Posted on 04/01/2020 12:15:46 PM PDT by rktman
I just visited my local Food Lion supermarket. A small battalion of workers was busy restocking shelves, and I thanked the manager and every other employee I found for the great job they are doing, keeping open and stocked (except for paper goods). All expressed pride in their actions and thanked me in return for my appreciation.
I was told that demand is high. A delivery truck comes every other day instead of just a couple of times a week. No one was quite sure how the back end of the supply chain works, but obviously, someone is doing something right so far, and I-81, which links the Southeast with New York and New England, hums with truck traffic.
After my grocery run, I got fuel, then came home to my working electricity, full propane tank, and functioning telecoms.
So, again so far, our great systems of infrastructure are working. This is an excellent thing, because, as the oft-maligned prepper community has noted, a complex civilization such as ours is about three days from cannibalism in the event of an infrastructure breakdown. Were the electric grid to collapse, almost all of us would soon be dead. Were the fuel pipelines to shut down, self-quarantine at home would cease to be a matter of choice. An internet shutdown would destroy our ability to communicate.
Don't get cocky. It is not clear how vulnerable these systems are — not to the virus, but to the next spasm of
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The system is not that fragile. There should be no lockdown. we should all be out and about except for those that are at high risk of infection AND death. They should stay at home.
I’ve gotten a few of these “Thanks.” I usually tell them to thank the people who stock the bottled water, and TP.
“Worker” is a soviet-era term that puts everyone on the level of termites.
“we should all be out and about except for those that are at high risk of infection AND death.”
After you’re “out and about” thanks in advance for making 100% sure you stay away from those that are at high risk of infection and death.
A gigantic ditto!
When you go out in your car, thanks in advance for making it 100% certain that your driving will not cause an accident resulting in injury or death.
yes!
What a pathetic attempt at justifying needlessly risking the well-being of vulnerable people.
““Worker” is a soviet-era term that puts everyone on the level of termites.”
It’s interesting that all of the Commie ‘Rats [and that is >95%] still love to talk about helping the working class or the workers.
They should be using the terms thah reflect their true feelings like “little people”, “deplorables”, “Trump voters”, etc.
As itmos right now, what we are dealing with, it is not that fragile.
Where it would be is if power was lost for an extended period of time.
Recently I have taken to thanking the cashier for working every time I go to the supermarket. They, along with the doctors and nurses, are risking their health to keep the rest of us going.
“Worker” is a soviet-era term that puts everyone on the level of termites.
Ok, so what term would you use? Personally I don't see anything wrong with the term. A worker is merely a person who works. I am proud to distinguish myself from those who leech off the system or their family members.
Worth shouting....
ThTks a nice idea but rarely works. I take care of covid patients the. come home and take care of my 94 year old father in law. And by the way I am high risk myself. Which of the above should I stop caring for?
No worker is not bad at all. “Consumer” puts all people at the insect level. That makes one nothing but but a mouth and a digestive tract crating feces.
“Ok, so what term would you use?”
Taxpayer.
If you thank someone under 40 THEY ARE NOT A RISK OF ANYTHING. COVID-19 is an old fart killer.
You weren’t really a doc were you? You seem to stupid to have been one.
Recently I have taken to thanking the cashier for working every time I go to the supermarket. They, along with the doctors and nurses, are risking their health to keep the rest of us going.
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I was checking out yesterday and the cashier ‘Thanked me for my service and I gave her the customary ‘You are Welcome’....I took a step and said
“NO, Thank YOU for YOUR service” I got a GREAT BIG SMILE and she seemingly took a step toward me...NO HUGS!!!
I am NOT a hugger in real life, I definitely am not going to change now (OR EVER)....
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