COVID-19 - On the Ground

[ousdahl]

Everyone: whoa ousdahl how have you avoided covid for so long even though everyone you know has it and you live in a Petri dish resort hot spot?

Ousdahl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

[twocoach]

Everyone: whoa ousdahl how have you avoided covid for so long even though everyone you know has it and you live in a Petri dish resort hot spot?

Ousdahl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

I knew I shouldn't have quit using my gummies last September.

[ousdahl]

Fuck vaccine mandates, turns out the mandate we need to beat covid is this:



It would do wonders toward civil discourse as well.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Lulz. You should stick to lying to your boss to get paid time off to go to ballgames and concerts.

"Lulz"? Is it funny to you that you have been healthy and other people have died?

As far as your insistent need to continuously commit libel against me, it is getting stale and you are really doing nothing more than proving your ignorance.

1. I have never lied to my boss. I openly welcome you to prove to me that I have.
2. The only times I have had "paid time off" "to go to ballgames and concerts" - it was cleared through my boss and HR after my requesting it. Do you have an issue with that? My employer doesn't.

By your own account, he asked you to come to work and you refused, claiming that you didn’t feel safe at work. You then turned around and exposed yourself to COVID exponentially more with your leisure activities. I would have fired you.

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

[JKLivin]

"Lulz"? Is it funny to you that you have been healthy and other people have died?

As far as your insistent need to continuously commit libel against me, it is getting stale and you are really doing nothing more than proving your ignorance.

1. I have never lied to my boss. I openly welcome you to prove to me that I have.
2. The only times I have had "paid time off" "to go to ballgames and concerts" - it was cleared through my boss and HR after my requesting it. Do you have an issue with that? My employer doesn't.

By your own account, he asked you to come to work and you refused, claiming that you didn’t feel safe at work. You then turned around and exposed yourself to COVID exponentially more with your leisure activities. I would have fired you.

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

I have zero patience with whiners, malingerers, and chronic malcontents. I'm glad you have an employer who will put up with that.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

By your own account, he asked you to come to work and you refused, claiming that you didn’t feel safe at work. You then turned around and exposed yourself to COVID exponentially more with your leisure activities. I would have fired you.

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

I have zero patience with whiners, malingerers, and chronic malcontents. I'm glad you have an employer who will put up with that.

Are you referring to me? Or are you referring to any number (from 1 to 500) of the other employees in my company? I ask because if you think I am whining - you're right. I feel extremely justifiably so in this case.
If you think I pretend to be sick and milk the system - you are 100% wrong. I have taken probably a grand total of 20 sick days in 16 years of working for the company. 9 of those were for when I had my appendix removed and had complications after the surgery and 5 of them were when I had a Mallory-Weiss tear and was in the hospital for 4 days. The other 6 or so days were because I was legitimately sick with stomach flu and other health issues. Not once did I pretend to be sick and "call off" from work.
If you think I am (and get) ticked off at people who don't follow rule/requirements - you're right. Guilty as charged. I don't think that's a bad thing but maybe you do.
If you were referring to any other employee/s in my company, so be it. None of us are perfect.
My OPINION is that my employer does put up with too much bullshit from the employees. I can harp on it or I can just worry about myself. I have done both at times but I have since learned it's best for me to put up and shut up and only worry about myself. Even if what other people do (and don't do) negatively affect/s me and my role at the company AND also the company as a whole.

[KUTradition]

you’re wasting your breath, gutter

[japhy]

If you had told me 10 years ago that we would be here, I would not have believed it. But here we are, "conservatives" are drinking their own piss as an alternative to getting an "experimental" vaccine.

Because they have "done their research".

Seriously; WTF?

https://fox59.com/news/coronavirus/anti ... eat-covid/

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

you’re wasting your breath, gutter

Thanks!
Believe it or not, I know. You would think (and hope ) I would be out of breath by now. Right?
I'm currently sitting at home dealing with work compliance (political contributions and declarations of financial transactions) and it's mundane.
Taking breaks and being on here has been a respite - and a diversion from my stressing about my mother's move tomorrow. One nice thing is there is an incredibly beautiful sky to look at as the sun begins to start setting. I'll try and post some pics.

[jhawks99]

By your own account, he asked you to come to work and you refused, claiming that you didn’t feel safe at work. You then turned around and exposed yourself to COVID exponentially more with your leisure activities. I would have fired you.

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

I have zero patience with whiners, malingerers, and chronic malcontents. I'm glad you have an employer who will put up with that.

And yet, you live with yourself.

[ousdahl]

[KUTradition]

you’re wasting your breath, gutter

Thanks!
Believe it or not, I know. You would think (and hope ) I would be out of breath by now. Right?
I'm currently sitting at home dealing with work compliance (political contributions and declarations of financial transactions) and it's mundane.
Taking breaks and being on here has been a respite - and a diversion from my stressing about my mother's move tomorrow. One nice thing is there is an incredibly beautiful sky to look at as the sun begins to start setting. I'll try and post some pics.

i hope she’s moving to a less-stressful locale…for both you and her

i’ve had beautiful sunsets of late as well. unfortunately, the aesthetic is largely due to a temperature inversion and pollutants getting trapped down in the valley

c’est la vie

[Mjl]

Everyone: whoa ousdahl how have you avoided covid for so long even though everyone you know has it and you live in a Petri dish resort hot spot?

Ousdahl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

Now that I think about it, every person I know that has had a bad experience with Covid was not a marijuana user...

[KUTradition]

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

I have zero patience with whiners, malingerers, and chronic malcontents. I'm glad you have an employer who will put up with that.

And yet, you live with yourself.

right? he wines an awful lot about several of his fellow posters

[ousdahl]

If you had told me 10 years ago that we would be here, I would not have believed it. But here we are, "conservatives" are drinking their own piss as an alternative to getting an "experimental" vaccine.

Because they have "done their research".

Seriously; WTF?

https://fox59.com/news/coronavirus/anti ... eat-covid/

[KUTradition]

ahead of the curve?

[JKLivin]

I could/should probably just ignore your post but am feeling the desire ONCE AGAIN to explain and defend myself.
"He" didn't ask me to come in to work. A SHE who is in a "managerial" position asked me to assist with a task/project in the office. I agreed to come in to the office (AND DID) under the belief that those in the office were following the rules/protocols that they were required to adhere to and agreed upon through our compliance department.
AT THE TIME, I was also needed by my elderly legitimately compromised mother and my sister who lost her husband (a month before that) who was in the hospital. Do you feel I shouldn't have given a shit about them and I shouldn't have felt the need to stay healthy FOR THEM?
When I went to the office and people were BLATANTLY not following the rules/protocols, I rightfully bitched about it. Not so much for my own health and well being concerns but much more so for my mother's and sister's.
Yes, not long after that, after my mother and sister no longer needed me, I decided to take a much needed 5-6 day vacation. A vacation in which it was only me that I was worried about - knowing that when I returned I would have an opportunity to get tested for Covid and regardless of the results, could and WOULD quarantine for 10 days before seeing and being with my mother.

As far as your saying you would have fired me, after explaining myself in this post, I hope you realize if you had fired me, you (and/or your company) would have been paying my unemployment and possibly if not probably faced legal ramifications for doing such.

I have zero patience with whiners, malingerers, and chronic malcontents. I'm glad you have an employer who will put up with that.

And yet, you live with yourself.

Whatever. I don’t skip work and I don’t complain at work. I do my job to the best of my ability every day. I can live with that.

[japhy]

Everyone: whoa ousdahl how have you avoided covid for so long even though everyone you know has it and you live in a Petri dish resort hot spot?

Ousdahl:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35007072/

Now that I think about it, every person I know that has had a bad experience with Covid was not a marijuana user...

If you think about it, and squint your eyes when you look at it, weed is the solution to many health issues. And if it's not, well....my wife still thinks I am even more fun now than when it was illegal and I had no access to it.

[KUTradition]

Well its been said over and over again
That ganja never really hurt no man
And its been told time and time before
That ganja really is the cure
For depression for cancer
For any kind of thing it is the answer
For love and peace
For every positive thing to live in harmony

[ousdahl]

Actually, my dad says one of this childhood buddies or whatever just got diagnosed with esophageal cancer.

Dude is in his 70s, and my dad says, with a cautionary tone, it came from the fact the guy smoked joints daily since he was like 15.

Of course, my response was, “whoa that dude blazed every day for like 60 years straight, now THAT is a life well-lived!”