explained
The Effect of Coronavirus on American Chinese Restaurants, Explained
The Times reports that NYC’s three main Chinatowns — in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn — have seen business drop from 50 to 70 percent in the last two weeks. The owners of restaurants like historic Nom Wah Tea Parlor in Manhattan describe their environs as a “ghost town,” telling Grub Street that business had reached a five-year slowdown last Monday.
Steve Ip, owner of Yin Ji Chang Fen, tells the Times that he’s been expecting crowds of international students visiting New York-based family during the Lunar New Year: They haven’t materialized, and business at Yin Ji Chang Fen is down by half.
The phenomenon is widespread. Restaurants in Boston’s Chinatown are suffering, too: At a time when businesses like New Golden Gate Seafood Restaurant are normally bustling, that establishment and others are practically empty, Boston radio station WBUR reports. Business leaders in Houston’s Chinatown are seeing the same situation. The owner of Houston’s Shabu house, Debbie Chen, tells Houston TV station KPRC2 news that she’s worried about being able to pay her staff. Internationally, Chinatowns in London and Sydney observe declining business as well.
In San Francisco, Chinese Merchants Association spokesperson Edward Siu says foot traffic has dropped 50 percent in Chinatown.
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RWSGFY
2020 Mar 13, 11:36am
RWSGFY
2020 Mar 13, 11:36am
zzyzzx says
"If your dish bites your back it means it's fresh!"
Chinese restaurants are losing business over coronavirus fears
"If your dish bites your back it means it's fresh!"
109228
Patrick
2020 Mar 13, 12:37pm
Patrick
2020 Mar 13, 12:37pm
He didn't propose cutting anything for infectious disease transmission, only for chronic self-imposed diseases like AIDS:
https://patrick.net/post/1330755/2020-03-13-democrats-lie-about-proposed-cdc-budget-cuts
And it's just a proposal, won't pass the house.
https://patrick.net/post/1330755/2020-03-13-democrats-lie-about-proposed-cdc-budget-cuts
And it's just a proposal, won't pass the house.
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SoTex
2020 Mar 13, 1:11pm
SoTex
2020 Mar 13, 1:11pm
zzyzzx says
I'm already on the corona virus diet!
Most Americans could lose some weight so a few weeks without potato chips and hot dogs would be a good thing.
I'm already on the corona virus diet!
109230
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 1:42pm
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 1:42pm
Get Michelle Obama to crop dust Covid-19 from bi-planes with the Immense Prehensile Penis! It's not spreading fast enough, and the Patriot Act needs to extend definitions of terrorism to anybody who coughs!
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Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:18pm
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:18pm
rd6B says
Just wait 'til he starts pimping out his classmates to the Globalists. He'll be in kebabs up to his neck.
Just wait 'til he starts pimping out his classmates to the Globalists. He'll be in kebabs up to his neck.
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Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:20pm
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:20pm
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
GOD!IS!JEALOUS!OF!TRUMP!
YES! FINALLY! THE TRUTH IS OUT!
HE IS BETTER THAN JESUS!
GOD!IS!JEALOUS!OF!TRUMP!
109234
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:22pm
Ceffer
2020 Mar 13, 2:22pm
Serves all the imperialist white slavers right for all the populations they murdered with European viruses.
109235
Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:07pm
Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:07pm
jazz_music says
Why not both? Lets be as inclusive as possible!
rd6B saysUse dead seniors as blubber? Eco-friendly business opportunity!Why not software engineers?
Have you never seen them?
Why not both? Lets be as inclusive as possible!
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Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:10pm
Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:10pm
APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says
Limited CORONAVIRUS Edition, hand-wrapped by Indonesian pygmies in sustainably harvested balsa tree bark cloth!
THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT THIS YEAR IS A BOX OF 20 KEROSENE SOAKED SENIORS that the discriminating cigar smoker can use to light his cigars.
At all the best shops - and AMAZON!
Limited CORONAVIRUS Edition, hand-wrapped by Indonesian pygmies in sustainably harvested balsa tree bark cloth!
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Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:18pm
Bd6r
2020 Mar 13, 3:18pm
jazz_music says
Bolsonaro has infected him with corona from what I hear, so we can sell his blubber as well!
Heil Trump!
Bolsonaro has infected him with corona from what I hear, so we can sell his blubber as well!
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FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2020 Mar 13, 3:56pm
FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut
2020 Mar 13, 3:56pm
Patrick says
yep, that's for sure. Democrats are full supporters of alphabet people and their idiotic choices.
He didn't propose cutting anything for infectious disease transmission, only for chronic self-imposed diseases like AIDS:
https://patrick.net/post/1330755/2020-03-13-democrats-lie-about-proposed-cdc-budget-cuts
And it's just a proposal, won't pass the house.
yep, that's for sure. Democrats are full supporters of alphabet people and their idiotic choices.
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zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 4:08pm
zzyzzx
2020 Mar 13, 4:08pm
I'm about to get laid off from my job at AT&T (and as far as that's concerned it's goodbye and good riddance). Anyway, because of the Cornoa virus, they suspending layoffs until further notice. All this really does is give me more time to look for another job. As long as hiring activity isn't frozen elsewhere (and I'm pretty sure it isn't). I can still quit before my last scheduled day and get my severance, so this only increases my probability starting a new job without interruption and still collecting my severance.
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Shaman
2020 Mar 13, 5:24pm
Shaman
2020 Mar 13, 5:24pm
Orange County California UPDATE:
Several school districts here and in the surrounding area have cancelled classes for a month! My kids are now home for a month. This should be fun.
Oh and also the Boys and Girls clubs are closing.
Fortunately my wife’s college has also cancelled classes and so she’s teaching 100% online. That means she has to work from home, and anyone who works from home knows that doing so while “watching” kids can be a nightmare.
I’m still sick, couldn’t get a Covid-19 test even at the ER, but I think I’m getting better now. I’ll probably go back to work next week.
Several school districts here and in the surrounding area have cancelled classes for a month! My kids are now home for a month. This should be fun.
Oh and also the Boys and Girls clubs are closing.
Fortunately my wife’s college has also cancelled classes and so she’s teaching 100% online. That means she has to work from home, and anyone who works from home knows that doing so while “watching” kids can be a nightmare.
I’m still sick, couldn’t get a Covid-19 test even at the ER, but I think I’m getting better now. I’ll probably go back to work next week.
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