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Waroduce posted:we opened up 3 weeks ago to 30 people (VP and above) and we got 8 positives after the first week and shut it all back down so LOL just LOL I work for a really big conservative as heck engineering firm (though I repeat myself) and all the top brass have been banging the drum for everyone (EVERYONE) to get back to the office. D-Day was supposed to be this previous Monday but they got enough pushback to delay for a while longer. Naturally, our current financials are crushing it and they're getting more work out of me and most everyone else than they ever have before but like, if you can't look over someone's shoulder and wear sportcoats and gladhand, are you really managing effectively?
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Barry posted:I work for a really big conservative as heck engineering firm (though I repeat myself) and all the top brass have been banging the drum for everyone (EVERYONE) to get back to the office. D-Day was supposed to be this previous Monday but they got enough pushback to delay for a while longer. If anything good comes out of all this horseshit, I hope it includes killing this management style.
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first time in ATL since march and had a long layover- the giant food court in concourse E was closed. foot traffic was way down, but activity was still very high at B and C. there were tons of non-business travelers and the remaining restaurants were packed. they were seating people at tables with beer residue all over them, so they were clearly not wiping things down.
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I was thinking that at least after COVID Airport Food Courts will no longer be unkept, gross and disgusting. Guess I was wrong 
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Everyone is coming to Miami cause we dont care about anything The amount of tourists on tinder and bumble and poo poo is loving ridic. Significantly more than pre pandemic
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Isn't the Summer and Fall the low end for Florida tourism? And aren't bars and clubs closed?
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Gabriel S. posted:Isn't the Summer and Fall the low end for Florida tourism? And aren't bars and clubs closed? Not when Florida is a goddamn free-for-all and many residents of our fine country are morons.
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Thoguh posted:I haven't been a frequent traveler since 2017 and just lurk here anymore but seemed appropriate for this thread. poo poo, try states. Covered under essential thing for the most part but the customers still want to see recent negative test results before letting me work. i think of demons posted:first time in ATL since march and had a long layover- the giant food court in concourse E was closed. foot traffic was way down, but activity was still very high at B and C. there were tons of non-business travelers and the remaining restaurants were packed. they were seating people at tables with beer residue all over them, so they were clearly not wiping things down. Stone Arch in MSP seemed to be doing at least a half decent job of cleaning up, last decent place to eat since they closed Axel's. : ( SpeedFreek fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Aug 11, 2020 |
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i think of demons posted:first time in ATL since march and had a long layover- the giant food court in concourse E was closed. foot traffic was way down, but activity was still very high at B and C. there were tons of non-business travelers and the remaining restaurants were packed. they were seating people at tables with beer residue all over them, so they were clearly not wiping things down. I was in ATL in late June and it was a total shitshow then as well. Gonna be in SFO next week, for only my second trip since this poo poo started, interested to see how it compares.
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Gabriel S. posted:Isn't the Summer and Fall the low end for Florida tourism? And aren't bars and clubs closed? I was in Orlando a few weeks ago and tried to go to a Dennys. It was slammed, wall to wall with obese, maskless, idiots. I don't know if the bars are closed in Florida but you can certainly get yourself a grand-slamwhich with extra syrup and a side of permanent lung damage.
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KodiakRS posted:I was in Orlando a few weeks ago and tried to go to a Dennys. It was slammed, wall to wall with obese, maskless, idiots. I don't know if the bars are closed in Florida but you can certainly get yourself a grand-slamwhich with extra syrup and a side of permanent lung damage. Why?! Why would you do that to yourself? I live in Orlando and while bars are pretty much closed unless they serve food, there’s plenty of places to eat or order from that aren’t Denny’s.
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Cacafuego posted:Why?! Why would you do that to yourself? Denny's is just one of those places you end up at sometimes whether you think it's a good idea or not.
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KodiakRS posted:I was in Orlando a few weeks ago and tried to go to a Dennys. It was slammed, wall to wall with obese, maskless, idiots. I don't know if the bars are closed in Florida but you can certainly get yourself a grand-slamwhich with extra syrup and a side of permanent lung damage. Lol @ you being part of those obese maskless idiots yet acting like you’re above it.
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Goober Peas posted:I know where I end up after Denny's It's the shitter, isn't it?
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I would love to be the adult man screaming his lungs out making war chant noises at a Hampton Inn pool in BFE on a weeknight during an epidemic.
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KodiakRS posted:I was in Orlando a few weeks ago and tried to go to a Dennys. It was slammed, wall to wall with obese, maskless, idiots. I don't know if the bars are closed in Florida but you can certainly get yourself a grand-slamwhich with extra syrup and a side of permanent lung damage. One of my favorite genres of posts right now is people posting about how they went to go do a thing and the place was full of idiots who already were doing that thing and apparently don't realize that means that they are also one of those idiots doing that thing. But I"m gonna be honest, it's usually stuff like going to a popular park that turns out to be super crowded or poo poo like that. It being about going to Denny's is probably the absolute peak of that type of post.
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I for one am going to miss buffets. In reality, they were a gross concept that needed to go away.
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Headed home following my first work trip since the Rona. I’m in the AEC industry and my major project started construction in earnest this summer, continuing through 2023. I’m in a senior leadership position and it seems likely that I will resume some sort of limited travel for the remainder of the year, with an upswing starting next spring when construction kicks into high gear. My boss is supportive of us staying home if we are uncomfortable traveling, but my job is made or broken in the field. Honestly, being back on the road after months of relative isolation in my home feels like some semblance of normalcy. Anyone else navigating a similar situation? PS traveling still reminds me that I hate everyone
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Anza Borrego posted:Headed home following my first work trip since the Rona. I’m in the AEC industry and my major project started construction in earnest this summer, continuing through 2023. I’m in a senior leadership position and it seems likely that I will resume some sort of limited travel for the remainder of the year, with an upswing starting next spring when construction kicks into high gear. You're hosed  Seriously though two of the people I know personally who have had the 'Rona are in construction/architecture and were traveling to job sites when they got it and that's just in the last 8-ish weeks.On the positive side, they've both recovered and neither were hospitalized, though they both said it was the worst flu they ever had. Also everyone treated them like they had Ebola and kind of still do even though they've had several multiple negative tests in a row now. On the flip side I've been to Atlanta and San Francisco both this summer (I'm in Texas) and not even a sniffle so who the gently caress knows. It's weird out there man. Airports are eerie.
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Ixian posted:You're hosed Yeah, the job site just had a confirmed case about three weeks ago and the contractor realized that they needed to tighten up operations. A lot of it is going to be field some with some meetings. The sheer number of people who don’t understand the mask covers your nose is pretty frustrating TBH
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Anza Borrego posted:Yeah, the job site just had a confirmed case about three weeks ago and the contractor realized that they needed to tighten up operations. A lot of it is going to be field some with some meetings. A lot of them I've met who do that do understand. They think the masks are bullshit and wear them that way out of some dipshit sense of protest, because many places will confront you flat out over no mask but a surprising number won't over wearing a mask wrong/badly. Airports are a great place to observe this behavior, because you will get called out for not wearing a mask at all if you are strolling around the terminal like a dickhead but if you wear it half-assed most people just ignore you or figure you're an idiot to avoid. Like I said, it's weird out there right now.
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ixo posted:I am going to utah, but I do not want to go to utah. utah is nice!
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:utah is nice! I have been going to utah 8-12 times a year, every year, since 2015. at least I’m in the cache valley this time and not delta.
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Has anyone had luck negotiating annual fees for premium travel cards? I got a United Club Card in February that a $0 annual fee first year promotion. Used it exactly zero times so far as I haven't been to an airport since then. Wondering if I will be able to get away with paying no annual fee again.
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Buckhead posted:Has anyone had luck negotiating annual fees for premium travel cards? I'm about to call AmEx and see what they can do about my gold card AF. I have something like 200k of their points so need to either downgrade or get that waived, I'm using basically zero of it's perks besides 4x earning at restaurants and some shop small reimbursements.
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United just announced that they’re doing away with all change fees for good. lol they’ll bring them back as soon as they can
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Buckhead posted:Has anyone had luck negotiating annual fees for premium travel cards? You can try for a retention offer when the AF posts, if you search around you might be able to see if there are data points for this card.
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I'm about to cancel my old Presidential Plus card as well since I'm doing less UA flying (and none recently, obviously). I figure Chase is unlikely to do me any favors since I have the Sapphire Reserve as well.
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PIZZA.BAT posted:United just announced that they’re doing away with all change fees for good. lol they’ll bring them back as soon as they can My guess is that this is the next iteration of dynamic pricing. It will be interesting to see if the fare offered during a no-fee change is the same as buying a brand new ticket; I can see some margin being baked into their pricing engine in these scenarios. Ol' Kirby ain't gonna leave revenue on the table; he's not wired for it.
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Mackieman posted:My guess is that this is the next iteration of dynamic pricing. It will be interesting to see if the fare offered during a no-fee change is the same as buying a brand new ticket; I can see some margin being baked into their pricing engine in these scenarios. I think I found the catch. They're no longer going to issue residual ETCs for fare differences when the fare of the flight you change to is lower than what you originally paid. Somebody did the math and UA comes out ahead with far fewer ETCs on the books as liabilities.
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clever and probably in the end more consumer friendly - at least i would prefer it as most of my tickets are expensed and those residual credits are loving annoying to deal with
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Mackieman posted:I think I found the catch. They're no longer going to issue residual ETCs for fare differences when the fare of the flight you change to is lower than what you originally paid. Somebody did the math and UA comes out ahead with far fewer ETCs on the books as liabilities. That's been the policy on a "temporary" basis since at least May. They are just milking extra press now by making it permanent (and distracting from all the layoff press). At the moment, at least, you can still outright cancel a ticket and receive a full refund with no change fee in the form of an ETC for the full amount, which may be preferable depending on the fare difference. I suspect a lot of people aren't going to know this or bother if it's not a huge amount and, cha-ching, UA gets their fees and wipes ETCs off their books. Their CFO deserves some kind of award for this poo poo.
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Mackieman posted:I think I found the catch. They're no longer going to issue residual ETCs for fare differences when the fare of the flight you change to is lower than what you originally paid. Somebody did the math and UA comes out ahead with far fewer ETCs on the books as liabilities. ETCs?
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Travel credits.
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