OK, usually during the spring and summer and into the fall, our small printing business does up a flyer for people who want to advertise garage sales. People bring us their info, we type them all up with a little map, and bargain hunters come to us on the weekends so they can find pre-used bargains. It's a big thing in our small town, and it gets people in the door and on their minds.
However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and social distancing and the general fear of getting sick from strangers has people not doing this.
Today I got a call from someone asking "Are there any garage sales today?"
Me: "No, no one is having any sales."
Them: "Why?"
That took me a moment to process...
Me: "Um... with the pandemic, and the social distancing... would you want a hundred strangers showing up at your house?"
Them: "... oooh. Right."
*click*
Some people.
(and I knew who the guy was, he runs a business that is currently being affected by the lack of people traveling BECAUSE of the pandemic...)
However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak and social distancing and the general fear of getting sick from strangers has people not doing this.
Today I got a call from someone asking "Are there any garage sales today?"
Me: "No, no one is having any sales."
Them: "Why?"
That took me a moment to process...
Me: "Um... with the pandemic, and the social distancing... would you want a hundred strangers showing up at your house?"
Them: "... oooh. Right."
*click*
Some people.
(and I knew who the guy was, he runs a business that is currently being affected by the lack of people traveling BECAUSE of the pandemic...)
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