Leftover Covid policies that make no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spent 9 days in DC hotels for work last fall. No housekeeping unless requested, and no room service. At a high end hotel. Ridiculous.

Funny, let me guess, you'd never take one of those jobs and yet expect someone else to. You can go a few days without housekeeping, then you request it. How messy do you let a hotel room get?

Why are you angry that someone has come to expect a service that was standard for years? They’re not a bad person for wanting housekeeping service in a hotel (the price of which certainly hasn’t gone down along with the lesser service).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spent 9 days in DC hotels for work last fall. No housekeeping unless requested, and no room service. At a high end hotel. Ridiculous.

You can literally request it daily though. Why didn’t you? We told them when we checked in that we would like daily housekeeping.

When we traveled last week, for a 5-day stay, we were told we could choose one day for service and that was it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine requirements.

Only for non-citizens coming to the US

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine requirements.

The doctors and dentists I've seen lately don't ask if I've had the vaccine anymore.

[Anonymous]

Walmart only staying open until 11 pm instead of open all night.

I guess this is a decision by them based on profits but I just wish at least some Walmarts were open all night. Where I live there are three super Walmarts and numerous Walmart Marketplace grocery stores within 20 minutes of me, why can't even one of them be open all night?

For years I had done my grocery shopping late at night to avoid crowds and shop in peace and quiet, and also loved being able to pick up random stuff at any hour, especially great since I'm a night owl.

Oh well, I guess it's not coming back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No physical menu. I don’t want to pull it up on my phone, thank you.

YES! The last thing I want to do at a restaurant with friends or family is have everyone stare at their phones. But thank god we’re not getting Covid from touching a menu….

+1,000 We were at a restaurant with a very long, complicated menu, think multiple pages almost like Cheesecake Factory type length. We begged for a physical menu. Restaurant doesn't have them anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine requirements.

Only for non-citizens coming to the US

I am not a particularly big Djokovic fan, and I think he should have been vaccinated. But at this point, I think the requirement is a little silly. How many US citizens have been boosted in the past year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine requirements.

Only for non-citizens coming to the US

I am not a particularly big Djokovic fan, and I think he should have been vaccinated. But at this point, I think the requirement is a little silly. How many US citizens have been boosted in the past year?

It’s obviously not about the science anymore.

[Anonymous]

There have been multiple near-collisions by aircraft due to fewer, and newer (untrained) personnel. This is because the air safety and airlines were hit hard by lockdowns and layed off many employees. They ones they are now hiring back need training.

So please don't push for more aircrafts in the air. It's dangerous right now.

[Anonymous]

^excuse typos!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No physical menu. I don’t want to pull it up on my phone, thank you.

YES! The last thing I want to do at a restaurant with friends or family is have everyone stare at their phones. But thank god we’re not getting Covid from touching a menu….

+1,000 We were at a restaurant with a very long, complicated menu, think multiple pages almost like Cheesecake Factory type length. We begged for a physical menu. Restaurant doesn't have them anymore.

I tend to think of more things moving to QR codes/online as not "leftover" but a lessons learned....along the lines of the continued use of video conference to enable hybrid work and meetings.

It isn't so much about it being COVID related, but something we learned that we should incorporate and continue moving forward.

Printed menus get dirty and spread germs, ANY germs. Printed menus need to be replaced every time a menu item changes. Printed menus are just another THING that the establishment has to distribute, collect, and store.

Sure, I don't alwats love having to pull it up on my phone, but I think that is more rooted in habit and my resistance to change than the printed menu being in any way better.

[Anonymous]

All these reserved parking spots for “drive up.” They’re always empty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Walmart only staying open until 11 pm instead of open all night.

I guess this is a decision by them based on profits but I just wish at least some Walmarts were open all night. Where I live there are three super Walmarts and numerous Walmart Marketplace grocery stores within 20 minutes of me, why can't even one of them be open all night?

For years I had done my grocery shopping late at night to avoid crowds and shop in peace and quiet, and also loved being able to pick up random stuff at any hour, especially great since I'm a night owl.

Oh well, I guess it's not coming back.

Who is willing to work at them for minimum wage? You aren't, so why should someone else so you can shop at 2 AM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spent 9 days in DC hotels for work last fall. No housekeeping unless requested, and no room service. At a high end hotel. Ridiculous.

Funny, let me guess, you'd never take one of those jobs and yet expect someone else to. You can go a few days without housekeeping, then you request it. How messy do you let a hotel room get?

Why are you angry that someone has come to expect a service that was standard for years? They’re not a bad person for wanting housekeeping service in a hotel (the price of which certainly hasn’t gone down along with the lesser service).

Welcome to the new normal. It may have been standard for years but it isn't anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vaccine requirements.

The doctors and dentists I've seen lately don't ask if I've had the vaccine anymore.

Doctors and dentists never had a vaccine requirement.