Coronavirus - Strange times
My objection is not that “enough money has been spent”. I’m happy for money to be spent indefinitely as long as that is the best use of the money. In this case I’m not convinced it is.bilky asko wrote: ↑Fri 31 Dec, 2021 16.33Widespread PCR testing shouldn't come to an end because someone like yourself arbitrarily decides that enough money has been spent.
I don't know, it's been strangely comforting to have the styrofoam cup come back into fashion.
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It seems one of the hangovers of the past 2 years is that 'because covid' has been used as an excuse to deliver poor service, and still is to some degree.
I'm pretty sure that the line 'due to Covid' is going become as overused (and as incorrectly used) as 'due to Health & Safety' and 'due to The Data Protection Act' have been in the past.BBC TV Centre wrote: ↑Mon 03 Jan, 2022 17.13It seems one of the hangovers of the past 2 years is that 'because covid' has been used as an excuse to deliver poor service, and still is to some degree.
Mind you, still probably not as likely to be frequently overused as justifying the damaged state of our society in the next few years with the words 'and then Covid hit' as if A) this type of chronic destruction to a functioning society (I didn't say perfect, I said functioning) without thinking about what damage that would cause was ever justified lest Covid 'hit' (which it rather seems to have done anyway) and B)...refer back to A.
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I agree, although I think it’s also been an excuse to rationalise and make efficiencies by stripping out practices that were previously wasteful under the guise of “because of covid”. So for example my previous job role was made redundant at the end of 2020 in favour of a streamlined structure, sold as the need to preserve cash following a terrible year for the business. In reality though this structure had been planned long before covid, and this allowed it to be brought in. Never waste a good pandemic.BBC TV Centre wrote: ↑Mon 03 Jan, 2022 17.13It seems one of the hangovers of the past 2 years is that 'because covid' has been used as an excuse to deliver poor service, and still is to some degree.