OT: Covid Adjustments

[cohenzone]

Safer in your house than in the office. Pity those who have an office and can't go back and see clients,and still have to pay rent on that office. And if their clients have no computer or are not tech savvy.
Good move to be retired.

My son is with a big NYC law firm. He’s worked from home through this whole period. The firm “furloughed” a lot of the support staff who have had to file for unemployment. I’m sure they would’ve loved to work from home. To defray the expenses.related to overhead that still had to be paid like rent, all of the attorneys took a 10% pay cut. Modern tech tools like Zoom facilitate overcoming some of the contact problems with clients, but a load of adjustments have been necessary. And his 3 grade school daughters who have had to school at home don’t make working from home quite like working in an office. But staying at home minimized the virus exposure issue (they live in an original Westchester hot spot);and some of their neighbors had the virus.

 

[M.S.G.]

Not gonna lie, these 4 months have been awesome for my mental health.

My wife and I walk most mornings, about 5 miles a clip.
Then I'd go through assignments, contact students, do grades and watch Seinfeld. School ended, and summer school is even easier.. Post a week's worth of assignments on Classroom, put my feet up and watch Seinfeld.

Weekend's here (Thursday) beer o'clock at 4.. Listen to music, play NCAA '14, drown in Miller Lite.

The only bad part about all of this is my diet, good grief it's been terrible. Once we find out what's happening with school in the fall I plan to go cold turkey, detox for about 30 days before we have to be in buildings (although I don't think we will be until January).

My wife has taken this the worst, this weather has been awful for her asthma and everything going on has been a nightmare for her anxiety. She's the director of research at a huge hospital so she's been losing her marbles trying to juggle everything on Zoom calls and a million conference calls.

 

[Deepster]

I’m not flying anywhere until there’s a vaccine. I don’t need a vacation that bad - been on plenty and there’s lots of beaches and golf courses in New England. Also not going to a casino or a concert or a sporting event.

I would always drive everywhere anyways though. If it’s 8-10 hours in a car, it’s better to drive then to fly. You’re on your own schedule, it’s cheaper, and then you have a car when you get there. Plus, by the time you leave the house, drive to the airport, park, fly, leave the airport, and check in to your hotel, a 3-4 hour flight adds up to 8-10 hours anyways.

Baltimore is the exception here. I’m 15 minutes from Bradley. Pre check for TSA. Flight to Baltimore in Southwest is 49.00 most times and wheels up and down its 40 minutes. Don’t need a car in that city.

 

[Deepster]

My son is with a big NYC law firm. He’s worked from home through this whole period. The firm “furloughed” a lot of the support staff who have had to file for unemployment. I’m sure they would’ve loved to work from home. To defray the expenses.related to overhead that still had to be paid like rent, all of the attorneys took a 10% pay cut. Modern tech tools like Zoom facilitate overcoming some of the contact problems with clients, but a load of adjustments have been necessary. And his 3 grade school daughters who have had to school at home don’t make working from home quite like working in an office. But staying at home minimized the virus exposure issue (they live in an original Westchester hot spot);and some of their neighbors had the virus.

#humblebrag

 

[methodology]

Nothing in my life has changed at all except wearing a mask to go in stores or restaurants. Still worked and went to the places I always went to and hung/ saw the people I always saw

Oddly enough I've had my best three months in my career in auto sales during rona.

So has an acquaintance I know. Owns a crappy used car dealership and hasn't sold less than 70 cars a month since may. Said prices are starting to rise in the auto world as he's paying about 2k more than normal at auctions then he tacks on another 2k when he lists the cars but that hasn't deterred sales

 

[Improviser]

Nothing in my life has changed at all except wearing a mask to go in stores or restaurants. Still worked and went to the places I always went to and hung/ saw the people I always saw


So has an acquaintance I know. Owns a crappy used car dealership and hasn't sold less than 70 cars a month since may. Said prices are starting to rise in the auto world as he's paying about 2k more than normal at auctions then he tacks on another 2k when he lists the cars but that hasn't deterred sales

Any reason why the increase in sales?

It is not like there are a lot of places open to drive to, or vacation spots to visit?

People afraid of flying so they would rather have a used car to visit family across the country, if the family will have them?

Seems counter-intuitive.

Glad to hear business is good.

 

[Jay-Bone]

My baby just turned 1. My wife had a very difficult pregnancy and still has a lot of pain. The baby provides us unending entertainment at home. We weren't doing much outside the home before the pandemic and I work from home, so it was almost like life as usual. The downside being that my son doesn't see his grandparents and isn't interacting with other babies. Hoping for that to change soon.

 

[Mr. French]

My baby just turned 1. My wife had a very difficult pregnancy and still has a lot of pain. The baby provides us unending entertainment at home. We weren't doing much outside the home before the pandemic and I work from home, so it was almost like life as usual. The downside being that my son doesn't see his grandparents and isn't interacting with other babies. Hoping for that to change soon.

Almost the exact same for us, but our guy is 18 months. Got another on the way in a couple months.

 

[methodology]

Any reason why the increase in sales?

It is not like there are a lot of places open to drive to, or vacation spots to visit?

People afraid of flying so they would rather have a used car to visit family across the country, if the family will have them?

Seems counter-intuitive.

Glad to hear business is good.

He thinks it's because of the extra $600/ week people are getting. Most are making more now than they were while working

 

[mauconnfan]

Almost the exact same for us, but our guy is 18 months. Got another on the way in a couple months.

Stay safe for the new one, best wishes!!

 

[NJHusky]

Any reason why the increase in sales?

It is not like there are a lot of places open to drive to, or vacation spots to visit?

People afraid of flying so they would rather have a used car to visit family across the country, if the family will have them?

Seems counter-intuitive.

Glad to hear business is good.

Inventory of new cars is way down because factories were closed for months. Additionally, some companies don't want to make 2020 models for a month and then switch to 2021...so they are punting on building 2020 models. So used car prices are rising as folks turn to that option.

I expected this...was in the market for a new car and late march early april lots of inventory and great deals but had 4 months left on my lease...now it's tough...Toyota dealer refused to budge off sticker other than factory rebate of 1k.

 

[imno1]

Went to totally online/curbside groceries up until a few weeks ago. Still haven’t been into a store other than for essentials only seeing family and only really started a few weeks ago (can’t keep grandparents away from our newborn I guess.) I wear a GD mask in public and somehow haven’t succumbed to my own carbon monoxide!

Just curious is GD for God Damn, Grateful Dead, or God Damn Grateful Dead?

 

[temery]

Went to totally online/curbside groceries up until a few weeks ago. Still haven’t been into a store other than for essentials only seeing family and only really started a few weeks ago (can’t keep grandparents away from our newborn I guess.) I wear a GD mask in public and somehow haven’t succumbed to my own carbon monoxide!

Doctors wear them for hours at a time, with no problem.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Just curious is GD for God Damn, Grateful Dead, or God Damn Grateful Dead?

Gosh darn. I’m a closet Roy Williams fan.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Doctors wear them for hours at a time, with no problem.

“I have asthma I can’t wear a mask.”

 

[temery]

“I have asthma I can’t wear a mask.”

Which is a bs excuse. If you have asthma, you are the reason everyone else is wearing a mask. There should be zero exception.