Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Brisan123]

They cancelled my Ryan Air flights to Spain at the end of July last week.

Which really surprised me, as I was expecting it to be last minute.

I think what Ryanair wants and what will actually happen are 2 vastly different things
The Aviation industry is basically knackered for the next 12-18 months
I read it costs 30,000 dollars a months to store a plane and up to 4000 worldwide will have to be stored
No airline will be buying new planes for the foreseeable future
Rolls royce letting 9000 workers go is only the start

 

[Chewbacca]

I used to walk to an office 800 yards away when I was still working. I know myself. I would have wasted hours and days at home watching cricket.

 

[Tea_drinker]

I honestly would hate to work full time from home.

My missus does it 2-3 days a week before all this happened and she said some of the people in her work who have done it full time often tend not to bother will works events or team building/nights out etc as they dont feel like part of the team as they are out the loop.

Something to say about the social/mental wellbeing of getting out and about and seeing/talking to people.

I had to start working online from the lockdown and in the lead up I was thinking: oh yeah this is gonna be great, what a doss etc.

The reality has been different and I havent enjoyed it at all. Have to continue until September too. It's made we want to retrain and completely change my career.

 

[Brisan123]

And lord help me if they want to trail long hours 5+ hours in them. FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTRY!!!

5 hours ,you're a lightweight
Give me a 2pm till 1am session to give the pub a proper test
Just throw in a burger and chips for soakage

 

[ForeverBlue92]

I had to start working online from the lockdown and in the lead up I was thinking: oh yeah this is gonna be great, what a doss etc.

The reality has been different and I havent enjoyed it at all. Have to continue until September too. It's made we want to retrain and completely change my career.

I think it depends on the person - luckily for me when I start getting back working im largely out and about but there are times when im back doing bits at home which works for me.

Alot of people as you say dont realise what its like until the novelty wears off - some folk in my missus job have worked full home working for 8+ years and only see the team once a year if that should they ever have to be in the office for something.

I personally couldn't feel part of a team or in the loop with things if im seeing work colleagues once or twice a year its mad.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

I think it depends on the person - luckily for me when I start getting back working im largely out and about but there are times when im back doing bits at home which works for me.

Alot of people as you say dont realise what its like until the novelty wears off - some folk in my missus job have worked full home working for 8+ years and only see the team once a year if that should they ever have to be in the office for something.

I personally couldn't feel part of a team or in the loop with things if im seeing work colleagues once or twice a year its mad.

My dad is like that. Retirement is driving him nuts.

But me, the thing I like best about my job (it's not a long list!) is analysis and interpreting data. Hard to do that when there's always some idiot walking up to your desk and demanding you do their thing NOW!

 

[brieverton]

I think it depends on the person - luckily for me when I start getting back working im largely out and about but there are times when im back doing bits at home which works for me.

Alot of people as you say dont realise what its like until the novelty wears off - some folk in my missus job have worked full home working for 8+ years and only see the team once a year if that should they ever have to be in the office for something.

I personally couldn't feel part of a team or in the loop with things if im seeing work colleagues once or twice a year its mad.

I'm actually surprised at how little things have changed for me working from home but I am organised and disciplined to the point of being neurotic.

There is a tendency to want to prove you're available but the workload is more or less the same as it would have been. If the phone rings or I get a Skype message at my desk at home, I'm there for it. I take the same breaks as the same times I would have before.

It won't suit everyone quite obviously and I feel for people who have to cope with child-minding and teaching and work from home, on top of everything else.

For me though, it's gone quite well. It's been helped by having colleagues that I have worked with for years, so we know each other and what makes each of us tick.

 

[Charro]

I’ve loved being off work for nine weeks.

Getting told it’s probably another six months before I’m back in the office is great.

Work is rubbish, gets in the way of living.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

I’ve loved being off work for nine weeks.

Getting told it’s probably another six months before I’m back in the office is great.

Work is rubbish, gets in the way of living.

Exactly, my routine at the minute is to do what i can get away with and enjoy my life. I've been miserable in offices for 15 years, this is my time to shine!

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats

Some of the Church of England’s most senior bishops have reported receiving hate mail and death threats after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings’ alleged breach of lockdown rules.

Bishop of Worcester John Inge tweeted that he received an email warning “stay out of politics or we’ll kill you” after he criticised Boris Johnson’s “risible defence” of Mr Cummings on Sunday night.

Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Ripon, reported a similar threat, posting: “‘Stay out of politics or it will be the death of you’ was one of the emails I received today. Thank you to those who have sent supportive messages.”

She had earlier written about missing her father’s birthday during the lockdown as he recovered from radiotherapy.

Rev Hartley said she was “following up” the hate email with police.

Christine Hardman, bishop of Newcastle, wrote: “I too received such an email. I feel concern for the person who sent it and will hold him or her in prayer.”

The previous night she had posted that she was “deeply troubled” by the Prime Minister’s defence of his adviser.

“We can forgive mistakes and poor judgement and can understand and admire loyalty but forgiveness and understanding need openness and we did not see this tonight,” she wrote.

Paul Bayes, the bishop of Liverpool, added that he had also received abuse, writing: “Public life in Britain today. Many of us have received this sort of message. It doesn’t work.”

The bishops were among a number of Church of England representatives who had condemned the PM for standing by his adviser over a trip from London to County Durham during the national lockdown.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Cummings criticism sees Church of England bishops receive death threats

Some of the Church of England’s most senior bishops have reported receiving hate mail and death threats after speaking out on Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings’ alleged breach of lockdown rules.

Bishop of Worcester John Inge tweeted that he received an email warning “stay out of politics or we’ll kill you” after he criticised Boris Johnson’s “risible defence” of Mr Cummings on Sunday night.

Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Ripon, reported a similar threat, posting: “‘Stay out of politics or it will be the death of you’ was one of the emails I received today. Thank you to those who have sent supportive messages.”

She had earlier written about missing her father’s birthday during the lockdown as he recovered from radiotherapy.

Rev Hartley said she was “following up” the hate email with police.

Christine Hardman, bishop of Newcastle, wrote: “I too received such an email. I feel concern for the person who sent it and will hold him or her in prayer.”

The previous night she had posted that she was “deeply troubled” by the Prime Minister’s defence of his adviser.

“We can forgive mistakes and poor judgement and can understand and admire loyalty but forgiveness and understanding need openness and we did not see this tonight,” she wrote.

Paul Bayes, the bishop of Liverpool, added that he had also received abuse, writing: “Public life in Britain today. Many of us have received this sort of message. It doesn’t work.”

The bishops were among a number of Church of England representatives who had condemned the PM for standing by his adviser over a trip from London to County Durham during the national lockdown.

Yikes. I hope he's got a second house, preferably a parents, he can drive across the country to, so he can get away from it all.

 

[Jebus_lives]

more fibs (sorry if this is a repost):

I keep saying 'don't put too much trust in the data'.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

My dad is like that. Retirement is driving him nuts.

But me, the thing I like best about my job (it's not a long list!) is analysis and interpreting data. Hard to do that when there's always some idiot walking up to your desk and demanding you do their thing NOW!

Yeah every job is different I suppose - my work varies depending on what jobs I get and what agencies get me in for work.

I personally hate certain jobs but ones such as photographing bikini / underwear models makes it worth the while lol

 

[LocalNative]

Exactly, my routine at the minute is to do what i can get away with and enjoy my life. I've been miserable in offices for 15 years, this is my time to shine!

I think this is a big wake up for a lot of people. We're still working, albeit from home, and have had two mates hand in their notice since lockdown. One is joining the marines and the other plans to go back to Uni to start chasing a career they really want to see themselves in.

I do believe the days of 9-5, 5 days per week in an office are dead. This has proven staff can work remotely with no issues.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

I think this is a big wake up for a lot of people. We're still working, albeit from home, and have had two mates hand in their notice since lockdown. One is joining the marines and the other plans to go back to Uni to start chasing a career they really want to see themselves in.

I do believe the days of 9-5, 5 days per week in an office are dead. This has proven staff can work remotely with no issues.

I'm spending a lot of the spare time working out what I actually want to do. I was off for 4 weeks with burnout before the lockdown started and I can't keep doing this forever.

The only problem is I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.