Coronavirus complaint/commiseration thread.

**muted** · 05-28-2020, 03:30 PM

Cool, i wasn't taking it as knocking me, I'm just mansplaining the obvious then agreeing I guess?

**iceman** · 05-28-2020, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

A 3 year old opening the front door is a prodigy.

We were staying in a pretty good-sized hotel on a family trip, it had a deadbolt but it unlocked when you opened the door from inside. About 3:00 AM the phone rings. Front desk: Do you have a little boy named "J-"? Groggy, me: "Yes, why?" FD: "He's down here at the front desk in his pajamas."

Kid went to use the bathroom, opened the front door instead and went out into the hall , locked himself out, found his way to the front desk somehow (we were on the 5th floor), and was able to tell them his name and our name. I was pretty proud of him but the rest of the trip we pulled furniture in front of the door.

**Conundrum** · 05-28-2020, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

Kid went to use the bathroom, opened the front door instead and went out into the hall , locked himself out, found his way to the front desk somehow (we were on the 5th floor), and was able to tell them his name and our name. I was pretty proud of him but the rest of the trip we pulled furniture in front of the door.

I did this personally in Reykjavik last year but I was hammered and it was 3 am. I was also in my boxers. Better half wouldn't wake up so I had to front desk it and get a key. Icelandic women are very attractive and clearly unimpressed by drunk Americans.

**schuss** · 05-28-2020, 04:55 PM

I love my kids (3 and 5), my job is decent, but not enough time to do either justice.
After 2+ months of being teacher and social entertainment, I'm just tired and want a day off.

**concretejungle** · 05-28-2020, 05:03 PM

The state I live in opens up on Monday. I hope the influx of tourons won't let Covid kick us in the nuts.

KQ · 05-28-2020, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by concretejungle

The state I live in opens up on Monday. I hope the influx of tourons won't let Covid kick us in the nuts.

Been discussing this in the "fear & loathing thread." Aspen and Walla Walla have both ramped up their marketing for tourists now that things are opening up. On the one hand - tourist dollars would be good for struggling businesses but then there is the potential for increased exposure to the virus. Guess we just need to wear our masks, keep our distance, wash our hands and hope for the best. Going to have to come out of our holes sometime.

**gravitylover** · 05-28-2020, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I did this personally in Reykjavik last year but I was hammered and it was 3 am. I was also in my boxers. Better half wouldn't wake up so I had to front desk it and get a key. Icelandic women are very attractive and clearly unimpressed by drunk Americans.

Ha! Yeah I can picture that happening to me...

**riser4** · 05-28-2020, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by oftpiste

That was a trying time too. They can be downright cruel. Just remember, before you'll know it they'll be rolling by for drinks, beers and smoked ribs (like tonight) and clearly loving each other regardless of occasional disagreements and eye rolling. And two of them live together. I'm kind of amazed that works as well as it does, but hey.....!

The funny thing is they still get put in their place by the 21yo older sister who is 5'3". She drew the short straw. Bahahahaha. I am relentless. It's purely control of the dark side of the force on her part. They tower over her.

**bennymac** · 05-28-2020, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I did this personally in Reykjavik last year but I was hammered and it was 3 am. I was also in my boxers. Better half wouldn't wake up so I had to front desk it and get a key. Icelandic women are very attractive and clearly unimpressed by drunk Americans.

I ended up in the furnace room of a hotel in Whistler. Who would have guessed the front desk was on the top floor (place is built into the side of the hill)? Not me in that state. I thought Freddie Krueger was gonna get me. I was not in a state where I could keep both eyes open simultaneously.

**muted** · 05-28-2020, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I did this personally in Reykjavik last year but I was hammered and it was 3 am. I was also in my boxers. Better half wouldn't wake up so I had to front desk it and get a key. Icelandic women are very attractive and clearly unimpressed by drunk Americans.

Ha! A friend of mine told me a story of why he doesn't drink anymore. One day he 'woke' up in a Vegas hotel stairwell pissing in a corner. Naked. Only door that wasn't locked was a ground-level exit in the entire stairwell. And a very long way away from the lobby entrance on the other side of the building. And it was broad daylight. His plan was to run around the corner and through the Strip as fast as possible to the front desk, but what happens when a naked man runs into a Vegas casino? I learned that you get tackled by security.

What kills me is I can't remember WHICH friend told me this story, fuck.

**riser4** · 05-28-2020, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by Sirshredalot

Was that poop announced with extensive screaming? Because the screaming really wears me down.

Mine have turned 3 and 5 during the lockdown.

Drinking seems to only make me fat and has not stopped the endless screaming.

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I announce poops with extensive screaming sometimes now and again too. Some days you just don't eat and drink right.

**::: :::** · 05-28-2020, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by riser3

I announce poops with extensive screaming sometimes now and again too. Some days you just don't eat and drink right.

Haha

**muted** · 05-29-2020, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Ottime

A 3 year old opening the front door is a prodigy. .

What about one that locks the deadbolt to the backdoor and runs away inside as I'm about to open it with an arm full of groceries?

She loves locking us out.

**riser4** · 05-29-2020, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

between the stock market crash, oil market crash, a likley RE crash, mass lockdown with inability to work

its the end of the world as we know it

who can say how the new world will look ?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/succe...afe/index.html

**goldenboy** · 05-29-2020, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by KQ

Been discussing this in the "fear & loathing thread." Aspen and Walla Walla have both ramped up their marketing for tourists now that things are opening up. On the one hand - tourist dollars would be good for struggling businesses but then there is the potential for increased exposure to the virus. Guess we just need to wear our masks, keep our distance, wash our hands and hope for the best. Going to have to come out of our holes sometime.

I like Gunnison/ Crested Butte's new campaign.

**Kinnikinnick** · 05-29-2020, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by goldenboy

I like Gunnison/ Crested Butte's new campaign.

The website still says
“It’s not the same without you, and we can’t wait to invite you back again.”

And the sweet honeyed voice said something that I heard as:

‘We may have told you to fuck off and that we’d arrest you and give you a $5000 fine in blatantly unconstitutional restrictions on the freedom of movement while we could travel freely wherever we wanted including to ski in other counties but forget about that and come on up to that place where you feel so at home and give us your money. Might even change the rules and kick you out while you’re here if you come, not the same without you, and we can’t wait to invite you back again but until you see an apology just pass through and drink your own beers and food and lay low...’

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**Danno** · 05-29-2020, 03:06 PM

so much anger, lol

**frorider** · 05-29-2020, 03:23 PM

The government really screwed this one up.
It seems as though the federal government’s communication strategy around the existence of the EIP cards and the delivery of the cards themselves have been a disaster. A slew of elected officials, from attorneys general to state representatives, have now posted online urging people not to throw out the plain white envelope containing a relatively unmarked debit card loaded with the coronavirus stimulus payment. They’re urging people to more dutifully inspect their mail, lest they don’t get the aid at all.

I’m getting zero, so no biggie, but was this a plan to intentionally get folks to throw their stimulus payment in the garbage? From what I read these envelopes just scream Scam.

**skaredshtles** · 05-29-2020, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by frorider

I’m getting zero, so no biggie, but was this a plan to intentionally get folks to throw their stimulus payment in the garbage? From what I read these envelopes just scream Scam.

When we got ours, I did my due diligence, because the whole goddam delivery mechanism reeked of scam.

**Benny Profane** · 05-29-2020, 04:16 PM

Reeks of Trump marketing fiasco.

**skaredshtles** · 05-29-2020, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

When we got ours, I did my due diligence, because the whole goddam delivery mechanism reeked of scam.

Aaaand now I can't transfer the $ from the debit account to my bank account for some reason. And the website is useless.

**Bunion 2020** · 05-29-2020, 05:29 PM

Tell me about it. My bank merged with another bank in late 2019. Unbeknownst to me they changed the R/T number and added a bunch of zeros to my account number.

I haven't seen a tax refund or my Stimulus payment and trying to change that info using the IRS website is akin to hitting yourself over the head with a framing hammer.