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  • Speaking of people "out of the loop"...

    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...)
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    Wow....Just....Wow
    My son thinks I'm Lucifer Morningstar. I'm not sure he's wrong.

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    • #3
      The number of times I've thought "Hey! I have time right now. I should do *thing I haven't done in a long time*" Then remembering everything is closed. At least I remember it before I start calling around.

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      • #4
        I saw the words 'garage sales' and thought "Yeah, I bet I know where this is going ..."

        Didn't quite hit it on the nose (I thought somebody would be calling to advertise a huge garage or neighbourhood sale) -- well, at least you didn't get a lecture on how COVID is a hoax or something similar.
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