What the F##k happened in 2020? We have not even reached the end of March and Brexit happened. Marlini was made redundant. Bathroom had to be largely rebuilt due to a leaking gasket. I broke a bone. Am three weeks into Laryngitis with every cure thrown at it proving largely futile (though the odd spoonful on manuka honey is pleasant). But whatever crap has hit my fan pales into insignificance compared to the Coronavirus pandemic.
I have nothing but admiration for the health services and key workers around the world to try and make good during these impossibly difficult times. And for the likes of Trump – you are so moronic and stupid, you threatened to sue your former school if they revealed your academic grades. Why? Are you so overcome by humility that you released your Einstein-esque intellect (dubbed only by you as stable genius) was just not the gentleman thing to do? No, it is because you are an idiot. A liar. A cheat. A tax-evading fraud. And… this is the point I am making… not a global expert on everything. In particular, a world authority on Virology. Go do what you do best – play golf (and cheat), chomp on insipid cheeseburgers (and brag about your exceptional health and physique – as the camera obviously lies), and let experts and specialists get on with containing this pandemic and helping find a cure for the hundreds of thousands affected today. Your obsession with sharing your input through Twitter or bullshit press conferences helps no one. That is not Fake News.
Closer to home, I am so immensely sad to see, in real-time, the effect of putting measures in place to contain Covid-19. The mass closures of restaurants, pubs, and shops – is simply depressing – not just for consumers, but those in the service industry – many on zero hours contracts trying to anticipate the ‘what next?‘. I count myself lucky in two respects – I am very well seasoned to home-working and have both the discipline and internal filter from all distractions to get on with the day job, and love working from my man cave. Whilst I miss seeing my colleagues 1-2 days a week in London… we are always connected. Microsoft Teams and Office 365 is simply amazing and keeps evolving. My immediate challenge with our current predicament is … grocery shopping. What the hell!! Absolutely, priority has to be given to key workers and the elderly but every days seems to be shopping madness I have only seen during Black Friday. Seriously though…. Toilet paper? Pasta? Paracetamol? Hand Sanitizer? Yeast? Panic buying and hoarding is so selfish and irresponsible.
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