Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[roydo]

approximately 60,000 pubs , 25/26,000 restaurants and what 3m people I’m the industry . Wages , rent , bills . Yep no problem I’d imagine paying that for the next year or so.

Our local Indian has stayed open throughout this, take away and delivery only. Once Mrs R decided she had a curry itch to scratch, we have made a point of supporting them every week. (Been in town for years).

They have been knocked out at the support they have had from the town, like folk not letting them lob the 10% take away discount on the bill, and many rounding up the bill to the next £30.00 or whatever. Digital non contact tips I guess.

But yeah, spivs or sommet.

 

[Harryflashman]

How would you guys and girls feel if the wearing of masks became mandatory in all public places?

I have no truck for those who want us to remain lockdown forever, as the bitter one seems to want.

listen whatever they think is a good plan and if it makes us safer great but it seems totally backwards to have had everywhere mostly maskless then say pubs are open , now you have to wear a mask . It seems almost designed to create non compliance and generate agitation.

 

[Nymzee]

Is the 50% meal thing to help those that got furloughed/laid off also support local restaurants?

Most places where I live boomed by just switching to takeouts.

 

[roydo]

Is the 50% meal thing to help those that got furloughed/laid off also support local restaurants?

Most places where I live boomed by just switching to takeouts.

Think its a way to get folk back into restaurants. Said earlier, my local Indian has done ok with take outs, but nowt beats a table of four with the drinks and extras and tips. Seems UK Plc are picking up half the tab.

Its imaginative and good in my book, as long as the places are as safe as they can be.

 

[Nymzee]

Think its a way to get folk back into restaurants. Said earlier, my local Indian has done ok with take outs, but nowt beats a table of four with the drinks and extras and tips. Seems UK Plc are picking up half the tab.

Its imaginative and good in my book, as long as the places are as safe as they can be.

Why would they need to do 50% to entice people those? Loads of people have missed the dining out experience.

 

[roydo]

Why would they need to do 50% to entice people those? Loads of people have missed the dining out experience.

It just helps I guess. Like my elderly parents never took a bus until they were given free bus passes years ago. Kinda the same thing.

 

[davek]

What sector? Hospitality? Till when?

This virus is going no where any time soon.

Exactly. So adapt: anywhwre indoors in the serving of drink and food should be verbotten. If that cant be achived in all of those establishments, mothball them and pay staff and subsidise rates on them.

The number one priority though has to be to avoid a massive second wave in the autumn and winter. It is too high a price to pay to open up and encourage the take up of places in these incubation pods.

 

[davek]

Why would they need to do 50% to entice people those? Loads of people have missed the dining out experience.

Here's another consideration: these subsidies are to attract people who are too scared to dip their toe back in the water. My point would be that if you are wary of dining out why would saving 10 'kin quid on a meal tempt you?

 

[COYBL25]

Our local Indian has stayed open throughout this, take away and delivery only. Once Mrs R decided she had a curry itch to scratch, we have made a point of supporting them every week. (Been in town for years).

They have been knocked out at the support they have had from the town, like folk not letting them lob the 10% take away discount on the bill, and many rounding up the bill to the next £30.00 or whatever. Digital non contact tips I guess.

But yeah, spivs or sommet.

He won’t be truly happy until we’re all working the land by hand and sat around a socially distanced campfire every night, singing workers songs.

 

[roydo]

Exactly. So adapt: anywhwre indoors in the serving of drink and food should be verbotten. If that cant be achived in all of those establishments, mothball them and pay staff and subsidise rates on them.

The number one priority though has to be to avoid a massive second wave in the autumn and winter. It is too high a price to pay to open up and encourage the take up of places in these incubation pods.

I think we need to slowly slowly check out what will work mate. There have not been mass 2nd spikes across the globe, there have been localised outbreaks, which should be able to be contained.

But you cannot mothball an entire industry until heavens only knows.

As an individual, everyone views this through their own prisim, I certainly do. But to use your own insulation from the realities of others is I am afraid, pretty selfish.

 

[Goat]

Here's another consideration: these subsidies are to attract people who are too scared to dip their toe back in the water. My point would be that if you are wary of dining out why would saving 10 'kin quid on a meal tempt you?

@roydo is tipping takeaway drivers 30 notes and mans thinking that's normal.

I give them a quid if I can find 1.

 

[roydo]

Here's another consideration: these subsidies are to attract people who are too scared to dip their toe back in the water. My point would be that if you are wary of dining out why would saving 10 'kin quid on a meal tempt you?

Its to support an economic sector mate.

 

[roydo]

@roydo is tipping takeaway drivers 30 notes and mans thinking that's normal.

I give them a quid if I can find 1.

Quid a drop as a tip would have been ace back in the day. More than you get for the drop itself, before tax (Tax lol)

 

[davek]

approximately 60,000 pubs , 25/26,000 restaurants and what 3m people I’m the industry . Wages , rent , bills . Yep no problem I’d imagine paying that for the next year or so.

What's the cost to the country of the first wave of this virus in terms of health expenditure - building of new hospitals, massive increase in amount of drugs and protective equipment to treat people; then add in the devastating cost of a family facing the trauma of losing people?

PRIVATE BUSINESSES need to adapt to serve whatever customers they attract in as healthy an environment as possible...which means not indoors for the forseeable.

 

[davek]

I think we need to slowly slowly check out what will work mate. There have not been mass 2nd spikes across the globe, there have been localised outbreaks, which should be able to be contained.

But you cannot mothball an entire industry until heavens only knows.

As an individual, everyone views this through their own prisim, I certainly do. But to use your own insulation from the realities of others is I am afraid, pretty selfish.

We're not there yet. The return of the flu season will see this thing back with a vengeance.