For what it worths: I was at Point Roberts this afternoon to pick up couple parcels.

Didn't get asked anything on US side.
On the Canadian side: 2 extra questions: "Were you away for more than 2 weeks internationally?" "Do you feel sick?"

That was it. I would imagine way stricter screening at airports.

I don’t feel safe walking in Metrotown anymore. A lot of people wearing masks in the area.

HK, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea.. everyone on the street wears a mask.

How about places like Iran, Italy, Egypt?

Well you know the local people in Canada and USA don’t have a habit of wearing masks.

I went yesterday evening.

US guard: where I am going.
Canada guard: what did I pick up.

Do airport screening people wear ppe now? Like gloves and masks?

:seriously: they're doing it for YOUR benefit

Gloves yes, mask no. If memory serves correct, they typically always wear gloves.

Would like to add that while a lot of people are most afraid of those wearing masks/full hazmat gear/gloves etc... These people are the LEAST likely people to transmit the virus to you. While they may look out of place, the person you should be worried about most is the dude who just walked by you talking on the phone without a mask.

I will be wearing a respirator when I shop now regardless if people think I look like I came straight out of Walter Whites RV.

I actually work at the airport. Some of the screening officers are wearing the masks, even some airport employees are wearing the mask and gloves when handling boarding passes, passports etc.

After this is over (hopefully in a few months), I wonder if public areas are going to have signs like Hong Kong where an elevator will have a sign saying “this button has been disinfected every 4 hours”

Stay safe

Last week going back from PR, the CDN Border guard was asking if I have been to Iran in the last 2 weeks.

I wish, I don't think I've ever seen anyone disinfect the buttons, handles, handrails, to anything, anywhere here in canada/us

In hk/cn/tpe you don't just see the signs, you see people actively clean

Three folded squares is all I need to wipe :lawl:

I’ll start by saying I always cough into my elbow. But realistically, have you ever been beside someone cough into their elbow? My wife did the same thing a couple days ago. I got the full ricochet to my face. Sure, your not spreading it to your hands and touching everything in sight, but your elbow doesn’t magically absorb all the particles. It’s like farting into a walll. Your still going to smell it (ok not quite but you get what I mean. Little particles of bodily fluids are floating around until they lose their terminal velocity and come to rest). Coughing into your elbow doesn’t all of a sudden make you Mr Clean.

In terms of meat, and veg T and T have the stock now. Rice and noodles not so much. Wal Mart was out of pasta and any type of paper is toilet paper, tissue etc etc , hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol mask etc etc. That was yesterday. Saw some old lady at London drugs paying over $20 rolls of 24 roll of toilet paper……
As for not going to Pomme the stuff in that store is really expensive compare to Superstore, Wal Mart or even T and T. Try Assi super market instead. Price is still somewhat decent but not much people shop there. There is an organic supermarket to the left of Lincoln station but is overpriced.

Edit I also took Friday off since I got a cold and my throat is really sore. I didn't wear a mask since is only a cold but is scare to cough I'm public. It would be even worse if I cough with a mask on people is going to think ingot infected lol. Heard from a co worker management had a meeting and starting next week unless you have to work in the office you can work from home. I really don't think that's needed at all…… this also is unfair because while sales, accounting, marketing, HR can work from home people like the install techs, ISP admin, call center and support have to go in for work. It able really be everyone works from home or no one does.

Sitting in my wife’s orthodontist office there’s some kid sitting across from me probably 13-15 kid is coughing just into the air etc I’m looking at him being like wtf..

Then he grabs some fat boogers from his nose and proceeds to eat them while looking me in the eyes..

RIP him and I

Yesterday, checked Superstore hours, shows open at 6am. So I figured not many would get up that early this morning Saturday, get there and it apparently opens at 7am. Not sure if they pushed back an hour later open or if online is misleading. Ended up chilling in my car for an hour, slowly the lineup starts building outside to wait for doors to open. Hoards of people in every aisle, lineup to pay was like an hour. Got home at 9am, 3 hour grocery shopping trip.......

Some invaluable relevance in these very uncertain times..

I think everyone’s best course of action right now is to find the busiest place they can (Costco) and stay in a warehouse with thousands of people while grappling for toilet paper , hand sanitizer and water for when the B.C. government shuts off our tap water leaving us nothing to drink or wash our hands with.
Seems super fucking smart, because that’s a super likely scenario.
Fuck people are fucking retarded.

Apple is shutting all of it's stores outside China for 2 weeks.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...irus-1.4853120

Get out and support your local small businesses

A lot of restaurants in our area are hurting, try to make an effort to go somewhere besides the giant chains if you’re going out to eat and tip well. Will be very sad to see if some restaurants that have just opened or just getting their feet under them go under because of all this

So my boss came into work on Thurs/Friday with a flu. People are obviously going wtf...anything legal you can do anonymously? lol, maybe a stupid question.

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03...ial-available/

This. local F&Bs are getting a swift kick in the balls due to this virus. In the food truck/catering world, contracts are being cancelled or postponed for April just when the season is getting started.... :alone:

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/03...demic-trudeau/

will Trudeau pay my VI too? :alone:

3 squares is so wasteful, get on my level

https://i.imgur.com/GwGGuEn.jpg

You will need to wash your hands anyways :fullofwin: