Being self employed and the coronavirus

[Zerax]

Is a broken cooker actually an emergency? Not really, it's an inconvenience.

Yes a flooding washing machine is an emergency but a homeowner should be able to isolate the water to it, if not on their own then with a little phone advice.

I would say that being able to cook food was kinda important.... and being able to wash your clothes is too.

What about launderettes ? If you choose not to have your own machine... and don't have facilities to dry things. I'd say they are pretty essential too !

 

[davesparks]

I would say that being able to cook food was kinda important.... and being able to wash your clothes is too.

Kind of important yes, but not essential. Plus how many houses have just a cooker and no other means of cooking?
We have a cooker, a slow cooker and barbeque.

 

[Zerax]

...i would class that as essential. as in anything that helps vunerable people.

I'd suggest that an 83 yo without a cooker is far more able to look after themselves than a 23 yo in the same situation. I'd further suggest that 'snowflake millennials' are the more vulnerable group right now !
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Kind of important yes, but not essential. Plus how many houses have just a cooker and no other means of cooking?
We have a cooker, a slow cooker and barbeque.

I only have an oven and a hob.

 

[telectrix]

I'd suggest that an 83 yo without a cooker is far more able to look after themselves than a 23 yo in the same situation. I'd further suggest that 'snowflake millennials' are the more vulnerable group right now ! esp. students. most ain't got the brains to turn on a microwave.
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I only have an oven and a hob. so the oven breaks, you can fry your steak and chips?

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[davesparks]

I only have an oven and a hob.

Exactly my point, an oven and a hob, 2 appliances.

Or do you mean you have a cooker which has an oven and hob but you described it as if it was two seperate appliances to provoke a reaction?

 

[richy3333]

House of Commons Public Bill Committee Amendments: Coronavirus Bill pages 14-18 - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0122/amend/coronavirus_daily_cwh_0320rev.14-18.html

Just been sent this. Not sure if it has been posted on here yet?

 

[EalingBadger]

Is a broken cooker actually an emergency? Not really, it's an inconvenience.

Yes a flooding washing machine is an emergency but a homeowner should be able to isolate the water to it, if not on their own then with a little phone advice.

Not being able to cook is going to dramatically increase the difficulties and the cost (and I don't mean takeaways!) of feeding the family.
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We've all seen this coming for weeks and put a sensible amount of food away to get through this haven't we?
Likewise we've all seen it coming and cut as much of our spending as possible to save money for the event.

Following the advice we continued to behave normally, and now we can't get food that we need due to all of the selfish panic buying. (Good job that entirely by coincidence we laid in two 16 roll packs of bog paper (our normal amount on or big shop as and when we run out) just before all this lot kicked off! )

My son works for the NHS and he turned back and came home empty handed the other day as the queues outside the supermarket before it opened specially for people like him were absolutely ridiculous. Surely, they were not all NHS workers? He has two small children, his wife does not earn a wage, and they do not have a large freezer full of food.
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He couldn't stand there and go in to every tiny little detail, the speeches need to be short and to the point.
They can't make anything more than a general statement.

Also until the legislation is passed they may not be able to enforce a 100% isolation, but the isolation is needed sooner than the legislation can be put in place.
So they must rely on the public having the common sense to get the message and not go looking for loopholes and coming up with whatever excuse they can for why everyone in the country except them should be isolated.

"...must rely on the public having the common sense..."

Ah, that will be the big mistake...
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Delivery services are still available from the supermarkets which means the driver can dump it on your doorstep. Reduces a lot of risk for all parties.

Delivery services are available provided you can survive without food for two weeks for them to arrive.

I believe I'm right in saying that, for Tesco at least, new slots are released at midnight.

It takes minutes after that for them to all be taken...
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I would say that being able to cook food was kinda important.... and being able to wash your clothes is too.

What about launderettes ? If you choose not to have your own machine... and don't have facilities to dry things. I'd say they are pretty essential too !

Yep.

My niece works as a nurse in the NHS and she has advised my son (who also works in the NHS) that her post-shift protocol upon returning home is to remove and launder all clothing every day (having been careful not to touch the outside of the washing machine or anything else, so presumably wearing gloves) and then take an immediate shower.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Not being able to cook is going to dramatically increase the difficulties and the cost (and I don't mean takeaways!) of feeding the family.
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Following the advice we continued to behave normally, and now we can't get food that we need due to all of the selfish panic buying. (Good job that entirely by coincidence we laid in two 16 roll packs of bog paper (our normal amount on or big shop as and when we run out) just before all this lot kicked off! )

My son works for the NHS and he turned back and came home empty handed the other day as the queues outside the supermarket before it opened specially for people like him were absolutely ridiculous. Surely, they were not all NHS workers? He has two small children, his wife does not earn a wage, and they do not have a large freezer full of food.
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"...must rely on the public having the common sense..."

Ah, that will be the big mistake...
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Delivery services are available provided you can survive without food for two weeks for them to arrive.

I believe I'm right in saying that, for Tesco at least, new slots are released at midnight.

It takes minutes after that for them to all be taken...
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Yep.

My niece works as a nurse in the NHS and she has advised my son (who also works in the NHS) that her post-shift protocol upon returning home is to remove and launder all clothing every day (having been careful not to touch the outside of the washing machine or anything else, so presumably wearing gloves) and then take an immediate shower.

I just registered for Tesco to place an order rather than go physically to the shop. Can't get a delivery nor click and collect at all for at least three weeks by which point their calendar 'runs out'.
Guess I will be making a 4am visit to the local Asda in the hope they are slightly restocked and quiet...

Failing that there are a couple of tasty looking horses in the field opposite mine...

 

[pirate]

My daughter said years ago that if we ever had some kind of epidemic it would be people like me and her mum who would survive "because you lot know how to do things"...

There is a family run fruit and veg business which have a 24 hour turnaround to deliver to your door, working from the fruit market in the city. The boss lives 100 yards from me so says dropping off my order isn't a problem, which is great. They do a £20 box and a £30 box, the smaller is still too much for my needs, but i can split it with my neighbour, so it's all good!

 

[mattg4321]

Most of the supermarkets seem to be operating reduced opening hours. How that helps with social distancing is beyond me. When am I meant to go?

 

[SparkyChick]

I've just got back from Asda, pretty quiet, not fully stocked but even now after last nights announcement, people simply are not listening.

The most annoying thing about this situation is, health aside, the people who are going to come out of this the worst off are those who do the right thing.

 

[Baddegg]

I've just got back from Asda, pretty quiet, not fully stocked but even now after last nights announcement, people simply are not listening.

The most annoying thing about this situation is, health aside, the people who are going to come out of this the worst off are those who do the right thing.

Seems to be the way things work in this country ?

 

[Electric Magic]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1242385553452150785

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About financial support for self employed

 

[Baddegg]

Rushi wotshisname just been on radio 2 to clear up self employed people and money......thanks for that rushi I’m still none the wiser ?

 

[andyb]

I just registered for Tesco to place an order rather than go physically to the shop. Can't get a delivery nor click and collect at all for at least three weeks by which point their calendar 'runs out'.
Guess I will be making a 4am visit to the local Asda in the hope they are slightly restocked and quiet...

Failing that there are a couple of tasty looking horses in the field opposite mine...

I've just returned from my local Sainsbury's, quite pleasant really. Not too busy, people keeping their distance and plenty of most things even toilet paper. There were things missing but you could basically get what you wanted, though maybe not your normal type of a specific item.