what is that? My county has a shelter in place order in right now and have seen several Facebook post from local police departments about how there is no official form to prove your job is essential. Also, went for a jog today and noticed plenty people out and about. People at Home Depot buying mulch, people driving around to pick up food at restaurants, etc. They aren’t policing it here. There’s no way to. The only way to enforce this is if the state declares some type of lockdown and the national guard enforces it. Even then, what’s the point if the state next door is open for business? Seems to me it needs to be all or nothing.
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@haknslash I got a letter from my company's general counsel, laying out what my company does per guidance from state and local officials as an "essential" job. Even though I haven't left the house for the past week-ish, I have to head out tomorrow, and I will be carrying the letter and my phone describing the work I have to perform as well as the area I'm going to. My vacation place happens to be smack in the middle of the two locations I have work responsibilities at, and knowing this, I was asked to utilize my personal lodging to avoid spending by my location at this time. Because of this, I am using the requirement of having to work in order to pick up my boat.
I was told I have until April 14th to pick up the boat before storage fees would start to accumulate. I KNOW I could start a PR nightmare for the company storing my boat, but why? They're also designated an "essential job" under our Governor's executive order, under some transportation exclusion, and are currently able to employ people, and I am able to pick my boat up, halfway to my destination, and continue onward to my destination, where my boat will be stored from this point forward. So I WILL be one of those people who are "out and about". I don't have to come into contact with anyone when picking the boat up, they're going to have it ready and have told me where it will be waiting for me, and to call them when I am hooked up and ready to leave. I'm still able to take care of some personal business while out for actual work, and will have such limited contact as to not cause me concern in any way.
I'm on a voluntary layoff so that others who need the money more than I do are able to work. This happens to be something I don't HAVE to do, but if I don't, MORE people will be in contact with others in the form of hotel workers and food establishment workers having to have contact with another employee who doesn't have the capability that I have to address issues for my employer while limiting contact as much as possible. I get the feeling that when I venture outside, I'm gonna have people giving me the side eye without knowing a damned thing about why I'm out, and pretending that they know I shouldn't be outside my house - then turning around and bitching because the store they will have to go to for food isn't able to function without my services...
Not looking forward to this trip, and I never thought that would happen when it came to something with my boat when it wasn't related to repair/service.