My office just went to essential staff only. They are limiting access to the rez, and even tho the schools aren’t closed yet tribal council has let the superintendent know our kids will be staying home until further notice. We are trying desperately to keep this thing from getting to our elders. I really hope we manage.
still hating it when people are all casual about everyone that's going to die in this pandemic
or
more accurately
when they express that I am an acceptable loss for their political goals
(I can hear you)
When a sequel to one of the best games ever made gets softlocked by a bug that will get patched next week some time.
@GreenFlashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
When a sequel to one of the best games ever made gets softlocked by a bug that will get patched next week some time.
See, this is why I just don't buy video games within six months of release.
"Buy a game that doesn't exist yet, at the most expensive it will ever be, for the privilege of being our unpaid QA!"
One of my greatest worries of late seems to be coming true and I'm having a hard time keeping cool and not becoming distraught.
"Well, you're not a permanent employee of the company yet, so they probably won't let you work from home, even if the county office goes to skeleton crew." - even though there are only two on my team, and I'm the one that is immuno-compromised. My co-worker WANTS to be the one to stay in the office, as the younger and healthier of the two, and to not be stuck home with his tween daughter all day.
Almost got into a physical altercation with someone who was in the middle of buying ten packages, if not more, of toilet paper, bragging about how much they were going to make reselling it.
The only thing I regret is not putting them through the nearby Cadbury Creme Egg display. The SO reminded me that they were not going to pay the bail money if I got arrested for assualt. Or at least, not right away. I hope.
@Testament I just do not get the toilet paper thing...
Pay no attention to me. I'm old, jaded and generally unfriendly. I am prone to fits of stupidity, but I am still unique, just like everyone else. ~~ Current President of the Anti-Faraday fan club.
@Seamus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Testament I just do not get the toilet paper thing...
It's for wiping after using the toilet.
@Seamus said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@Testament I just do not get the toilet paper thing...
When you can't control the crisis you're in, you control something unrelated to feel better about yourself. "I may die of a disease my government is too incompetent to control, but at least I'll have a well-wiped ass and everyone else will have a dirty one."
@Testament said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Almost got into a physical altercation with someone who was in the middle of buying ten packages, if not more, of toilet paper, bragging about how much they were going to make reselling it.
There was a literal fist fight at my daughter's work over something... Both men were thrown out so neither got their shopping!
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I am staring down the barrel of losing my day job income; I'm perfectly capable of doing tutoring online and globablly and you'd THINK there would be an uptick, but a) parents think they know more than anyone else and b) with teachers online, I'm looking a bit redundant. This is going to be really bad.
Was able to get my sick kiddo tested, luckily he thought the suit with respirator thingy the tester was wearing in the tent (drive thru testing site to keep people isolated and out of the building). Now just a 3 day wait. 
and I had to fight like hell for that test.
If you get sick, I highly recommend using whatever alternate means that allows you to connect to a doctor or provider that can order testing. (A lot if medical groups now have virtual or text appointments) rather than the nurse line, you'll wait for hours on hold and they can only direct you to go to the ER if you are seriously ill. I messaged his pediatrician to appeal, got contacted on the weekend by her nurse who sent me a link to the texting service run by the HMO, spent only about 45 minutes waiting there and finally got an order for the test because I could explain the situation more broadly than just his symptoms.
But I am sure it wont be long until that avenue might be very slow too. Please stay safe. It has been pretty hectic and anxiety ridden at our house since friday.
My stepfather is a physician at a large public hospital. They've moved all ED operations to outside the hospital and are set-up in temporary modular tents.
He sees his getting as a when and not an if but he's pretty relaxed about it.
A lot of family friends, etc have been calling him and my mom trying to see if he can flex on getting them a test but the criteria for getting a test where they live is pretty stringent, so most people, for now, are just presumed positive.
On the upside, a clinical trial for a vaccine candidate has started. No idea if it will work or not, but it's something.
If it helps, amazon/ebay/and various sites are refusing to let anyone post reselling toilet paper so as not to gouge people that need it.
The supply issue is that it comes from China and well.... so the retailers had to get on a call with with White House (not kidding here) and talk about how to go around that and get supplies back up.
People were panic shopping. They do this for storms too. Oh there's going to be a blizzard (that people live through every year) wipe out the stores of their stock and replenishment.
I'm hoping it dies off in a few (the panic around it and the hoarding).
eggs, flour, and sugar.
These were all completely out of stock when I did my shopping today.
people don't cook. Why they buying up the ingredients. BUY PREMADE STUFF SO I CAN HAVE MY FOOD NEEDS.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@RightMeow said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
People were panic shopping. They do this for storms too. Oh there's going to be a blizzard (that people live through every year) wipe out the stores of their stock and replenishment.
I went to the supermarket Friday. There wasn't any meat on the shelves. No chicken, no pork, not beef. Not even the cuts that are over $10.99/lb
I went shopping right before Hurricane Irene and then Hurricane Sandy the following year. It was business as usual. This is unprecedented./
@TNP said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
@RightMeow said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
People were panic shopping. They do this for storms too. Oh there's going to be a blizzard (that people live through every year) wipe out the stores of their stock and replenishment.
I went to the supermarket Friday. There wasn't any meat on the shelves. No chicken, no pork, not beef. Not even the cuts that are over $10.99/lb
I went shopping right before Hurricane Irene and then Hurricane Sandy the following year. It was business as usual. This is unprecedented./
Agreed.
Having grown up in MD and lived for a while in SC: this is well and beyond what you get from a blizzard or hurricane.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice I managed to get eggs a couple days ago by switching out from damaged cartons and peoples fear of brown eggs.
@Wretched I'll never understand people's fear of brown eggs. They're the best!
