Businesses in SOMD Still Scared of 'Rona

BOP

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TPD said:
I would like to thank some of you for pointing out the errors of my ways in wanting to be part of a community in getting to know my neighbors and who I do business with. What was I thinking?! I now realize that I am a customer that local businesses don't want because I actually am taking up too much of their time and resources when I want to visit their offices/place of businesses personally to hand them a check or cash that doesn't eat up 3% of their earnings. I eat their mints and dum-dums they have on the counter, I drink a bottle of water when offered to me, I ask about the kids and grandkids and talk about the weather with the receptionist, chit-chatting with fellow customers in the lobby learning about stuff other than what is in my own little world. Occasionally I take them flowers or fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden, maybe some fresh baked cookies or cupcakes, some homemade eggnog during the holidays. And all this time I didn't realize they don't actually want me there or want anything I bring to them! The candy is fake, the water is laced, the kids are fictitious and of course the weather is never accurate. I admit that I am an introvert and don't really want to be around people, but I felt that me going to businesses in person was a type of therapy for me and it kept me from going crazy. But in reality I should be staying in my basement and doing all of my business on-line, letting the Fed-Ex guy drop packages on my front stoop and waiting till dark to fetch them so as not to be seen or heard by anyone. I'm not sure what I am supposed to do with all of the cash now since there is no way to virtually trade cash that I am aware of. I now have to rethink my whole life and how I do things. I will have so much more time now in my basement to be with my virtual friends whom I have never met but give me such great advice. Screw communities - it is so overhyped!

To all of those small business owners out there that I have annoyed over the years by wanting to come into your office and transact business with, I sincerely apologize. I did not realize I was such a drain on society and your business. Not to worry - I will no longer bother you. All of my transactions will now take place with ACME, Inc since it doesn't matter who or what I talk to and communities are no longer important.

Sincerely,
TPD
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If you start beating up household appliances in your front yard, you better be taking pictures or video.
 
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DaSDGuy

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CDC says no more masks indoors. Follow the science, they have said. Now we all will see if they are liars as we all believed
 
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Louise

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BOP said:
If you start beating up household appliances in your front yard, you better be taking pictures or video.
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Who was that member that posted that long ago? I can’t remember. I guess grandtot sitting every day has clouded my memory. :lol:
 
Merlin99

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I don’t know why but autocorrect always changes his name. Maybe he pissed off the Apple people.
 
Bann

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black dog said:
Any business that has phone calls, faxes, folks coming in the office and is not having family health or a disaster going on, needs to keep business hours. Its part of owning and operating a viable business....
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I would agree to a point. Only businesses that have people coming into the office/place of business should have business hours.

Some businesses really don't need a brick and mortar place to do business. Southern Maryland Online, for instance.
 
black dog

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Bann said:
I would agree to a point. Only businesses that have people coming into the office/place of business should have business hours.

Some businesses really don't need a brick and mortar place to do business. Southern Maryland Online, for instance.
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I believe thats what I posted...
Loads of non storefront businesses keep business hours. Its part of being a business.

We used to have a Barber Shop here in town, he handed me a business card and expected me to call him to see if his shop was open that day... He didn't like my response, no dumbdick, thats not how a retail / service with a storefront works. Keep ****ing business hours...
If I dont cut my own I get it done one town south of me.
The pt barber was OOB in about a year. He wonders why his dads customers went elsewhere...

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spr1975wshs

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black dog said:
The pt barber was OOB in about a year. He wonders why his dads customers went elsewhere...
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The barber my family has used for decades kept regular business hours during which his establishment was fully staffed during this whole thing.
A little easier for Richard to do so, as he has also been by appointment only since he opened a half century ago.
His 2nd chair, Frank, has been with him for 40 years. 3rd chair has been a rotating cast of characters over the years.

Richard's done well over the years, bought the building (2 storefronts with apartments on the second floor) when my grandparents retired.
 
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