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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have recommended this be made into a big poster and put up in my office in Dallas
I'm not optimistic, but they might do it...............
diva77
(7,683 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...that I reflexively unbuckle my seatbelt for the next couple of miles every time I see one of those signs.
So I don't think it will have much of an effect.
are you being serious?
KS Toronado
(17,468 posts)Can never be too careful.
Skittles
(153,310 posts)my dad knew better than to warn a teenager about death, when advising to buckle up......he'd say IMAGINE LIVING WITH A HEAD INJURY and knowing I would not have that if I had just buckled up......that did the trick
KS Toronado
(17,468 posts)My Dad would say "Seeing eye dogs are only a couple hundred thousand dollars"
Skittles
(153,310 posts)sign in the military:
DO NOT LOOK INTO LASER WITH REMAINING EYE
KelleyKramer
(9,011 posts)Asking for a friend
snowybirdie
(5,251 posts)Where do you drive? I'll be sure to avoid it.
DFW
(54,506 posts)It has to be considered in the context of a time when a requirement to fasten a seatbelt was a novelty.
It still sounded better than "put it on or we'll clean you out."
Grokenstein
(5,730 posts)Thankfully, I've been able to steer well clear of the ones who don't, so there hasn't been any argument with management...yet.
My supervisor: Nothing. Not even faking it. Acts like he wants someone to say something.
My lead: Face shield (turned up); mask (on chin). Why even fucking bother, you stupid bastard.
Union shop stewards: Last seen spreading misinformation about "trapped second-hand air" and "masks don't work." Idiots.
My six primary co-workers, Thursday: Four masked (some intermittently), two with nothing.
Me: Cloth mask on top of gaiter--and they don't leave my face until I get home, except to eat lunch.
The kicker is, I work the bagroom of an international airport--possibly the hottest "hot spot" outside of a wet market or a meat packing plant. We finally got emails today "clarifying" mask requirements inside AND outside the passenger-accessible areas; previous messages said they were only required inside. Did someone think COVID-19 gets stopped at the security checkpoints, then finally change their mind?
Now let's see if this new requirement is actually enforced. There's supposed to be a big fine for violations...but when management is stomping around all day without even a mask in "facelift" mode, I don't have a lot of faith.
DFW
(54,506 posts)But when it's a life-or-death situation (and no one can tell you in advance if it isn't), you gotta be nuts to not wear it. Do these people (who refuse) think that everyone with a mask is a fan of Hannibal Lecter, or what?
flotsam
(3,268 posts)...you may be entitled to condensation!
Nevilledog
(51,295 posts)DFW
(54,506 posts)Talk about dew process!
hit and pun post!
47of74
(18,470 posts)I hope to be around for another half century but if the disease did take me Id be upstairs with my family again. So signs like this dont have the same effect on me.
DFW
(54,506 posts)Chacun à son goût
FakeNoose
(32,917 posts)There's probably a high-res version of this somewhere on the internet.
Maybe the irony is lost on Texans though, I'm not sure.
DFW
(54,506 posts)If I had it, I'd put that one up, too
Tom Rinaldo
(22,919 posts)just to find reasons to enter that office if you manage to get that placed there
DFW
(54,506 posts)Our office (we recently moved) has a mask requirement so stringent that refusing to wear it while on the premises has been declared as grounds for dismissal.
Some employee (I didn't recognize the name) even put up a Facebook post singing the praises of his/her employer (i.e. us) for being so thorough, understanding, and employee-friendly. During the worst in late March-Mid April, we furloughed about 15% of the workforce, but fired no one, kept everyone on health insurance, and planned to do for way longer than ended up being necessary. When we had our first confirmed positive test of an employee for COVID-19, we tested everyone on-site in Dallas twice. The first time turned up 3 new positive results, the second round, 8 more. That makes a total of 12 out of about 450, and everyone that CAN work from home is doing so.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,919 posts)It is highly admirable. Maybe they will actually put up that poster.
DFW
(54,506 posts)The top brass was always open to suggestions like that. Not typical Texans, but, then, we never were.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Mask it or Casket!
DFW
(54,506 posts)Who wants the fastest flourishing line of business in your country to be the local undertaker?