Lockdowns

@divegeester said
Boris Johnson making and announcement at 20:00 GMT; most of us here are expecting a full UK lockdown.

Thoughts on this?

What’s the situation where you are?

Chins up everyone 🤨

Bad news for the Caribbean. The UK tourists make up the largest contributor to tourism $$$ in most Caribbean islands.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Do people wear masks in the office?

Reporting them would more likely lead to a warning (and hopefully a rethink on their part) but I appreciate the element of risk it might pose to your ongoing employment.

No masks, at all.

Temperature check on the door, plus anti-bacterial stuff.

No one way systems, limited control over shared area, and the one metre plus rule is not followed - the plus seemingly being either computer screens counting as protective barriers, or people sat closer than 2 metres but not facing each other.

My wife has already threatened to anonymously report them!

@paul-a-roberts said
My wife has already threatened to anonymously report them!

Lol 😀

@paul-a-roberts said
No masks, at all.

Temperature check on the door, plus anti-bacterial stuff.

No one way systems, limited control over shared area, and the one metre plus rule is not followed - the plus seemingly being either computer screens counting as protective barriers, or people sat closer than 2 metres but not facing each other.

My wife has already threatened to anonymously report them!

I don't blame her.

I have colleagues in health who are still able to work from home.

@paul-a-roberts said
Accountancy - and virtually every other person in my profession are either working fully from home, or a mix of home working and office days.

If I report them, and they get closed down, then I am cutting my nose off to spite my face - so instead I do what I can to distance at work, and plan on my exit strategy.

So it’s all digital disk work... bizarre why they won’t let you work from home. Even after COVID WFH is going to be a big part of the working strategy.

Yes, you’re right about not reporting them I suppose, but I doubt they would be closed down, just reprimanded.

@divegeester said
I’ve just read that construction and the trades are still permitted into houses so my renovation can continue. Meanwhile everyone is locked up so the streets are clear. Seems chilled 😆

It's not really a lockdown, if they were at all serious about this airports would be closed and no one allowed in or out of the country or out of their house for any reason expect to buy food and medicine. Remember the first one in April, honestly didn't feel like I was under any kind of restrictions at all, want to go to the shop just for a wonder 10 times a day? no problem. Go for a walk? Out you go. Even went on the train somewhere to see if they were stopping and asking why I was travelling and wasn't at home, nope - single or return ticket?

Thankfully other than mask wearing and people being scared to even look at someone on the street things are open as usual here but I heard Bogota went back into their silly system of you can only go out on alternate days depending on your ID number, otherwise everything is still open. Including nightclubs... honestly the only difference I've noticed here is that all the churches are closed and only open for service, I'm not religious as you know but there is someone peaceful about going into a church and just sitting in silence. Miss that here.

@trev33 said
It's not really a lockdown, if they were at all serious about this airports would be closed and no one allowed in or out of the country or out of their house for any reason expect to buy food and medicine. Remember the first one in April, honestly didn't feel like I was under any kind of restrictions at all, want to go to the shop just for a wonder 10 times a day? no problem. ...[text shortened]... but there is someone peaceful about going into a church and just sitting in silence. Miss that here.

A church always seems to have a calming affect on people. Maybe we are more spiritual than we think we are. 😉

-VR

@rajk999 said
Bad news for the Caribbean. The UK tourists make up the largest contributor to tourism $$$ in most Caribbean islands.

Ever been to San Andreas or Providencia? A couple of little islands that some how ended up belonging to Colombia, weird mix of English and Spanish being spoken.

@very-rusty said
A church always seems to have a calming affect on people. Maybe we are more spiritual than we think we are. 😉

-VR

Being Spiritual or religious are poles apart.

@trev33 said
Being Spiritual or religious are poles apart.

"I'm spiritual but not religious." It's a trendy phrase people often use to describe their belief that they don't need organized religion to live a life of faith.

-VR

@trev33 said
Ever been to San Andreas or Providencia? A couple of little islands that some how ended up belonging to Colombia, weird mix of English and Spanish being spoken.

Nope. But I know what you mean. We have the same situation in many parts of the Caribbean which at some point in time were colonized by the Spanish, Dutch, English, French and the Portuguese. This weird mix of Spanish and English we call it Patois [ pron Patwah]