Posted on 04/25/2020 8:30:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
Those in the beauty industry – barbershops, hair and nail salon and spas – have all taken a massive hit during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. They have been deemed "non-essential" from the beginning. In some states, it will be another four to six weeks before these businesses are able to reopen. In other states, like California, they are closed with no reopening date in sight.
Critics, especially rich critics on the left, want beauty professionals to stay home. Taurean Overall, the owner of three successful Blessed Up Barber Shops in Atlanta, said what's being asked of them is unrealistic and unfeasible. He is, however, thankful that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has decided to reopen the economy and allowed these so-called "non-essential businesses" to reopen.
"What do you say to all the folks out there who think this is so dangerous, you are putting people’s lives, you know, in jeopardy?" Fox News' Laura Ingraham asked. "Al Sharpton today said that what you’re actually doing is bad."
She then played a clip of Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC.
"I don’t know any barber in Georgia that has 6-foot long arms. How are you going to have social distancing in a barbershop or in a beauty parlor?" Sharpton said. "I mean, let’s be serious. You are really telling people, put yourself in danger. For what reason, I cannot imagine."
Overall smirked when he heard the comments.
"Rev. Al, you might have a couple million dollars in the bank. Us non-essential owners do not," the barbershop owner said. "The only thing we can speak from is our perspective. For the last two months – I speak for myself – I had no income for the last two months. I own three barbershops, I also cut hair myself, and us being out of work is no money coming in at all. In the last few months, I have spent over $20,000 in rent, in mortgages, you know, stuff like that. I applied for the SBAs, applied for the unemployment. I haven’t even received the stimulus."
"So my question to people out there: what should we do? Should we just sit back and wait for the government to bail us out, or take advantage of the opportunity we have them be as safe as possible and still, you know, make as much money as we can and play it safe?" Overall asked.
His three barbershops are taking extra safety precautions, like requiring customers to sanitize their hands, spray down in Lysol and wear disposable gloves and ponchos. Employees are wearing masks.
Ingraham played a clip from a New York Times reporter who suggested that allowing economies to freely reopen would put us back to square one in the pandemic.
Overall, again, asked how businesses that are deemed "non-essential" should maneuver this crisis when they're being asked to stay home.
"If you don’t want us to work, find a way to make an extra stimulus package or some kind of funds for us non-essential workers to save our homes, to save our cars from being repoed, to save from being evicted, to save our businesses," the barbershop owner said. "I’ve busted my butt for the last six years building a franchise from the ground up and what people are telling me [to do is] to sit at home and wait, for something no one has an answer to, save me."
Overall said he would rather reopen, take the opportunity to be as safe as possible while having faith in God to provide.
"The key is to be as safe as possible. It’s no different than coming into the barbershop as a person going to the grocery store. And touching that bag of chips. Who knows who touched that bag of chips before you did," he explained. "When you come into a barbershop, I know who sat in my chair so I’m going to wipe it down. I know who’s touching my door handle so I’m going to wipe it down."
Taurean Overall
Any relation to Tyrone Shoelaces?
Dude makes sense. Something lost on the dims.
I wiah somebody with the black death would give sharpton a haircut. But there’s treatment for that now anyway.
Make America America again.
I don’t see any politicians or TV talking heads with shaggy hair. How do they get their haircuts?
The mayor of Chicago is still getting her hair cut. If you haven’t seen her comments about it, look them up. She all but says straight out “Because I’m more important than the rest of you.”
You can bet Rev Al is getting anything he wants during this “crisis.” Nothing is non-essential to the more-equal animals.
He has taken simple, common-sense steps to reduce the risk greatly. He might add wiping down touched surfaces regularly.
With these steps, he will be FINE. Let him and everyone else reopen immediately in such a way.
Rev. Al is an essential race-baiter and thief.
In my opinion, Al Sharpton is a liar and thief without peer along with being a parasite. If it was not serving as a bad example, his life would be worthless and useless. And he stole every cent that is in his bank account.
From the very beginning what has made sense is for people to take personal responsibility to protect themselves. If you are at risk, like I am, cut your own hair. Which I have done. If you are not at risk. Go to the barber. That’s all that has been needed.
Let them reopen anyway they wish, precautions or not. If two supposedly free people wish two engage in a tonsorial transaction then let them do so free of everyone else’s worry beads.
I’m tired of the refrain found here that it’s ok to reopen if you take certain steps. As if those steps if not taken somehow justify the suspension of our liberties.
People have been dying from their freely made choices for along time. It’s a hallmark of a free society. If you don’t like the like a “measured” don’t patronize the establishment. Stay home.
“I don’t see any politicians or TV talking heads with shaggy hair. How do they get their haircuts?”
Not to mention that the very people making these decisions are NOT depriving themselves of THEIR income.
I wonder if this business owner will begin to vote for the Rs that let him reopen his businesses rather than the Ds who wanted him to remain shut down.
My point is, he is taking these steps on his own, and they are common-sense steps, thus civil society can easily replicate this.
But how does this apply to hospitals, nursing homes for elderly, etc...? Are any extra restrictions needed for them? Especially if they are public-funded - who makes the call? That’s a problem with having government money involved in everything.
It will take time for small businesses to come back, if they are able after this capital draining event! I figure that 20% of small businesses are done.
Let’s take away Fauci’s $500,000 salary and see what he says then.
I have spent over $20,000 in rent, in mortgages, you know, stuff like that. I applied for the SBAs, applied for the unemployment. I haven’t even received the stimulus.”
Change that $20,000 to $10k since all our yearlies came in and that’s our story. Oh we did receive $2k from the SBA EIDL the other day. What a joke!
I’m tired of the refrain found here that it’s ok to reopen if you take certain steps. As if those steps if not taken somehow justify the suspension of our liberties.
People have been dying from their freely made choices for along time. It’s a hallmark of a free society. If you don’t like the like a “measured” don’t patronize the establishment. Stay home. >>> i guess you don’t subscribe to deviant distancing? /s
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