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If משיח, ח''ו hasn't come yet, When is this country going to be back to normal? (whether it's warranted or not)

before the end of May
9 (11.5%)
sometime in the summer (June- August)
30 (38.5%)
between September and December
9 (11.5%)
Next year some time
4 (5.1%)
Never
5 (6.4%)
I don't want to even take a guess. I realize that hakol m'shamayim and that's it.
21 (26.9%)

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #80 on: April 03, 2020, 01:30:55 PM »
If so, I know people who will possibly enter the secular workforce.

Talk about the law of unintended consequences.
Absurd.
Just say you're a germaphobe and shake noone's hand.
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #81 on: April 03, 2020, 01:41:07 PM »
Just say you're a germaphobe and shake noone's hand.

Lol no one in the real world does that.

Explaining why you won't participate in a basic social custom is possible but always awkward, and by the time you've gotten the words out you've already made the faux pas and it's TBD if you recover from it. If you happen to work in NYC and wear a yarmulka, a high percentage of people will know you're about to say you won't shake for religious reasons and most of the time you can avoid the awkwardness. But until the social custom changes for everyone it's silly to pretend that not shaking hands is an easy thing to do.

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #82 on: April 03, 2020, 01:45:43 PM »
Altogether.
I don't see major lasting changes coming from this.
I would imagine major lasting changes to the cruise industry.
And minor changes such as more remote work, telemedicine..., and some people probably won't go back to work altogether.

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #83 on: April 03, 2020, 01:48:51 PM »
I would imagine major lasting changes to the cruise industry.

Like what?

Hopefully any residual effects of Corona on life as we knew it are productive in that they actually make a difference. Post-9/11 security theater is a colossal waste of time and money, giving the ignorant masses a false sense of security and giving government the reassurance/proof that they’re doing something.
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #84 on: April 03, 2020, 02:11:33 PM »
Absurd.
Just say you're a germaphobe and shake noone's hand.

Or you can be honest and say the truth. Most of the time they respect that. I have sometimes said I would gladly shake your husbands hand and my wife would shake yours...

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #85 on: April 03, 2020, 02:18:57 PM »

Or you can be honest and say the truth. Most of the time they respect that. I have sometimes said I would gladly shake your husbands hand and my wife would shake yours...
I'm assuming they're not in business because they don't want to say the truth.
But I think being a germaphobe going forward will be more common.
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #86 on: April 03, 2020, 02:35:58 PM »

Or you can be honest and say the truth. Most of the time they respect that. I have sometimes said I would gladly shake your husbands hand and my wife would shake yours...
Would you gladly shake her wife's hand as well?

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #87 on: April 03, 2020, 02:42:26 PM »
But I think being a germaphobe going forward will be more common.
Maybe, but it can be hard to sell the germaphobe story while wearing a yarmulka. Many will see right through it.

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #88 on: April 05, 2020, 11:02:57 AM »
So trying to figure out when quarantine will be lifted and the variables involved. What is the point that the government decides to let everyone out again? 

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #89 on: April 05, 2020, 11:15:05 AM »
Talk about the law of unintended consequences.
Like giving hugs instead of shaking hands?
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #90 on: April 05, 2020, 01:06:23 PM »
The question is other countries, how long has it taken for them to go back to normal? The problem is we can't trust China, and Italy is definitely not back to normal. We just have to wait and see.

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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #91 on: April 05, 2020, 09:16:19 PM »
Lol no one in the real world does that.

Explaining why you won't participate in a basic social custom is possible but always awkward, and by the time you've gotten the words out you've already made the faux pas and it's TBD if you recover from it. If you happen to work in NYC and wear a yarmulka, a high percentage of people will know you're about to say you won't shake for religious reasons and most of the time you can avoid the awkwardness. But until the social custom changes for everyone it's silly to pretend that not shaking hands is an easy thing to do.
I know someone who despite being prepared slipped up at a job interview and after a long conversation with his Rebbe took a job in Lakewood that paid significantly less. Are you all saying with confidence that it’s easy to do and you all do it? I didn’t think so.

PS: Long story but an interesting sequence of events that he couldn’t have foreseen ended up with him making a lot more money than he would have elsewhere within a very short time but that’s irrelevant.
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #92 on: April 05, 2020, 10:48:58 PM »
Maybe, but it can be hard to sell the germaphobe story while wearing a yarmulka. Many will see right through it.
Nah, if you're serious about not shaking hands they'll be just fine with it. If you pick and choose then, yes.
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Re: When is this country going to be back to normal?
« Reply #93 on: April 05, 2020, 10:53:36 PM »
I would imagine major lasting changes to the cruise industry.
And minor changes such as more remote work, telemedicine..., and some people probably won't go back to work altogether.
This is gonna be taken to next level.
my wife has these now every other day. it's up to a point where I'm not letting her answer the appointments.
Crazy, they"ll just bill and bill.