Coronavirus in Limerick City

phog

Moses Raspy Safari wrote: »

They’re not at work in their car on their own with the windows closed and mask on are they?

I never said they were but perhaps they feel it's easier put on the mask on correctly at home rather than arsing in the car when they get to where they're going.

I really don't see what this issue is.

phog

Berty wrote: »

Neighbour across gets his meals on wheels delivered every day and as my current home office/makeshift table in spare room faces his house I can see a different car every day delivering them. They all arrive with masks and gloves on and as they're in their private cars then maybe when you see them driving then who knows what they're carrying with them and who they're visiting.

A fairly reasonable explanation on why a person in a car, on there own might be wearing a mask.

damowill

Have you seen the Lean on Me initiative setup by those involved in Liveable Limerick? Its asking people to support their local businesses that are currently closed, by buying a voucher that you can redeem once opened. The list of businesses are growing all the time, currently there are barbers, shoe shops, clothes shops, salons, pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc on the website. Its a great initiative that may just help these businesses survive

https://www.leanonme.eu/browse/

Mc Love

damowill wrote: »

Have you seen the Lean on Me initiative setup by those involved in Liveable Limerick? Its asking people to support their local businesses that are currently closed, by buying a voucher that you can redeem once opened. The list of businesses are growing all the time, currently there are barbers, shoe shops, clothes shops, salons, pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc on the website. Its a great initiative that may just help these businesses survive

https://www.leanonme.eu/browse/

Posted on the Local Business Online page

Mc Love wrote: »

Has anyone seen this idea: https://www.limerick.ie/business/news-events/news/volunteer-led-initiative-launched-help-generate-cashflow-limerick-based

Great way to support many of our favourite local businesses:
https://www.leanonme.eu/

Mc Love

damowill wrote: »

Have you seen the Lean on Me initiative setup by those involved in Liveable Limerick? Its asking people to support their local businesses that are currently closed, by buying a voucher that you can redeem once opened. The list of businesses are growing all the time, currently there are barbers, shoe shops, clothes shops, salons, pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels, etc on the website. Its a great initiative that may just help these businesses survive

https://www.leanonme.eu/browse/

Posted on the Local Business Online page

Mc Love wrote: »

Has anyone seen this idea: https://www.limerick.ie/business/news-events/news/volunteer-led-initiative-launched-help-generate-cashflow-limerick-based

Great way to support many of our favourite local businesses:
https://www.leanonme.eu/

cnoc

kilburn wrote: »

Did I miss something are they not supposed to stay closed until 5th may unless they are essential

Sorry, I was off line until this evening. I know of one large company in the Industrial Estate that reopened last Monday, albeit, with fewer employees. Perhaps, they could be operating a week on - week off basis with the rest of the employees.

CosmicFool

kilburn wrote: »

Did I miss something are they not supposed to stay closed until 5th may unless they are essential

They probably are essential but decided to close for a few weeks. We can only assume here to make the factory safe for the employees by getting PPE or setting up the factory a little differently. Who knows. We don't know what factory it is.

YFlyer

Anyone visit Supermacs on the Tipperary road today? Could you go in and sit down or was it takeaway only?

Cookiemunster

YFlyer wrote: »

Anyone visit Supermacs on the Tipperary road today? Could you go in and sit down or was it takeaway only?

It's drive through, delivery or collection only. They have a card reader mounted outside the drive through window so you can swipe your card and then they push the food out to you on a tray.
https://www.supermacs.ie/supermacs-opening-stores/

The queue was fcuking ridiculous when I drove past around half 7 this evening.

bazz26

Jesus, why would you want to?

YFlyer

Cookiemunster wrote: »

It's drive through, delivery or collection only. They have a card reader mounted outside the drive through window so you can swipe your card and then they push the food out to you on a tray.
https://www.supermacs.ie/supermacs-opening-stores/

Thanks. The new housemate works there. Was hoping she be back earlier for a wee chat. They might be pushing beyond the 10:30 close.

Cookiemunster

bazz26 wrote: »

Jesus, why would you want to?

Believe or not quite a lot of people like Supermacs. Andi after they bring closed for a month under lockdown plenty of beople are very happy to treat themselves to a dirty big takeaway.

There's no need to be sneering about it just because you don't like it. Especially in these times.

Cookiemunster

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Believe or not quite a lot of people like Supermacs. Andi after they bring closed for a month under lockdown plenty of beople are very happy to treat themselves to a dirty big takeaway.

There's no need to be sneering about it just because you don't like it. Especially in these times.

None of them had any right to form a queue up the ballysimon road

bazz26

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Believe or not quite a lot of people like Supermacs. Andi after they bring closed for a month under lockdown plenty of beople are very happy to treat themselves to a dirty big takeaway.

There's no need to be sneering about it just because you don't like it. Especially in these times.

I think you need to step back from the keyboard for a moment and take a deep breath. I couldn't give a monkey's toss if people want to eat takeaways or not but forming long queues back the road to get one seems a bit ridiculous to me. If forming long queues for chips and burgers is seen as a step up or relief from staying at home then society has a bigger problem when all this over. God help us when more and more retail outlets start opening again.

Cookiemunster

bazz26 wrote: »

I think you need to step back from the keyboard for a moment and take a deep breath. I couldn't give a monkey's toss if people want to eat takeaways or not but forming long queues back the road to get one seems a bit ridiculous to me. If forming long queues for chips and burgers is seen as a step up or relief from staying at home then society has a bigger problem when all this over. God help us when more and more retail outlets start opening again.

People are in their cars, so socially distanced. And take away food is listed as an essential service where you're allowed to travel outside 2km to get it. So what if they're queuing. People are queuing everywhere these days.

And yes getting a takeaway is a relief and a feeling or normality returning for a lot of people 6 weeks into lockdown, whether you like it or not

Cookiemunster

Snotaul Goodman wrote: »

None of them had any right to form a queue up the ballysimon road

They do actually. They"re allowed to go for a takeaway and the only way of getting it is via the drive through.
Its not as if the Ballysimon road is choc a block with traffic these days.

And on a normal weekend the Ballysimon Road and Childers Road are backed up with people queuing to get into Childers Road retail park.

kilburn

Queuing that long for a drive through is just crazy carry on.

Surprising the traffic Corp didn't move people along as you can't have one of the main arteries in and out of the city blocked for some people's irrational behaviour and "Need" for a takeaway

un5byh7sqpd2x0

kilburn wrote: »

Queuing that long for a drive through is just crazy carry on.

Surprising the traffic Corp didn't move people along as you can't have one of the main arteries in and out of the city blocked for some people's irrational behaviour and "Need" for a takeaway

Main arteries with about 10% of normal traffic on it. Who gives a fiddlers...

kilburn

Moses Raspy Safari wrote:

Main arteries with about 10% of normal traffic on it. Who gives a fiddlers...

The people stuck behind them I am sure

YFlyer

My father, sister and brother lives up at Carew Park. Brother is one of these Sovereign citizen freaks.

Anyway he is out and about talking to random strangers. Not adhering the social distancing. She said there are alot of folks in the area taken the piss.

kilburn

What is a sovereign citizen

Louche Lad

kilburn wrote: »

What is a sovereign citizen

A loose movement of people who've come up with their own bizarre interpretation of the law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_citizen_movement

Also, freeman on the land: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_on_the_land

YFlyer

kilburn wrote: »

What is a sovereign citizen

As Louche Lad said.

Think of that guy you know that is annoying with their New World Order, Rothschild, Soros, 5G etc. etc.

Berty

kilburn wrote: »

Queuing that long for a drive through is just crazy carry on.

Surprising the traffic Corp didn't move people along as you can't have one of the main arteries in and out of the city blocked for some people's irrational behaviour and "Need" for a takeaway

They did when they announced it was closing. I was driving passed it around 5pm that evening and it was bananas. Qeueing to get in both sides of the road, passing by it 15mins later motorbikes RPU was there not letting anybody join unless in the filter lane outbound.

YFlyer

Berty wrote: »

They did when they announced it was closing. I was driving passed it around 5pm that evening and it was bananas. Qeueing to get in both sides of the road, passing by it 15mins later motorbikes RPU was there not letting anybody join unless in the filter lane outbound.

My housemate works there. She was saying that the queues were beginning at around 11 am. Many are spending up to 60 to 70 Euro.

Cookiemunster

YFlyer wrote: »

My housemate works there. She was saying that the queues were beginning at around 11 am. Many are spending up to 60 to 70 Euro.

I went there at around half 3 on Friday (and most definitely didn't spend anywhere near €50 or €60) and the 'queue' was all of 4 cars. When exactly was the crazing queuing that backed up the road? And did it happen on Saturday or Sunday or was it simply a once off because it was the first time in a month that they were open? Because I didn't see any queues when I was out walking over the weekend.

YFlyer

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I went there at around half 3 on Friday (and most definitely didn't spend anywhere near €50 or €60) and the 'queue' was all of 4 cars. When exactly was the crazing queuing that backed up the road? And did it happen on Saturday or Sunday or was it simply a once off because it was the first time in a month that they were open? Because I didn't see any queues when I was out walking over the weekend.

I didn't ask her which mornings.

Potential-Monke

I did the weekly shopping on Friday evening. Drove past Supermacs on the Ballysimon Road and the cars were queuing back up towards the roundabout, and 3 cars inbound queuing to join the queue. The queue was going in the 'out' exit at the top, coming back down the front and around the back. That was about 6.30pm. Drove by again about 7.15pm and the queue was still there all the way out onto the road. Passed finally at 7.45pm and a staff member from Supermacs was stopping people queuing on the road, they could only join in the slip lane which was full. Which was right imo, so I reckon the Gardai had a word or management copped on to it.

On my way in I was thinking about getting some, but the queue was so bad there wasn't a hope I was joining it. Madness really, but somewhat understandable.

Louche Lad

Lots of hand sanitiser gel for sale at Lloyds Pharmacy at Charlotte's Quay: https://www.lloydspharmacy.ie/customer-service/store-details?store=1853

They're in quite large bottles though: 500mL, not those tiny 50mL bottles. €17.95.