Fear and Loathing, a Rat Flu Odyssey

[skaredshtles]

If only it were that easy for all of us. After I saw the writing on the walls with the oil industry after my team got let go, I applied for multiple overnight stocking positions, janitorial positions and more at my local grocery store chains, Lowe's, Home Depot and other places that said they were hiring. I got rejected for every position and place.

I was feeling bad about it until my wife told me a lady she works with has a husband who works HR for that grocery store mega chain and said that they had over 40,000 applicants for the overnight stocker positions alone JUST IN THIS CITY. Let that sink in. Many of us out there are desperate for work and fighting for crumbs. Especially with the entire restaurant, service, and oil/gas industries totally fubared right now.

But we can count on you to vote against your own interests in November, amirite??

[wooley12]

I'm not sure they're being that picky.

Apparently, Austin didn't make the cut.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

If only it were that easy for all of us. After I saw the writing on the walls with the oil industry after my team got let go, I applied for multiple overnight stocking positions, janitorial positions and more at my local grocery store chains, Lowe's, Home Depot and other places that said they were hiring. I got rejected for every position and place.

I was feeling bad about it until my wife told me a lady she works with has a husband who works HR for that grocery store mega chain and said that they had over 40,000 applicants for the overnight stocker positions alone JUST IN THIS CITY. Let that sink in. Many of us out there are desperate for work and fighting for crumbs. Especially with the entire restaurant, service, and oil/gas industries totally fubared right now.

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So you lacked the qualifications for entry level work?


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[CarlMega]

If only it were that easy for all of us.

Hardened conservative capitalist proclaims with all the unintended irony of a Lebowski Nihilist: "but...it's not fair!". Boo-fucking-hoo. The cavalier attitude to other people's circumstances and lack of sympathy finds you here. Amazing.

[Dantheman]

But we can count on you to vote against your own interests in November, amirite??

Heh. There's a lot I like about Austin, and Harry vouched for him. I'd let Austin crash at my house without a second thought. But, man, he has a certain selective lack of self-awareness and when he really gets rolling with it it's something to see.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Cultist zombies !

Scary


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Un fucking believable. Well, not really. I totally believe it.

[seano732]

At my desk, getting bombarded with increasingly grim and depressing models, forecasts, and news, this popped up on my playlist; seems relevant....

"....Hold On, Stay Inside......
This Body, Holding Me, Reminding Me That I Am Not Alone
This Body, Makes Me Feel, Eternal
All This Pain Is An Illusion...."

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Hang in there Mags......

[natty dread]

The argument about not recreating is based on increasing the likelihood of needing SAR or hospital resources. For SAR, it increases the likelihood of exposure for them.
For hospital, all resources need to be on deck for COVID-19, not Joe Extreem.

Exactly.
Also so that small towns like mine that are adjacent to recreation areas, beaches, etc. aren’t overrun with tourists and people from nearby urban centers, thus spreading the virus and overwhelming small town resources.
Many locals in the gorge/hood region are super pissed they can’t hike or bike their favorite areas, but before things were shut down, it was mayhem. OR coast too.

[The AD]

Cultist zombies !

Scary


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Is this a photo from the protest in Lansing?

[Danno]

The argument about not recreating is based on increasing the likelihood of needing SAR or hospital resources. For SAR, it increases the likelihood of exposure for them.
For hospital, all resources need to be on deck for COVID-19, not Joe Extreem.

that plus all the small ways that one can be a vector or contribute to the spread: stopping for gas, meeting someone on the trail or in the lot (however unlikely), and all the myriad ways that this insidious fucking thing infects people that we do not understand. It seems pretty basic to me that the farther one travels, the greater the likelihood of contributing to spread is, but some don't see it that way.

I waded into that thread before realizing that it was basically a thread for people to justify their recreation. Got some backcountry bro virtue signaling and accused of not being a skier.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

If my family needed money for food and shelter I wouldn’t be whining on the internet right now.


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[MultiVerse]

If only it were that easy for all of us. After I saw the writing on the walls with the oil industry after my team got let go, I applied for multiple overnight stocking positions, janitorial positions and more at my local grocery store chains, Lowe's, Home Depot and other places that said they were hiring. I got rejected for every position and place.

I was feeling bad about it until my wife told me a lady she works with has a husband who works HR for that grocery store mega chain and said that they had over 40,000 applicants for the overnight stocker positions alone JUST IN THIS CITY. Let that sink in. Many of us out there are desperate for work and fighting for crumbs. Especially with the entire restaurant, service, and oil/gas industries totally fubared right now.

That sucks. I hope you find something. It's not all or nothing either so, maybe not quickly enough, but things are going to change. Widespread distribution of personal protective equipment will happen too, unlocking more possibilities.

So much of this is self inflected though so a big reason for all the push back is because Trump's and the federal government's response was so bad that the economy started cratering even before the lockdowns, and now people don't trust Trump to open the economy.

[dunfree]

So you lacked the qualifications for entry level work?

eh, those jobs suck and have high turnover b3cause they suck so why hire someone who’s going to leave as soon as they can when you’ve got thousands to choose from?

[galibier_numero_un]

So if we're going to paint with a broad, discriminatory brush and blame boomers, maybe an upside from all of this sufferung is that young people might start voting?

... Boomer Thom

Checking in as a young-ish (31) person who doesn't feel anything akin to what you're postulating. I would like to see a lasting transformation of the economy toward a low/zero growth model and away from the current state of things. I know it's unlikely to happen, but I'm in no rush to return to the way things were. Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer.

How many of those young people are working jobs that don't provide health insurance? How many of them would be royally fucked economically if they kept working and got sick enough to require hospitalization? It isn't just age and infirmity that put people in the high-risk category.

Gotta love all the boomers who keep saying "keep it all shut down" while still drawing their nice little retirement checks. While younger folks like me lost their damn job due to COVID, and now can't get a new job thanks to COVID keeping everyone shut down. I was literally being processed by HR to get a menial position at a new job when they got shut down too. Not sure how we're gonna survive, and no the little stimulus checks aren't going to cut it. Been trying like hell (unsuccessfully) to get on unemployment so don't go there.

I say open it back up, but carefully. You boomers just go back to quarantining yourselves if you're so scared and STFU while the rest of us get our asses back to work. I am DESPERATE to work again. Screw this shut down bullcrap. It should be individual's choice whether to take that risk. If you're truly scared, then hole up and go away.

SO easy for all the old folks to scream up from their high horses about everyone's safety while enjoying steady retirement income. Generational warfare's about to get real.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

eh, those jobs suck and have high turnover b3cause they suck so why hire someone who’s going to leave as soon as they can when you’ve got thousands to choose from?

Do lack the self awareness to comprehend the irony of your post?


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[Ted Striker]

So you lacked the qualifications for entry level work?

If true, the irony is that it was probably due to ageism.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Is this a photo from the protest in Lansing?

No. Ohio.

This is from (Pure) Michigan.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1250491829155500032

[old goat]

Apparently, Austin didn't make the cut.

I deleted my post. I thought it was insensitive after reading Austin's last post.
Right now everyone in the country needs health care and an income and the only place that can come from is the fed govt, understanding there will be a price to pay down the road--major tax increases once the economy is back on its feet. Things would be easier if we weren't running a trillion dollar deficit before Covid. The tax cut is looking more and more reckless and apparently Trump is talking about another one. What good is a tax cut for people who are out of work? Seems like a simple concept but then the man has never done an honest day's work in his life so maybe not so simple for him.

The powers that be like to pit us against each other so they can stay in power---young vs old, men vs women, white vs nonwhite, poor vs middle class, when the real battle is been the rich and everyone else. To resurrect an old phrase, it's time for people to show a little class consciousness. My grandfather's solution--line the capitalists up against a wall and shoot them--might be a touch extreme, but a little peaceful revolution wouldn't be a bad idea.

[natty dread]

But we can count on you to vote against your own interests in November, amirite??

Austin would never vote for some goody two shoes libtard snowflake Karen like Biden!
Bootstraps!

[Deebased]

Seems like the reduction in car accidents runs counter to the rest of your argument.

Point is people comparing this to car accidents is based on volume not exchange and Covid is very much exchanging deaths for the real killers Heart Disease, obesity, Lower respiratory disease, etc.

My apologies if that wasn't clear on the first read

[Benny Profane]

No. Ohio.

This is from (Pure) Michigan.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1250491829155500032

Wow. Lawn seed and hair color.

[MontuckyFried]

eh, those jobs suck and have high turnover b3cause they suck so why hire someone who’s going to leave as soon as they can when you’ve got thousands to choose from?

You're right. In fact, that's literally exactly what one hiring manager told me her concern about me was. I convinced her that I was happy to work and would love to join the team (for a night position doing factory work). Got through that process and then the plant got shut down til further notice. Faaaaaaaack...

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[funkendrenchman]

Does the US have a plan for reopening? I poked around cdc.gov and coronavirus.gov. All I see there is reactive response to initial outbreak.

Does the US have a plan for any of this?

[m2711c]

Apparently, Austin didn't make the cut.

So you lacked the qualifications for entry level work?


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[The AD]

Point is people comparing this to car accidents is based on volume not exchange and Covid is very much exchanging deaths for the real killers Heart Disease, obesity, Lower respiratory disease, etc.

My apologies if that wasn't clear on the first read

I suppose that's a way to look at it, but you're eventually going to die from something. So, yeah, there's an exchange but I really don't think that's much of a factor to consider.