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The way we work for sure, Companies will realise many people can work from home and meetings can be done on with the various online meeting apps, my Company has already said they are pleased with the way it's working and will make changes.
What else will be different?
The price of petrol will sky rocket again. It was down to 101.9 in my local Asda last night :yikes:
Maybe supply and demand, most people don't need petrol at the minute?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gnojek
That's exactly what it is. Not sure whether petrol "goes off" or whether that due to the supply chain, they have to keep shifting it on but it shows how they are keen to sell it off.
I hope the main change is the government and the people realising what a precious part of our life the NHS is and improving it and protecting it is of the utmost importance.
Saudi Arabia and Russia are in despute about production levels, so there is a glut at the moment.
I hope so, and think it may happen, the NHS has never been so appreciated!Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
What about pubs and football, will people realise they can manage without them, or miss them and want to go them more than ever?
I realised this a few weeks back and moved my hundred packs of toilet rolls into the shed to make room in the house for my 200 petrol containers :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebina
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Originally Posted by splott parker
Im saving a sht load of cash, no Pub's, meals out, takaways (the Mrs won't risk them now), no petrol, no lunch time sandwich's and pop and stuff, the Mrs buys the food anyway, and thats gone up lol!
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Originally Posted by splott parker
I wouldn't write off interest in such things yet. After a couple of months in lock-down we may be climbing the walls. There's only so much DIY and gardening one can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebina
I think this is showing how important entertainment is for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
One thing I think could change is air travel and people take holidays. How many airlines could go bust? What will the cost of airfare be? Will countries be closing their borders to certain countries for a while?
It will obviously hit many countries if their tourist income doesn't recover. However, as an inveterate traveller myself, I think that globetrotting will be more stigmatised when all this dies down and we get back to being concerned about the environment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
In the meantime, buy shares in Carpetright as their sales will go through the roof when the virus subsides and the public are left with worn carpets from months of indoor fitness regimes.....
I think people have come to appreciate the local butcher and other local businesses a lot more.
There is no doubt some peoples habits will change.
And hopefully they've come to appreciate the "unskilled" workers in this country and see that they are far more important than advertising consultants and hedge fund managersQuote:
Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO
Beautifully put :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Could well be a baby boom after all this “home working”? That could be the next challenge to deal with for the overstretched NHS heros.
Becoming pregnant whilst at risk of catching the virus is probably not a good idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liege'93
Global power shift.
Whilst the USA and Western Europe are still reeling with monumental death tolls, the Chinese (who clamped down on Covid 19 with the full weight of the state), are up and away and helping most of Africa and South America with tackling the virus and spreading their influence.
This. I say this as someone who benefits financially from people caring more about their money than their kids, but I'd hope that the gap between pay for nurses and teachers on one hand, and pay in financial services on the other shrinks materiallyQuote:
Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO
Sports will return to the news.
Really? Didn't know about this, got anything to back it up?Quote:
Originally Posted by Penywaun gentrified
hear, hearQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I read about it in a Times editorial last week. It was highlighting how China has already invested heavily in development projects in a number of African countries, as well as South Pacific island countries. It was imploring the government and the West generally not to take their eye off the ball as we deal with this crisis. Thought it was an interesting development that I'd not considered myself.
This article gives a good account of what may happen; the biggest threat is global recession when governments look at the very large hole in their bank balance https://www.esquire.com/uk/life/a319...irus-timeline/
As the weeks and months go by the world will be full of people with crazy hair.
I think that much could be true. It will be an interesting world post this.Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers
I'd like to think that the likes of Amazon, Google, Starbucks and so on realise they have a moral obligation to pay the right levels of taxes.
I'd like to think that billionaires feel morally obliged to not look for tax loopholes.
I'd like to think that the self-employed who fiddle their books, stop doing so.
I can see more austerity but I think any Government would be foolish to be seen to be neglecting the NHS from now on. I certainly can't see it being privatised in the way that it was being.
I think there may be investment opportunities post this - but the key thing is that we all remain employed. This is a potential house of cards because people have been borrowing through the last financial crisis to get us out of that financial crisis. The plan was to make borrowing expensive again, forcing people to pay off debts. Now, they will want us to borrow even more money to keep the economy going. My advice to anyone at the moment would be to spend money on the bare necessities, pay off credit cards and get debt down as much as possible. It could get very ugly very quickly.
I've come to appreciate the local drug dealer a lot more during this difficult time. Without his services I wouldn't be climbing up the walls.Quote:
Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO