Coronavirus - bad impact on small business.
Apr 3, 2020 14:06:37 #
Thought this was funny.
It is with great sadness that I have to mention the loss of a few further local businesses around my hometown of Stirling and surrounding area.
The bra manufacturer has gone bust, the specialist in submersibles has gone under, the manufacturer of food blenders has gone into liquidation, a dog kennel has had to call in the retrievers, the suppliers of paper for origami enthusiasts has folded, the Heinz factory has been canned as they couldn't ketchup with orders, the tarmac laying company has reached the end of the road, the bread company has run out of dough, the clock manufacturer has had to wind down and gone cuckoo, the Chinese has been taken away, the shoe shop has had to put his foot down and given his staff the boot and finally the launderette has been taken to the cleaners
It is with great sadness that I have to mention the loss of a few further local businesses around my hometown of Stirling and surrounding area.
The bra manufacturer has gone bust, the specialist in submersibles has gone under, the manufacturer of food blenders has gone into liquidation, a dog kennel has had to call in the retrievers, the suppliers of paper for origami enthusiasts has folded, the Heinz factory has been canned as they couldn't ketchup with orders, the tarmac laying company has reached the end of the road, the bread company has run out of dough, the clock manufacturer has had to wind down and gone cuckoo, the Chinese has been taken away, the shoe shop has had to put his foot down and given his staff the boot and finally the launderette has been taken to the cleaners
Apr 3, 2020 14:13:13 #
Yup, funny,
but I'm hoping that very few, if any, go under.
but I'm hoping that very few, if any, go under.
Apr 3, 2020 14:41:14 #
Many will go under; and childish jokes about the situation are far from funny.
Apr 3, 2020 14:42:20 #
Apr 4, 2020 03:59:48 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Many will go under; and childish jokes about the situation are far from funny.
Apr 4, 2020 06:37:30 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Many will go under; and childish jokes about the situation are far from funny.
I agree 100%!
At this point since the banks dropped the ball on the business protection plan, many of us are screwed and may be forced to close. I for one am being squeezed real hard, after over 40 years in business this is eating away any retirement I have saved.
Apr 4, 2020 07:06:08 #
Apr 4, 2020 07:18:35 #
Was going to copy and past on my local village face book page but had second thoughts. Was really funny before all this but not so funny now. Hope all you guys over the pond are doing well. Stay home keep safe and God bless you and your families.
Apr 4, 2020 07:33:00 #
Apr 4, 2020 07:43:13 #
Bob Smith wrote:
Was going to copy and past on my local village face book page but had second thoughts. Was really funny before all this but not so funny now. Hope all you guys over the pond are doing well. Stay home keep safe and God bless you and your families.
I can, on reflection,, see for those whose businesses and livelihoods are threatened from the fall out of the current Coronavirus this can be seen as insulting to them so I apologise to all those folks who found this offensive. It was though a genuine attempt to seek to lighten the mood caused by the present virus situation and I wish them all the best for the future.
Apr 4, 2020 07:48:59 #
Good morning Rath,
No offense (although possibly there is ?) but to hell with those who feel this observation is "childish", in poor taste, "offensive" etc. Can these narrow minded individuals imagine what it was like (I can because I was there - 90 years old) to have endured WW 2 without an exquisite and resilient sense of humor ?
Very sad - a nation now consisting of whining, politically correct and pampered "pussies". Those with whom I fought and served would be ashamed of this current generation. Putting up with our current crisis is rough enough without having to deal with these very sensitive a-holes. Keep 'em posting - I think the observations are terrific.
All the best to you and yours,
Terry
No offense (although possibly there is ?) but to hell with those who feel this observation is "childish", in poor taste, "offensive" etc. Can these narrow minded individuals imagine what it was like (I can because I was there - 90 years old) to have endured WW 2 without an exquisite and resilient sense of humor ?
Very sad - a nation now consisting of whining, politically correct and pampered "pussies". Those with whom I fought and served would be ashamed of this current generation. Putting up with our current crisis is rough enough without having to deal with these very sensitive a-holes. Keep 'em posting - I think the observations are terrific.
All the best to you and yours,
Terry
Apr 4, 2020 07:57:01 #
Terkat wrote:
Good morning Rath, br br No offense (althou... (show quote)
Thanks for your comments Terry - you did appreciate that the humour was sent with any malicious intent.
Apr 4, 2020 08:04:40 #
Terkat wrote:
Good morning Rath, br br No offense (althou... (show quote)
Sure, having served in WW 2, and so gracefully reaching the age of 90 gives you the absolute right to be insensitive, and crude. These lay-offed unemployed people trying to keep their children fed must be amused by the jokes about their situation—to be offended would demonstrate they take themselves too seriously.
Your toughness and lack of empathy is admirable—take a bow and don’t get infected. .
Apr 4, 2020 08:24:35 #
Terkat wrote:
Good morning Rath, br br No offense (althou... (show quote)
Spoken like a true patriot. You area right, there was little complaining in the Great War. I remember being a child but not the whining that we see now.
Apr 4, 2020 08:51:16 #
Terkat wrote:
Good morning Rath, br br No offense (althou... (show quote)
I think I might have mis-read your post. I thought you meant that you served in WW 2–but no, you “
clearly stated that you “endured” WW 2. There is a difference, I guess.
If you are 90, you were 15 in 1945. So, those WW 2 years that you “endured” is the reason you are not a candyass whiner today, and can appreciate good insensitive humor.
If I were freshly unemployed, with a family to feed, I would be saddened by the joke in the original post, not amused.
Empathy still should have a place in this screwed up whiny ass country.
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