BYC Café

[DobieLover]

Thanks for the coffee, Shad.
We are expecting showers this morning, high's near 50F. My work week starts again.
I have 2.5 hours of comp time accrued. I'm going in late this morning instead of leaving early. I'm stopping at the stores as soon as they open hoping the trucks made deliveries last night. I'm not hording. I just need some food!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! I was thinking that because all of the kids are out of school and activities and work are not happening and people are staying home, there may be some hoarding going on, but there is also a huge chunk of the very busy eat on the go almost every noon and night that are no longer able to do that. I bet more people are actually cooking and that is why the chicken, hamburger and easy stuff goes first. Just a thought...

 

[DobieLover]

Morning! I was thinking that because all of the kids are out of school and activities and work are not happening and people are staying home, there may be some hoarding going on, but there is also a huge chunk of the very busy eat on the go almost every noon and night that are no longer able to do that. I bet more people are actually cooking and that is why the chicken, hamburger and easy stuff goes first. Just a thought...

All I do is cook. All fresh. Everyone is being advised to "stock your pantries". I only have a few cans of tomatoes, tomato paste, pumpkin and coconut milk, bulk nuts, almond and coconut flours and fermenting chicken food in my pantry! I get produce three times a week. We go through a lot of veggies and fruit.
It's the perishable stuff being wiped out that I don't understand. You can only eat so much before it PERISHES!! It makes me sick to think people are buying it all up along with the canned and frozen stuff just to have it rot in their refrigerators.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Hugs, DL. I am curious to see if people change their attitudes towards lots of things after this.

 

[ronott1]

...and then the looting & robberies start.

The English Department chair lives in the SF Bay area and the lock was broken on his back door Yesterday. He stayed home to guard his place instead of coming to Davis because he was afraid of looting.

It could happen at anytime!

 

[Mtn Margie]

As I said, I bet people will have a change in attitudes. We just have not had a stress on society like this in a long time and most of those people have passed on. It is a science experiment for sure.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe - a second pot of coffee is brewed.

Hugs, DL. I am curious to see if people change their attitudes towards lots of things after this.

I have long felt that it has been far too long since people have had to do without. The age of entitlement is hopefully coming to an end.

 

[Shadrach]

As I said, I bet people will have a change in attitudes. We just have not had a stress on society like this in a long time and most of those people have passed on. It is a science experiment for sure.

I think a lot of people who are not used to entertaining themselves will find the restrictions difficult.

 

[Shadrach]

All I do is cook. All fresh. Everyone is being advised to "stock your pantries". I only have a few cans of tomatoes, tomato paste, pumpkin and coconut milk, bulk nuts, almond and coconut flours and fermenting chicken food in my pantry! I get produce three times a week. We go through a lot of veggies and fruit.
It's the perishable stuff being wiped out that I don't understand. You can only eat so much before it PERISHES!! It makes me sick to think people are buying it all up along with the canned and frozen stuff just to have it rot in their refrigerators.

Here I think a proportion of the fresh stuff isn't getting to the shops. This is unfortunate because the large supermarket chains and the Internet providers of all such as amazon will profit from the crisis. I'll be interested to see if the market here that takes place on Saturdays is open this coming weekend.
The economic damage of this type of lockdown just hasn't been thought through in many countries. The long term effects are going to be sever and in the long run are likely to do more damage than the virus.

 

[sourland]

@Shadrach I am curious to see if the Amish market is open on Thursday.