Post by heehawes on Mar 20, 2020 11:50:52 GMT
Here’s a personal example of what’s going on at my work.....
Businesses like mine in WA state are shut down....
No dining or drinking inside,
So we were out of work.
If I don’t work, I don’t make money to survive. That’s the case for me and so many other people in America.
We do have unemployment insurance, where if I’m not working, I can collect some money.... it’s not enough to pay rent / bills etc.
I can collect $243 a week for 26 weeks (if I follow certain guidelines)
$243 a week won’t even cover my rent ($1580)
I have other costs too, food, electricity etc etc etc.
So now, into the stipulations of my unemployment insurance.
To be collecting unemployment I have to fill out paper work that shows I am looking for work at the same time. I have to go to 3 interviews a week and get them signed off.
That right there is social interaction.
Additionally if my current employer says he has work for me, I have to take whatever he will give me, or I unemployment won’t pay me at all.
So - yesterday my boss decided to open.
We are not open to customers but we can sell food for take away.
One of my coworkers (a cook) has a wife that is showing symptoms of the virus.
She can’t get tested, but her husband (my coworker feels fine)
He too wants to collect his money.
So that means I am exposed to him, who might be carrying the virus.
Meanwhile I’m interacting with others
It’s all crazy
I mean, even if I decided to say “forget all of this” and lock myself in my apartment, there would be plenty of people in a very similar situation as mine continuing to spread the virus.
We need some way of testing, or just go full on lockdown.
Businesses like mine in WA state are shut down....
No dining or drinking inside,
So we were out of work.
If I don’t work, I don’t make money to survive. That’s the case for me and so many other people in America.
We do have unemployment insurance, where if I’m not working, I can collect some money.... it’s not enough to pay rent / bills etc.
I can collect $243 a week for 26 weeks (if I follow certain guidelines)
$243 a week won’t even cover my rent ($1580)
I have other costs too, food, electricity etc etc etc.
So now, into the stipulations of my unemployment insurance.
To be collecting unemployment I have to fill out paper work that shows I am looking for work at the same time. I have to go to 3 interviews a week and get them signed off.
That right there is social interaction.
Additionally if my current employer says he has work for me, I have to take whatever he will give me, or I unemployment won’t pay me at all.
So - yesterday my boss decided to open.
We are not open to customers but we can sell food for take away.
One of my coworkers (a cook) has a wife that is showing symptoms of the virus.
She can’t get tested, but her husband (my coworker feels fine)
He too wants to collect his money.
So that means I am exposed to him, who might be carrying the virus.
Meanwhile I’m interacting with others
It’s all crazy
I mean, even if I decided to say “forget all of this” and lock myself in my apartment, there would be plenty of people in a very similar situation as mine continuing to spread the virus.
We need some way of testing, or just go full on lockdown.
