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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Apr 6, 2020 22:55:22 GMT
Yesterday morning we had a brief meeting in which we were told that the two weeks of online teaching that we were beginning next term with has provisionally been extended to five. Two hours (!) later, we were told that we should start preparing for the whole ten weeks. Delivering a combination of online, hard copy (for homes without internet) and face-to-face teaching (for children of essential workers who can’t access childcare). That’s basically asking us to do our job three different ways at the same time. Not impossible but when we’re differentiating between different ability groups in a classroom as well, it does make life challenging. Hopefully that means the relief staff might get some work seeing as we/they (I’m also on contract) don’t qualify for ‘JobKeeper’ or new start or anything like that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2020 23:11:28 GMT
Snap. Today I was informed by my employer (a large healthcare provider in the UK), that if I go down with the Corona virus then I will be paid statutory sick pay...provided I can show proof from my GP...who following Government guidelines have closed the door on face to face appointments for the foreseeable future to all but those with the most extreme needs... I had to really resist the temptation to sarcastically suggest that if "I end up in hospital, would a thumbs up selfie in an oxygen mask be sufficient proof?" Needless to say I also had to resist the temptation to tell them where to shove their job. For now anyway. So you'd both be classed as Key Workers then? Otherwise your Employers are at the very least ignoring Government advice. Regards mark687 Can't answer for Paz (obviously) but yes, I am classed as a Key Worker. Not sure my employer has grasped that fact though.
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Post by number13 on Apr 6, 2020 23:33:16 GMT
I've just seen the news about the PM. Terrible for him and his family and friends, and extremely worrying for the country. As others have said, here's hoping he makes a full recovery very soon.
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Post by melkur on Apr 7, 2020 0:59:56 GMT
I'm still good despite working in a supermarket. I've never had cleaner hands. I did just stub my toe though. The language was quite blue outside Great Yarmouth Same with me & mine in Surrey. 'Things are going fine (and I've been regularly wearing gloves for the past couple of weeks), but we still are having some 'difficult' people, with someone getting borderline angry with me because of his 'specialised' (vegan) diet and me not being able sell him everything he wanted due to the quantity limits... "If I can't have (more) then I'm going to go home, come back and go round again... AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!!!" Yes hometown, yes it is totally the cashier's fault there is a quantity limit on everything in-store at the moment, you caught us. It is for the betterment of everyone, Not. Just. You. Take a deep breath in, grab a chill pill & calm the frick down! Yesterday, someone told one of my managers (who I have a soft-spot for) to 'f--k off and die' & that they "hoped she gets it" due to the 'one person per household' limits. People, what a bunch of -!
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 7, 2020 1:21:51 GMT
Yesterday morning we had a brief meeting in which we were told that the two weeks of online teaching that we were beginning next term with has provisionally been extended to five. Two hours (!) later, we were told that we should start preparing for the whole ten weeks. Delivering a combination of online, hard copy (for homes without internet) and face-to-face teaching (for children of essential workers who can’t access childcare). That’s basically asking us to do our job three different ways at the same time. Not impossible but when we’re differentiating between different ability groups in a classroom as well, it does make life challenging. Oh I hear ya..! My wife is a teacher as well, she has been this last week just looking online to see about possibly starting her Masters degree in teaching.. She already has more degrees and TAFE Diplomas then a thermometer as it is LOL
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Post by theother on Apr 7, 2020 3:52:21 GMT
My partner who works in an elder care facility is having a hard time.
They have a couple of residents who are under observation for the coronavirus (the facility is opting to not test the residents who have had exposure until they show symptoms 🙁)
Due to a lack of sufficient PPE, he and his coworkers are being told to reuse masks and disposable gowns.
I am worried for him.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Apr 7, 2020 7:14:22 GMT
Hello everyone! Wishing everyone well during this tough time. Tim.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 7:54:40 GMT
In much, much lesser news I was sent home from work two weeks ago because as a diabetic, I was thought to be at too high a risk. Today I get a message from work saying unless I have a Doctor's note - which they know I don't have - then I am expected back ASAP. And PS - without a note, I won't be paid for the time I've had off. I'd like to say I work for a tiny company who really needs to take care of the pennies. But I actually work for a very large multi-national company. Warms the heart doesn't it? Snap. Today I was informed by my employer (a large healthcare provider in the UK), that if I go down with the Corona virus then I will be paid statutory sick pay...provided I can show proof from my GP...who following Government guidelines have closed the door on face to face appointments for the foreseeable future to all but those with the most extreme needs... I had to really resist the temptation to sarcastically suggest that if "I end up in hospital, would a thumbs up selfie in an oxygen mask be sufficient proof?" Needless to say I also had to resist the temptation to tell them where to shove their job. For now anyway. I've 'liked' your post because I empathise with your situation. I wonder if it is possible we work for the same UK healthcare provider? I think it might be!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2020 7:57:25 GMT
So you'd both be classed as Key Workers then? Otherwise your Employers are at the very least ignoring Government advice. Regards mark687 Can't answer for Paz (obviously) but yes, I am classed as a Key Worker. Not sure my employer has grasped that fact though. The company seem to think I am a key worker too, although I am not involved with the healthcare side of things, rather the cosmetic and definitely non-essential.
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Post by shutupbanks on Apr 7, 2020 8:56:08 GMT
Yesterday morning we had a brief meeting in which we were told that the two weeks of online teaching that we were beginning next term with has provisionally been extended to five. Two hours (!) later, we were told that we should start preparing for the whole ten weeks. Delivering a combination of online, hard copy (for homes without internet) and face-to-face teaching (for children of essential workers who can’t access childcare). That’s basically asking us to do our job three different ways at the same time. Not impossible but when we’re differentiating between different ability groups in a classroom as well, it does make life challenging. Hopefully that means the relief staff might get some work seeing as we/they (I’m also on contract) don’t qualify for ‘JobKeeper’ or new start or anything like that. I don't know: our relief staff are going to be a little short of work for the next term or so as, due to teaching online, if we get sick we aren't going to be relieved as we can just put our lesson materials up and let the kids go for it for a day: someone will have to be off for a few days for us to employ a relief teacher. It's a little more detailed and complicated than that but that's the upshot for our school. YMMV at other places, though.
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Post by frisby78 on Apr 7, 2020 9:18:14 GMT
I'm still good despite working in a supermarket. I've never had cleaner hands. I did just stub my toe though. The language was quite blue outside Great Yarmouth Same with me & mine in Surrey. 'Things are going fine (and I've been regularly wearing gloves for the past couple of weeks), but we still are having some 'difficult' people, with someone getting borderline angry with me because of his 'specialised' (vegan) diet and me not being able sell him everything he wanted due to the quantity limits... "If I can't have (more) then I'm going to go home, come back and go round again... AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME!!!" Yes hometown, yes it is totally the cashier's fault there is a quantity limit on everything in-store at the moment, you caught us. It is for the betterment of everyone, Not. Just. You. Take a deep breath in, grab a chill pill & calm the frick down! Yesterday, someone told one of my managers (who I have a soft-spot for) to 'f--k off and die' & that they "hoped she gets it" due to the 'one person per household' limits. People, what a bunch of -! Yep, I've certainly witnessed the worst in people in recent weeks.
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Apr 8, 2020 7:48:02 GMT
Things are not great here. I'll explain more later . But things could be much better soon. youtu.be/JGoSUPPRGk8
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Apr 8, 2020 9:54:42 GMT
The Lockdown has certainly been helping my weightloss
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 9, 2020 1:25:05 GMT
Our tally in my hometown is 3 now :-(
We have long weekend due to Easter here in Australia, Police are imploring people to not go out and about like they usually do. Falling a bit on deaf ears GGRR
U have 1 job. Stay home.!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 1:36:33 GMT
Our tally in my hometown is 3 now :-( We have long weekend due to Easter here in Australia, Police are imploring people to not go out and about like they usually do. Falling a bit on deaf ears GGRR U have 1 job. Stay home.! I know different states have different rules. Are you finding some states are adhering more than others? What's the punishment for people flouting the rules over going out frivolously? We've seen many people here still think it's OK to go for family picnics in parks etc. It's as though they either live in a bubble or they think rules are for other people. Or even worse...that if they get it they're young enough to be fine. Which we know is BS.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 2:20:30 GMT
Our tally in my hometown is 3 now :-( We have long weekend due to Easter here in Australia, Police are imploring people to not go out and about like they usually do. Falling a bit on deaf ears GGRR U have 1 job. Stay home.! I know different states have different rules. Are you finding some states are adhering more than others? What's the punishment for people flouting the rules over going out frivolously? We've seen many people here still think it's OK to go for family picnics in parks etc. It's as though they either live in a bubble or they think rules are for other people. Or even worse...that if they get it they're young enough to be fine. Which we know is BS. It's difficult to say definitively at this point. Remember that South Australia is 985,335 square kilometres across. Queensland, where I live, is 1,734,157 square kilometres. If you go far enough out west, it just becomes pasture and desert, so travel time from town-to-town becomes enormous. New South Wales has it the roughest, there's a massive gap and the rest of the states follow: Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory. Now, that level of cases for NSW could be people flagrantly defying edicts, but NSW is also one of the most heavily-populated areas of the country and a transit hub. It's more likely to do with population count, but then again, NT has the least under Tasmania, but it also has a large First Peoples' population who would not be reported, so... are they that lucky or is there another set of statistics we're not seeing? The punishment, going from a view from the ground here, has been to be stopped by police and asked for identification. Warned once and, if caught in the area again, they will take action. A neighbour's friend decided to take a ride up to the mountains in his car. Not to get out and walk, nada, a drive. He was pulled up and turned back. Stay at home means stay at home, at the moment. The "young enough to be fine" thing is definitely an issue. Particularly given that those "young enough to be fine" also include people in their 40s/50s and up who don't believe the virus is real. Or, have been through quarantine once and now think that they've been "cured" and therefore aren't putting anyone at risk anymore. Misinformation's been an issue like everywhere else. The weird thing is that, in the brief jaunts out to get supplies and so forth, I have no idea where all these problematic people are. One or two, yes, but hundreds? It was a ghost town initially and now it's back to what it was like 10 years ago.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Apr 9, 2020 5:36:41 GMT
Our tally in my hometown is 3 now :-( We have long weekend due to Easter here in Australia, Police are imploring people to not go out and about like they usually do. Falling a bit on deaf ears GGRR U have 1 job. Stay home.! I know different states have different rules. Are you finding some states are adhering more than others? What's the punishment for people flouting the rules over going out frivolously? We've seen many people here still think it's OK to go for family picnics in parks etc. It's as though they either live in a bubble or they think rules are for other people. Or even worse...that if they get it they're young enough to be fine. Which we know is BS. They are trying to have same rules for different states. I have a kids playground literally across the road and down "2 houses" from my place- that is "sealed off" with tape and signs. The Police do have authority for on-the-spot fines, I think it's AUST $1K. A woman and her daughter were fined AUST $1,600 as she was giving her a driving lesson, she was 16 and had just gotten her L's.. This made the news!.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 5:43:30 GMT
I know different states have different rules. Are you finding some states are adhering more than others? What's the punishment for people flouting the rules over going out frivolously? We've seen many people here still think it's OK to go for family picnics in parks etc. It's as though they either live in a bubble or they think rules are for other people. Or even worse...that if they get it they're young enough to be fine. Which we know is BS. They are trying to have same rules for different states. I have a kids playground literally across the road and down "2 houses" from my place- that is "sealed off" with tape and signs. The Police do have authority for on-the-spot fines, I think it's AUST $1K. A woman and her daughter were fined AUST $1,600 as she was giving her a driving lesson, she was 16 and had just gotten her L's.. This made the news!. Amazing the amount of people who seem to think that while most of the world is either on lockdown or going to and from their essential work with haste they are somehow exempt from it and that they can just do the "normal" day to day things they would normally. People going for a picnic in a secluded park are being spoken to by police and cautioned. On one hand I think "What a changed world..." and how quickly this has all happened and how surreal it is...then I just get angry that some people are so selfish in thinking rules are for others - including politicians. Most people just need to stay in and watch Tiger King...but they still feel the need to rip the piss and waste police time since they have to enforce these rules.
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Post by shutupbanks on Apr 9, 2020 9:17:29 GMT
I know different states have different rules. Are you finding some states are adhering more than others? What's the punishment for people flouting the rules over going out frivolously? We've seen many people here still think it's OK to go for family picnics in parks etc. It's as though they either live in a bubble or they think rules are for other people. Or even worse...that if they get it they're young enough to be fine. Which we know is BS. They are trying to have same rules for different states. I have a kids playground literally across the road and down "2 houses" from my place- that is "sealed off" with tape and signs. The Police do have authority for on-the-spot fines, I think it's AUST $1K. A woman and her daughter were fined AUST $1,600 as she was giving her a driving lesson, she was 16 and had just gotten her L's.. This made the news!. Here in WA, it's quite tricky: there's a two-person gathering limit in public. You can exercise or get a takeaway coffee with a friend, visit a friend (as long as you are the only person visiting them), and a host of other restricted activities. Travelling is severely restricted as well: WA (which comprises roughly a third of Australia but only 10% of the population) is divided into 9 regions. They are all restricted except for essential travel. This means that I have two colleagues who can't travel a distance of less than 150 km to spend the holiday break with their families. In a tangent, I also have a colleague who recently (January) got married to a man in California and she doesn't know when she can go and see him and start their new life together (she came home to serve out her notice to the Department) and get her house ready for moving. On the other hand, there's still building going on in the estate we live in (I haven't mentioned my new house for a couple of days) and we had some pre-booked tradies come in and install solar panels to our roof, a water tank to the side of the house and we have some pre-booked landscapers coming to do up our garden in a couple of weeks... all of whom assure us that they are abiding by strict social distancing rules. It's a bit odd.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2020 9:36:33 GMT
They are trying to have same rules for different states. I have a kids playground literally across the road and down "2 houses" from my place- that is "sealed off" with tape and signs. The Police do have authority for on-the-spot fines, I think it's AUST $1K. A woman and her daughter were fined AUST $1,600 as she was giving her a driving lesson, she was 16 and had just gotten her L's.. This made the news!. Here in WA, it's quite tricky: there's a two-person gathering limit in public. You can exercise or get a takeaway coffee with a friend, visit a friend (as long as you are the only person visiting them), and a host of other restricted activities. Travelling is severely restricted as well: WA (which comprises roughly a third of Australia but only 10% of the population) is divided into 9 regions. They are all restricted except for essential travel. This means that I have two colleagues who can't travel a distance of less than 150 km to spend the holiday break with their families. In a tangent, I also have a colleague who recently (January) got married to a man in California and she doesn't know when she can go and see him and start their new life together (she came home to serve out her notice to the Department) and get her house ready for moving. On the other hand, there's still building going on in the estate we live in (I haven't mentioned my new house for a couple of days) and we had some pre-booked tradies come in and install solar panels to our roof, a water tank to the side of the house and we have some pre-booked landscapers coming to do up our garden in a couple of weeks... all of whom assure us that they are abiding by strict social distancing rules. It's a bit odd. Yeah, it's still a bit hazy what exactly the nitty-gritty rules are. There was a blanket "no travel" ban being reported at one point, which was... problematic for a friend of ours. She and her husband had gone down together to New South Wales to see their new granddaughter, but they returned separately. When the borders closed, he was stuck in Queensland and she in New South Wales. However, since then, she's been given permission to fly back home to Brisbane Airport. With the expectation that the fortnight quarantine be observed. The best the government bulletins here have been able to do under the circumstances is: "These are the appropriate rules until said otherwise." Some of the quarantines have jumped up with little notice. My boss came into work one Monday morning to discover that the office was being locked down without her knowledge. Arthur Dent vs. the bulldozers style. She had to barter her way in to make arrangements and ensure that everything needed for work from home was available. If she'd been just a day later, she wouldn't have had access to any of it and won't for two months. If possible, some prior warning in these things would be nice.
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