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NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:25 am
Cunts round here complained about the council mowing the grass. The bloke’s sat in a tractor on his own, where’s the problem? I bet those complaining are the ones not isolating properly anyway.

unzippy wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:32 pm

Nefarious wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:17 pm Am I missing something with the government financial support stuff?

Employees get 80% of their salaries
Self-employed currently under review and will probably get something beyond UC

What about the zero-hours people (especially in retail and hospitality), who've simply had their hours cut to nothing? They all seem to be getting FA, but I haven't heard anyone raising petitions etc as has been the case with the self employed ones

Also as I understand if you have a mortgage you can get a 3 month holiday? What about renters?

In Aus, so far all they've done is to allow you to access your pension early

evostick wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:39 am

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:25 am
Cunts round here complained about the council mowing the grass. The bloke’s sat in a tractor on his own, where’s the problem? I bet those complaining are the ones not isolating properly anyway.

I think it's just the usual inability for some to pull their head out of their own arse tbh.

Probably mentioned it before but a lot of my customers are elderly, live alone albeit in communal developments. It means a lot to them to see any semblance of life carrying on around them. A wave from a handsome, capable young man like me through a closed window can make their day.

Who would deny them that?.

The site manager (post menopausal and hates me) from one sheltered living development I've been doing for a few years has ordered me not to attend 'for a few weeks' even though I have no requirement to enter the building. She's now gone off on leave...The (quite tidy) gardens will go to shit very quickly at this time of year and it will only add to the misery of the worried old birds trapped in their flats, still paying their £900 a month service charge. I'm half tempted to just show up and do a shift but I'd probably lose the contract.

duncs500 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:33 am MS Teams is working pretty well for us, apart from the fact that our boss doesn't actually produce anything, so in order to keep himself busy just wants constant meetings, which is thus preventing the people who do produce things actually doing so.

Foz wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:38 am So how longs the lockdown going to extend then folks?
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NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:41 am Most video/team sharing products are pretty good at a basic level, it’s when people have shit WiFi or broadband at home and they’re trying to stream video and screen share that causes the most problems.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:42 am

Foz wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:38 am So how longs the lockdown going to extend then folks?
3 weeks
6 weeks
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All eyes on China. If they get a 2nd peak we could be in for a long lock down.

Beany wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:52 am Also, wifi calling on yer mobile, just disable it - it's shit on almost all wifi signals IME.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:12 pm I’ve seen talk of cycles of lockdowns as a probable solution, so flatten each peak as it comes, with the primary focus on not swamping health care.

NotoriousREV wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:14 pm

Beany wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:52 am Also, wifi calling on yer mobile, just disable it - it's shit on almost all wifi signals IME.

WiFi calling was literally the only way I could make and receive calls when I had an EE phone and it worked well 99% of the time. But then I have a decent WiFi setup.