[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I have thought about it...............I wear a mask when I go to stores and most everyone else is also wearing a mask, employees included. Anything I bring into our home (groceries and such) is either sanitized or left in a decontamination area for at least a week without being touched.

When dining in a restaurant, I hope the wait staff will be wearing masks but I'm sure patrons will not be wearing masks. For me, there is certainly a different degree of safety involved with dining in a restaurant vs shopping in a store.

Sorry, I'm not coming over for ice cream

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Yikes? I never gave these things a thought. I never noticed if servers were this careless.

My favorite observations were the servers who would plunk the dirty menus down on your plate (if I didn't catch it in time I would ask for a new plate) and the bartenders who handle money and squeeze your lemon or lime with their hand before putting it in your drink. And I'm not even a germophobe generally!

[Marvic 1]

Originally Posted by cindyfeh

Just wondering if it is possible to shut off the streets around the squares to walking traffic only through the sumner. Then restaurants and retail establishments could set up tables or merchandise on the sidewalks. Outdoor dining and shopping may help people feel safer.

Something like your idea was brought up a while ago but for another situation..
The Handicap people were not delighted with the idea....

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Sorry, I'm not coming over for ice cream

No problem with ice cream. I sanitize the container then it goes directly into the freezer. Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk! Yum!

[Barborv]

Now that's my kind of eating out! LOL I have always felt uncomfortable eating off of silverware and I always hate when the waiter or waitress has their thumb in my plate sometimes touching the food. I always said I would prefer disposable silverware and staff to be gloved! But that's just me. But it never stopped me from eating out! haha

[peisermp]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Hubby and I are looking forward to dining in a restaurant again. With allowable 25% occupancy indoors, do you think you will feel safe enough to dine in a restaurant? I'm hoping the restaurants have a mandatory reservation system in place so there won't be lots of waiting on line to be seated.

NYT: April 20: Ventilation systems can create complex patterns of airflow and keep viruses aloft, so simply spacing tables six feet apart — the minimum distance that the C.D.C. advises you keep from other people — may not be sufficient to safeguard restaurant patrons.

[valuemkt]

Will definitely be eating out. Thanks to all the people on this blog that are promising to stay locked up in their homes for the rest of their lives, there should be plenty of seats for those that want to go out to eat and socialize.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by valuemkt

Will definitely be eating out. Thanks to all the people on this blog that are promising to stay locked up in their homes for the rest of their lives, there should be plenty of seats for those that want to go out to eat and socialize.

Your welcome and thanks for helping to thin the herd?

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by JoMar

Your welcome and thanks for helping to thin the herd?

Herd immunity (if that's what you meant) is our friend:

Why is herd immunity so important? | American Academy of Pediatrics

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus

Herd immunity (if that's what you meant) is our friend:

Why is herd immunity so important? | American Academy of Pediatrics

More people get sick, more die.....so either works.

[Stu from NYC]

Will continue to stick with take out. Waited this long a couple of months will not hurt.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by peisermp

NYT: April 20: Ventilation systems can create complex patterns of airflow and keep viruses aloft, so simply spacing tables six feet apart — the minimum distance that the C.D.C. advises you keep from other people — may not be sufficient to safeguard restaurant patrons.

Seems to me this would apply to any indoor venue where people would be sitting in one place for extended periods, such as our recreation centers. I don't worry about stores because people are always moving around and are not always in a constant air flow pattern.

[thelegges]

After reading some posts, there are some when TV starts to open up, will be disappointed that numbers don’t go up, and add to the death number. Even though our number in TV were low, I think many were disappointed in those numbers also

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

No mention yet of A/C systems that recirculate the air & potential virus.

Pretty sure those systems have hepa filters. Also, the buildings are not air-tight, so there's always fresh air circulating through them.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com

Oh my god $50 for a slice of pizza , the sky is falling!!! The sky is falling!!!

I wouldn't even pay $2 for a slice of pizza at almost every restaurant that serves it in the Villages. There are a couple I still need to try but so far - not a single one of them, any better than the frozen crap you get in Walmart.