Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

I'm in a bit of a weird situation regarding work tomorrow. I only work on a Monday so any comms/decisions about the office have not filtered down to me. I've text the office manager and also emailed but no response. Text one of the staff who said they were working from home and likely the office will be closed tomorrow. I don't think I've a choice but to drive to the office and see what's happening. If the gates are locked I'll come home and if open I'll go into the offices to find out more...

Part of being the teeniest cog in the machine but pretty poor there's been no communication. That place has had 28 loyal years from me and most of those full time and hard graft.
 
All Nandos and MC Donald's etc should be collection only by Uber eats or something

Drive through for everyone else
Not practical for many nando's. Often in remote retail parks. Not densely populated areas.

At least not round here. Think it so ly Maidstone that does delivery.

Collection for the rest.

Obv McDonald's drive thru is easiest way which makes their decision to close confusing.
 
Not practical for many nando's. Often in remote retail parks. Not densely populated areas.

At least not round here. Think it so ly Maidstone that does delivery.

Collection for the rest.

Obv McDonald's drive thru is easiest way which makes their decision to close confusing.

Haven't heard either of them closing anywhere other than here so far

We got a few Nandos round here. The local ones would be fine for Uber eats

Going to go down meat market on my nights this week get some steak in as we out. Apparently they got no chicken tho which isnt good
 
So listening to the news whilst just driving back from Woodhall, it would seem that ‘many’ pubs in Scotland have refused to close!

I thought this was a government instruction, and if so, they should be forced to close and then be prosecuted and have their license removed.

If this is simply an anti Westminster, ‘I’m not being told to close by Boris syndrome’, then the crankee needs to do her job and clamp down on all of them and hit them hard, as it’s dangerous, selfish and is sending out all the wrong signals if they’re allowed to stay open!!

Come on, I expect better from you. Look on Facebook at the interviews outside a pub in Manchester and I'm sure you'll find other cities too.

You'll also find that Scotland has now gone through the courts to have the legislation to force clubs to close and that has come into effect NOW.

Maybe Westminster should have forced this through before asking those places to shut. It should have been mandatory not a plea which allowed some publicans to cash in up and down the length of Britain while they legally could.
 
Not practical for many nando's. Often in remote retail parks. Not densely populated areas.

At least not round here. Think it so ly Maidstone that does delivery.

Collection for the rest.

Obv McDonald's drive thru is easiest way which makes their decision to close confusing.
But if the scientists/doctors etc are correct, people can carry this disease for up to 7 days without falling ill if at all, if they work for these take aways and the issue over packaging isn’t cleared up, surely they could be spreading the disease about, and I agree, how is that any different to shop workers, home delivery drivers etc.

I know you can’t cover every scenario, but there does seem to be a few holes in the information we are being told.
 
Haven't heard either of them closing anywhere other than here so far

We got a few Nandos round here. The local ones would be fine for Uber eats

Going to go down meat market on my nights this week get some steak in as we out. Apparently they got no chicken tho which isnt good

The nando's decision is a national one. They are all closing this evening.
Will be on social media once all staff informed.
 
Being a taxi driver I am basically in the front line of getting the virus .I'm also over sixty with COPD so should I be sitting in my house on my own for the duration and not earn any money , like I can afford that (not). With no money coming in at least I will lose a lot of weight due to not affording to buy any food .that's if there is any on the shelves after the morons have ransacked the joint.
 
I'm in a bit of a weird situation regarding work tomorrow. I only work on a Monday so any comms/decisions about the office have not filtered down to me. I've text the office manager and also emailed but no response. Text one of the staff who said they were working from home and likely the office will be closed tomorrow. I don't think I've a choice but to drive to the office and see what's happening. If the gates are locked I'll come home and if open I'll go into the offices to find out more...

Part of being the teeniest cog in the machine but pretty poor there's been no communication. That place has had 28 loyal years from me and most of those full time and hard graft.
Reminds me of a poem I read on the wall of a toilet in a place I once worked:
'if you work and do your best
You'll get the sack like all the rest
Then on your tombstone neatly lacquered
Not just dead but bloody knackered' ;)
 
Being a taxi driver I am basically in the front line of getting the virus .I'm also over sixty with COPD so should I be sitting in my house on my own for the duration and not earn any money , like I can afford that (not). With no money coming in at least I will lose a lot of weight due to not affording to buy any food .that's if there is any on the shelves after the morons have ransacked the joint.

Feel for you buddy. Got to get some cash and put "food on the table" and again feel that hurt. I was in the same boat, in work at 6.30 each morning and shelves empty when I finished. HID has been great and running around the local supermarkets each morning looking for milk, bread etc not just for us but her elderly parents that are more or less housebound anyway. Stay safe, be careful and hope the measures being put in place to restrict the amount of stuff helps you
 
Reminds me of a poem I read on the wall of a toilet in a place I once worked:
'if you work and do your best
You'll get the sack like all the rest
Then on your tombstone neatly lacquered
Not just dead but bloody knackered' ;)

Very true. The place has changed a lot in my time. From a family-owned business where you genuinely felt part of the bigger picture to what it is now...part of a bigger group where you really are just a number on the payroll but are regularly told it's all about the team and our colleagues.
 
Being a taxi driver I am basically in the front line of getting the virus .I'm also over sixty with COPD so should I be sitting in my house on my own for the duration and not earn any money , like I can afford that (not). With no money coming in at least I will lose a lot of weight due to not affording to buy any food .that's if there is any on the shelves after the morons have ransacked the joint.
Are there any grants you can claim, have the new universal credit rules made it better for you to claim. I think you're life is more important. Think it through carefully and look after yourself.
 
The nando's decision is a national one. They are all closing this evening.
Will be on social media once all staff informed.

I suppose doesnt make much business sense to stay open

Custoners can't come to eat, take aways will only make so much money

People will be on more of a budget.

MC Donald's I would be shocked about . So cheap .. keep shift workings going during this ..
 
Very true. The place has changed a lot in my time. From a family-owned business where you genuinely felt part of the bigger picture to what it is now...part of a bigger group where you really are just a number on the payroll but are regularly told it's all about the team and our colleagues.
Very affable Irish guy joined our club 3 years ago who used to work for the same company and played at Wellingborough too :D
 
And another $$??
Have one more...

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