When the shut-downs first started happening, I had a clip from Demolition Man flash through my head...
"Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the Franchise Wars. Now all restaurants are Taco Bell"
Sit down Restaurants will continue. Some may go out of business but new places will open eventually. I think it’s very possible that when people start going back to work restaurants and bars are delayed in opening. They may still be takeout only for a short period after other businesses open. Eventually everything will be back. In other words it may not just be an announcement that everything opens at once. It might for example start with offices, manufacturing and non-essential retail stores (with capacity limits and some social distancing required) and then a few weeks later malls and some restaurants with social distancing implemented and finally a few weeks later all dining and retail. Large event venues like arenas and other tourist attractions like theme parks may be the last stuff to come back. I think it will be staggered.
I work in an office and we had the ability to work from home occasionally but it was considered a perk or benefit and people generally wanted to do it more often. I know I will be happy to go back to the office. I even miss traffic
Working from home is no where near as easy and enjoyable as most people think.I work in an office and we had the ability to work from home occasionally but it was considered a perk or benefit and people generally wanted to do it more often. I know I will be happy to go back to the office. I even miss traffic
I work at a hospital in the DC area, so I'm still going to work. Because of the reasons behind it, I've been trying to not be too gleeful that my 45 minute commute is now 15 minutes. I'm scared of the first week everyone is back on the road.I work in an office and we had the ability to work from home occasionally but it was considered a perk or benefit and people generally wanted to do it more often. I know I will be happy to go back to the office. I even miss traffic
As someone who has been working an IT job from home full time since 2014, I approve this message.
Agreed
Amazon was already starting down the road of killing off physical stores. One huge opportunity for online shopping that has been missed during this situation is grocery shopping. The online orders for either delivery or pickup near me have been so poor and ineffective that most people I know will never use the service again. They blew a big opportunity to make online grocery shopping more mainstream. I understand this whole thing is a logistical nightmare for those types of businesses and they were overwhelmed with orders, but if they were better prepared they could have exited this as a real economic winner. Missed opportunity for sure.
And I didn't even mention the people who expect you to do "home" stuff while you're supposed to be working, or who expect to be able to stop by and visit...
My bestie in Delaware has only been using Instacart, and she's had zero issues. Online ordering here in MA has been a nightmare...incomplete orders, no substitutions, etc. etc.
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I work for a business that has had to move to a fully online model, but it is designed for in person, high-contact. I do not foresee the business remaining online after this is over, as it is really counter to the overall effectiveness. I still have people wondering when our in person classes will continue, even with all of the shutdown stuff. On the admin side, it’s been difficult to navigate the move to online only and I know my director wants nothing more than to go back to in person only as soon as possible.
Love your post. I’ve been a bean counter for 40+ years and you are exactly right. Bean counters don’t decide anything. They provide the data in different formats and the higher ups make the ultimate decision. Many times the decision is the least desirable and finance is left to make it work on the financials. That happens more often than not.
Our local FB group for restaurants offering delivery has brought up an issue with the contactless delivery drivers are dealing with: ppl are no longer tipping for the service. I can see where it would effect some income for them.
That is one mans opinion which doesn’t really mean much of anything. Everyone has one.Disclaimer: This is, once again, not a political post. I am posting this as it relates to Walt Disney World potentially reopening. Please don't dive into presidential politics in response to this. Pretty please?
Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who is an adviser to Joe Biden on the COVID-19 situation, has been making the rounds on the news shows warning that Americans should prepare for restrictions to be in place for the next 18 months. He is not suggesting that all businesses are going to remain closed or that we can't go to work for 18 months. But he is saying that he believes there are still going to have to be serious social restrictions in place.
Of particular interest to the idea of WDW and Disneyland reopening, he said, "The truth is we have no choice. ... We cannot return to normal until there's a vaccine. Conferences, concerts, sporting events, religious services, dinner in a restaurant, none of that will resume until we find a vaccine, a treatment, or a cure."
Is he right or wrong? I have no idea. Personally, I find it hard to believe that all churches and restaurants in America are going to stay shut down until a vaccine is found. But major concerts, sporting events, and places like WDW and DL? I could see how at least that argument might be made.
Here are some sources for his remarks. In order to avoid the appearance of getting political, I am providing one from a right-wing source and one from a left-wing source.
Biden adviser, ObamaCare architect Zeke Emanuel says US should 'prepare' for coronavirus measures to last 18 months
Dr. Zeke Emanuel, an adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the coronavirus, said this week that Americans could be dealing with strict social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus for 18 months and that the U.S."will not be able to return to normalcy until we find a...www.foxnews.com
Dr. Zeke Emanuel on the return to ‘normal’
Dr. Emanuel explains when he believes we will get back to normal, why we must be honest and realistic about the timeline- and what we must do in the meantime.www.msnbc.com
I've said a couple of times in other threads - anyone who can will use this as an opportunity to make a name for themselves.
