Quarantine Confessions (share yours here)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cracked open a beer at 11am this morning. Didn’t take a shower until 2pm. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

You should look up “shower beer”. So efficient!

A shower beer is one of life's pleasures

[Anonymous]

I work for American Airlines and I hate everyone. All this talk about small business has made me almost suicidal. I'm going to lose my job, but because you all hate my employer, you're celebrating.

That's my confession.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My confession is that I resent my boss. I’m a nanny and my boss is ‘working’ from home. She has done one 5 minute call and the rest of the time it’s, shopping, yoga, making giant messes left for me to clean, interfering with the kids day while I’m trying to home school, making more messes and just generally sitting around while I work 12hrs a day. She is going out and about not caring about other and now the boys are sick- with cold but who knows. I resent her because she doesn’t need me there 12hrs a day and I think she is lazy and a bad mom.

i guess you'd rather be unemployed

I mean, she could send you home and not pay you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am an introvert so I’m secretly enjoying being at home

we have trained for this moment our entire lives!

This is such dangerous thinking. Even introverts need social interaction.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let my 13yr old son go biking Yesterday. Thought I made it clear not to interact with anyone...
He ended up joining a bunch of other kids and went to the neighborhood gas station.

Lol

And this is how Timmy died...

Mom send him on the bike to park
but he went play with boys
he got coronavirus there
and made a dying noise..

Reading a Washington Post letter about lessons from Italy.
“... don’t let your teenagers out of your sight. They will sneak out with their friends, they will hold hands, they will share their drinks and food.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/17/hello-italy-your-future-is-grimmer-than-you-think/

Our Portuguese housecleaner said all the teens back home in Portugal get super bored during the daytime curfew.

So at night they all sneak out to dance clubs - which are all packed. She didn’t say how they managed to stay open.

Spain and Portugal are getting hit hard by Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All my friends are complaining but for me i's just good timing.
I am separated (no one to annoy me), my kid is fairly independent and between scratch, reading, and watching science videos his day is not too non-productive.
I basically can live my normal life but not feel guilty. I don't take the kid anywhere because it's responsible; I order takeout because it's the right thing to do - support businesses.
I am saving on aftercare and travel (I have to travel with kid but he is not that enthusiastic about it, so I have mixed feelings about traveling with him).
Also, a perfect excuse to not see people I don't care for, to wfh, no drop offs or pick ups, no stressing because of housework (I just fold laundry while on conference calls).

I love this!
I can relate. Now I can be a hermit because it is the honorable and responsible thing to do. Whereas before all this, if I wanted to be a hermit, people got their feelings hurt if I tried to come up with excuses not to attend their barbeque, baby shower, birthday party etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Am I the only Fed on telework that still actually has things to do?
My friend who works for another directorate at our agency told me her “work” has pretty much dried up and she has no idea how her boss is spending all her time.
Meanwhile, business as usual for me. I get no breaks. My kids are on video games and YouTube all day long because I have to get things done.
But hey, no bra, no shoes!

I am a fed. I have a ton of work. Outward facing so o can’t even pretend.

I am a fed who cannot telework. We are working alternating weeks in order to create social distance, but that does not mean our work goes away. I'm scared of what my inbox will look like next week! I was already getting crushed with work, so this is going to be a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

I stopped shaving my legs. I'm Mediterranean so this is a big deal. If you're maintaining proper social distancing you shouldn't be repulsed when I'm out running. And if you're not maintaining proper social distancing, serves you right to be grossed by my hirsuteness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for American Airlines and I hate everyone. All this talk about small business has made me almost suicidal. I'm going to lose my job, but because you all hate my employer, you're celebrating.

That's my confession.

You're going to be okay! The bill is going forward to Trump's desk for signature that bails out the airlines and helps small businesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My confession is that I resent my boss. I’m a nanny and my boss is ‘working’ from home. She has done one 5 minute call and the rest of the time it’s, shopping, yoga, making giant messes left for me to clean, interfering with the kids day while I’m trying to home school, making more messes and just generally sitting around while I work 12hrs a day. She is going out and about not caring about other and now the boys are sick- with cold but who knows. I resent her because she doesn’t need me there 12hrs a day and I think she is lazy and a bad mom.

Working mom here and I agree with you. DH and I are staggering telework with young kids and no outside help. We’re still managing to do some baking, crafts, walks, etc. while getting our work done. I can’t imagine having someone else spend TWELVE hours per day with my own children.

Although I’d love 3-4 hours uninterrupted!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work for American Airlines and I hate everyone. All this talk about small business has made me almost suicidal. I'm going to lose my job, but because you all hate my employer, you're celebrating.

That's my confession.

unless you are in senior management at AA, you are very much the "average" worker who will get screwed if the bailouts are not conditioned. I despise the ranks of senior management at all these companies (from banks to airlines to everything in between) that use bailout money to enrich themselves (stock buybacks) and refuse to use that money to pay employees (the "average worker"), contractors, service providers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an introvert so I’m secretly enjoying being at home

we have trained for this moment our entire lives!

This is such dangerous thinking. Even introverts need social interaction.

I get enough, thanks. Between DCUM, Facebook, emails from corporations, and seeing people walk outside, I get plenty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My confession is that I resent my boss. I’m a nanny and my boss is ‘working’ from home. She has done one 5 minute call and the rest of the time it’s, shopping, yoga, making giant messes left for me to clean, interfering with the kids day while I’m trying to home school, making more messes and just generally sitting around while I work 12hrs a day. She is going out and about not caring about other and now the boys are sick- with cold but who knows. I resent her because she doesn’t need me there 12hrs a day and I think she is lazy and a bad mom.

i guess you'd rather be unemployed

I was waiting for you to arrive.

[Anonymous]

Introvert here. This situation is my dream come true. The only time I get alone is my drive to and from work. I am a teacher and a single parent. My kid started online school today and I can just read books and nap. I will be fine going on like this for weeks! The only thing better would be if I were stuck alone on a tropical island with nobody around but lots of alcohol. But this is almost as good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Introvert here. This situation is my dream come true. The only time I get alone is my drive to and from work. I am a teacher and a single parent. My kid started online school today and I can just read books and nap. I will be fine going on like this for weeks! The only thing better would be if I were stuck alone on a tropical island with nobody around but lots of alcohol. But this is almost as good!

I have anxiety AND I am an introvert. Introvert is winning out because I don't find this that awful.