Oi, this week. The fallout from the guy lying to the computer about his exposure is that we all get our temperatures checked before we can sign in now. Which is fine. Plenty of places have been doing that all along. I don't know why we haven't. (Except that the company was probably too cheap to expe...

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be starting the war, or complaining about the war.

Someone who knows what's going on.

Root beer. :P Okay, Coca Cola if I have to pick one of those. I don't really drink much soda, but a lot of stores in my neighborhood carry the Coca Cola that's imported from Mexico, where they still use the old-fashioned style glass bottles. I may be a snob, but drinks just taste better out of a gla...

Part of the problem here is that people seem to genuinely believe they're taking it seriously. My boss is included in that. The other part of the problem is people seem to believe they aren't going to get it. The guy who tested positive last week got it from his brother's friend. He was concerned en...

I've had that conversation with her so many times. She'll sigh and pull the mask up, but a couple of minutes later 'her face is hot' or 'her glasses are fogging up' and it comes right back down. And the third member of our department is out due to exposure (not from work, but from some big church ga...

Good luck, Menolly. Hoping for a best-case-scenario on the results.

It's frustrating because while I know that I was practicing social distancing during my interactions with him, the majority of my coworkers were not. They seem to think that we're all 'safe'. My boss flew to Vegas last week with her extended family - eating in restaurants, going to casinos, being on...

Slinking? Slinking? I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I'm gonna slink out and let Cheval handle this.

So sorry, Peter. That's never an easy choice even when it's the only choice. Had another coworker test positive today. Worked with him yesterday. He seemed fine. Today he called in sounding like the living dead. Don't know when he was tested or why, but that's another two weeks of anxiety for all of...

Funny that...the non-essential CEO gets millions, while the essential supermarket worker gets a few quid an hour... Our CEO made almost 10 mil last year. He posts videos from lockdown in his 6-million dollar mansion to cheer us on. He was forced to grow a beard while in quarantine because he couldn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fULwDbZ4iSU


Coheed and Cambria + Mastodon + Primus + Tool + Mutoid Man Cover RUSH's "Anthem"


My brain is having such an epic fangirl meltdown that I can't remember how to change the wording of the link.

I'm so sorry for your loss, Ur Dead.

I totally agree that it should not be mandatory. But in an ideal world, most people would voluntarily opt to get one. I'm seeing a whole lot of idiots out there, and it's scary. Like you, Peter, I am an essential worker who has been on the front lines from the beginning of this mess, and I don't nee...

Our lockdown ended (not completely) just a few weeks ago, and people took that to mean everything was back to normal. People seem to have an it-won't-happen-to- me mentality, and now we're beating records almost every day, and not in a good way. Stopped to buy bread on my way home from work, and the...

Sounds like a recipe for radioactive muffins. Not sure where the map fits in.

pristine

Surgical tape. Or invest in one with a good-quality wire that you can pinch tightly at the bridge of your snoot. Vents are banned here because they lower the protection value. (Banned may be too strong a word, but I've seen at least a couple of stores that don't allow shoppers to wear them.)

There isn't a wabbit emoticon.

I'd ask for a second opinion. Don't know the guy, but I'm not impressed.

That's the nicest thing anyone has said to me all week.


Someone else who is glad it's Friday.