Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Sequel]

Most meat plants are closing because they don't have enough workers.

I wonder how the executive order to open will play out then.

 

[FortCluck]

I assume if the don't have enough workers there's nothing an order can do

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Hmmm. Not sure I understand the need for drivers to wear masks.... they are in their vehicle mostly, by themselves. When I get a delivery, the package changes hands at two arms' lengths, and isn't that about how far we are supposed to stay apart? Two arms' lengths? Or am I missing something?

Surfaces like tyvek, boxes, bubble wrap envelopes...those can hold the virus up tp 3 days. Times that by several hundred in and out of the FedEx truck or UPS truck, then times the fact that the virus can live on a plain paper letter for up to 24 hours....and add that regular mail carries can deliver what....thousands in a day?
Then add that said carrier or delivery person could also be asymptomatic and not know they are a carrier...all those packages and envelopes they are touching.

Or, maybe only one particular bubble wrap pack, from say an Amazon seller is covered in the virus. Think then about the carrier who is delivering that package to the house shortly before yours. The carrier who can't wash their hands while driving, or really even use hand sanitizer well while driving...
But he/she coughs or sneezes because it's allergy season and without thinking about it wipes their face and just gave the virus to themselves.

Oh, and add that out here in the country, older people will chat with the delivery person. Or need help up their stairs with a heavy package, Or even will need them to shove a 100lb box in the front door for them.
(I'm a longarm quilter...remember? My machine and frame came via FedEx, the entire system is 350lbs....Five ginormous boxes! The machine alone, in her box, is 92lbs. The other boxes ranged from 60 to 95 lbs)

I get that if you are going somewhere in a car and aren't going in/out of anywhere, then yeah, you don't need a mask just to drive. But delivery people are all about touching things. Things that other people have touched and will touch.
Caution is the responsible thing to do.
I'm cautious about receiving the package/mail. But they need to also be cautious...especially for those people on the receiving end who aren't very cautious.



edit: typos

 

[Sequel]

I assume if the don't have enough workers there's nothing an order can do

They should have all the major players come in and deal with it! Omg can you just imagine? I must have lost few marbles.

 

[FortCluck]

They should have all the major players come in and deal with it! Omg can you just imagine? I must have lost few marbles.

Hahaha I'd pee seeing that. Imagine CEOs and presidents of companies doing the labor they have that show Undercover Boss and most don't realize how hard it is until they actually do it.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Dont believe that fedex drivers care about anything. Fedex sucks. If someplace uses fedex I find another business to buy from if I can.

It's regional.
At my last place (a few states away) Fedex was awful!! Once they just threw a TV over a yard fence to an enclosed yard area..... when the side of they house they had to pull up to and put the truck in park was next to an un-fenced walkway with a nice covered porch. No dogs...no reason not to walk 10 extra steps...nope, they tossed and it got broken.
So many packages damaged there and very careless delivery people, but UPS was great.

Here it is the complete opposite. Fedex is great.
UPS has smashed, broken and damaged way many more things. Expensive things too. Like an 80 lb longarm quilting machine. Those are not easy to fix either...it had to be replaced and the manufacturer had to eat thousands of dollars because while it was plain as day what was in the box...it was smashed and had been dropped. The interior packaging material was broken badly. I've had several different UPS delivery drivers here and all have been careless or downright rude.

Anyway.... so yeah...I've found that it's regional. And things are changing too. When I first moved here, most of my regular packages (I buy a lot of the same things from the same places) were delivered by UPS. Now, about 85% of those regular purchases have switched over to FedEx.

 

[Sequel]

Hahaha I'd pee seeing that. Imagine CEOs and presidents of companies doing the labor they have that show Undercover Boss and most don't realize how hard it is until they actually do it.

Well and the gore and the mess! Having to work the floor would make them all vegans! No disrespect intended!

 

[Beer can]

Because if they sneeze, cough or breathe, and are infected, droplets with virus in them. It goes everywhere and can get on any mail.

Don't know where their hands have been or who's hands touched the package on its way.

 

[Folly's place]

I assume everything is contaminated, and treat it all that way. It's better than getting sick!
Mary

 

[MROO]

It is the season.
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Those are AWFULLY funny-lookin' chickens!