Bryan Taylor6 said:The government pays your salary, you have passes to walk around, and yet you're lecturing us about how staying home for a few weeks isn't a big deal.😁
I wouldn't want to be in your shoes either.
No, I'm not on the government payroll; my paycheck comes from a private employer. They're international, if you're curious. I actually carry a work permit because of it, too.
I’d honestly give you everything I have, including my salary—and trust me, it’s not a bad paycheck. Think of it like having an all-access pass with zero limits; you could basically travel all across the country, from coast to coast, and just feast your way through every single state.😁Honestly, if it were an option, I’d take that deal in a heartbeat—I'd gladly step in and sit at home for you instead. I’d just live off your income and stick to shopping at the local grocery stores. I'm not being dramatic or trying to sell you some sob story here; I genuinely mean it.
I’m actually home right now because it's finally my turn for vacation. And honestly, believe it or not, I haven't even stepped foot outside the house once since I got back this week. Just the thought of it makes me feel a bit nauseous—knowing that my turn comes up again in just two weeks and I'll have to go right back to wearing masks and gloves.
I posted here about a week ago—honestly, it feels like you guys don't have the slightest clue what it's actually like trying to work under these circumstances, especially when most of your job involves being face-to-face with people. You're constantly stuck wondering if you're going to catch something. But for you all, sitting at home sounds like the real struggle. Poor things.
Nicholas King said:What is the actual purpose behind this measure? What are we even doing here?
The only supposed justification for this ban was to prevent a mass exodus from Washington, D.C., particularly following the earthquake. And honestly, one could argue about that reasoning for quite some time.
But, I think a much better approach would have been—instead of all this massive administrative bloat and wasted manpower trying to regulate things that simply can't be regulated (or will just sort themselves out anyway)—to focus strictly on monitoring those actually in self-isolation.
From the very limited experience I have, this "monitoring" usually consists of nothing more than a single, one-off police check. I’m not saying there aren't outliers, of course, but this kind of superficial "check" shouldn't even be happening, let alone being treated as a standard procedure.
It is a fundamentally excessive measure that does more harm than good. In these kinds of prolonged, psychologically taxing situations, you really have to be careful not to push people too far. This specific policy has succeeded only in driving a huge number of people absolutely crazy.
It’s because we’ve turned into such spoiled, comfortable pieces of crap. We’ve reached this point where we feel entitled to have every single variety of everything right at our fingertips, like everything in life just needs to be instantly available whenever we want it.
Yesterday, a friend of mine from Canada was telling me that things feel even worse right now than they did during the war—back when everything around her was exploding and gunfire was going off, and she honestly couldn't tell who was on her side or if people were still alive or dead.
I ended up just sending her packing, straight to hell.
rustywalker42 said:And what if they just limited things at the county level instead?
Think about it. You end up needing X number of checkpoints for every single municipality—if it’s a major city, you're easily looking at 10. For the smaller towns, you still need at least 2.
Now multiply all that by every municipality in one state and tell me: wouldn't it have been way easier just to lock down the whole state if that was even the goal?
It’s a perfectly reasonable solution for anyone actually thinking straight. But let's be clear—it isn't the sensible people causing the headache, nor are these measures being implemented because of them. It’s all because of those idiots who thought they could just hop over from Split to Solin for a quick coffee or vice versa using fake passes. That kind of behavior is exactly why we're stuck dealing with these new permit requirements in the first place.
Look, here’s the deal regarding that pass for property maintenance. It’s become a matter of survival at this point, honestly. I don't think anyone's going to be able to catch a break or have any peace of mind for at least another month or two.
It always seems like the level-headed people are the ones getting screwed over because of everyone else. Honestly, it’s the exact same story here.
