Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
We had a known potential date for lockdown to end, and all businesses should have been working towards that.
FIFY
It was pretty clearly stated all along that L4 was for an initial period to be re-assessed toward the end to decide what and how to do after that.
There was never a stated end that was then extended.
Many people I know expected that any reduction would probably make sense to happen after the long weekend, especially after seeing how some people reacted over Easter.
I think when the pros and cons of changing to L3 Tonight rather than last week were added up the former won out.Sure, but, as a business owner, surely you'd be negligent if you weren't working towards bring ready for the earliest possible date. You can't be sitting there waiting for the announcement a few days out.
Imagine you still had your restaurant. You would have been using lockout to work out plans for delivery (if viable), speaking to key staff, contacting key supply chain etc - you wouldn't be sitting still waiting for Cindy to give you the green light right?
I would have been planning for different scenarios for sure. But the fact that I would have been living 10kms away from the business which had been closed up for weeks would also have meant that we would have needed a couple of days minimum to be able to clean and prepare for any opening. In the example of a food business you run on a hell of a lot of prepped items that are continuously rotated. Starting after a break takes a while. It isn’t anywhere near as simple as having some goods arrive at the back door and giving the tables a wipe.
I also imagine that suppliers would also need to push the buttons to start gearing up to even get those supplies around.
A weeks notice to all parties is about right.(Not saying that’s the same for all businesses but you asked for my example)
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial I don't get it....don't you just open later if that's the case?
Yeah, but the question was about about not needing much lead in time because you would be planned up and ready to move at short notice.
I was asked what situation I would have been In and answered.
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@Crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Bones said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Crucial I don't get it....don't you just open later if that's the case?
Yeah, but the question was about about not needing much lead in time because you would be planned up and ready to move at short notice.
I was asked what situation I would have been In and answered.
It was a useful response, and thanks for it. Of course, it was entirely personal to you, nothing else you could have provided.
But I still think my general point remains, that you would have done everything in your power to be able and ready to hit the button and get to whatever level of ops was possible as soon as you could. I didn't say 2 or 4 or 6 days was the right number, just that every business ought to try and shrink that number as much as possible.
For some it might be easier than others - say a local butcher with frozen stock or local farm supply to hand, or a cafe that deals mostly in coffee and simple food that doesn't need lots of staff or a complex supply chain.
I simply don't understand why these businesses should be disadvantaged over others.
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Arise St. Jacinda: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52436658
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Arise St. Jacinda: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52436658
To be fair, that’s factual.
NZ herald leading this AM with “World turns to NZ”.
What’s the basis of that claim?
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as I have said all along, it is far too early to judge how good/bad her (our) respnse to this has been.
Plus, we simply dont know how we would have responded taking a softer approach, or a stricter one, right now, we just need to do best with the situation as it is, as no amount of hand wringing about the rigthness/wrongness of decisons made will change anything one little bit.
Right now at L3, the best thing people can do is continue in thier bubbles as best thye can, but go out and support local businesses offering contactless options.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Arise St. Jacinda: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52436658
To be fair, that’s factual.
NZ herald leading this AM with “World turns to NZ”.
What’s the basis of that claim?
That it is a Herald headline. No other basis needed
At a time when the media are crying poor and suggesting we will all lose quality journalism, they do a great job of showing what poor quality they offer.
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Holy shit - the stupid really is strong in my area. So many FB stories and posts about folks hitting Maccas etc, dumping rubbish and driving to other areas as local outlets are super busy. I imagine a lot of folks are far healthier than they've been (diet-wise) and are jumping back on the takeaway wagon boots and all.
I totally get wanting a treat or reward for doing it tough, and that we all crave normality. But this is just mental imo.
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@Paekakboyz said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Holy shit - the stupid really is strong in my area.
There were some drunk people letting off fireworks and chanting "level 3! level 3!" at midnight in Auckland CBD
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@Paekakboyz we ususally have a takeaway on Friday night from the Turkish shop, we wil be doing this on Friday, no need to rush out today
I am picking up a bottle of bourbon tomorrow from the bottle shop, so tomorrow I'll be going for my 2nd drive since the 23rd of March.
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@Paekakboyz said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Holy shit - the stupid really is strong in my area. So many FB stories and posts about folks hitting Maccas etc, dumping rubbish and driving to other areas as local outlets are super busy. I imagine a lot of folks are far healthier than they've been (diet-wise) and are jumping back on the takeaway wagon boots and all.
I totally get wanting a treat or reward for doing it tough, and that we all crave normality. But this is just mental imo.
Forgive my cynicism, but I don't really think the heavy takeaway consumers will have been healthier. It will have just been frozen processed shit from the supermarket fried up rather than maccas.
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@Duluth said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Paekakboyz said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Holy shit - the stupid really is strong in my area.
There were some drunk people letting off fireworks and chanting "level 3! level 3!" at midnight in Auckland CBD
Some people down the road from Mum and Dads did that too. We have horses (so do others around) so my old man was pissed as he rushed around the place making sure we didn’t have any animals through fences.
I don’t know how my mother stopped him from going down there and starting something.
(NB: Only a few ppl in the country area where we live do fireworks and usually only at guy fawkes)
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who went and got coffee this morning?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
who went and got coffee this morning?
The other half did. I've learnt to tolerate instant coffee.......Jesus. What next ? popping to the bottler for Lion Red or Waikato Draft if I'm not careful.
In happier news I get to see my boys this avo for the first time in a month and I CANNOT fucken wait
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@MN5 said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
who went and got coffee this morning?
The other half did. I've learnt to tolerate instant coffee.......Jesus. What next ? popping to the bottler for Lion Red or Waikato Draft if I'm not careful.
In happier news I get to see my boys this avo for the first time in a month and I CANNOT fucken wait
that's awesome mate. a real advantage to today
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i went from a takeaway coffee every morning, to one a week max. Suddenly it's really strong compared to my nespresso. which i am getting over.