Coronavirus

Just got an e-mail from a bank saying we will only be able to use their drive-thru as the building will now be closed to customers "until further notice."

No more walking in the bank to see a teller or a banker on the floor.
(And here I was supposed to do some banking there for my mom tomorrow).

The e-mail says you can utilize all banking services via the drive-thru... wonder if I should put it to the test by taking some wrapped coins as there's always a sign saying you can't send wrapped coins through the tube in the drive thru.

Or pull up to the window and say I want to discuss options of opening a new CD vs. an annuity or investing in a money market account and maybe talking about obtaining a loan vs. refinancing on a home - let's lay everything out and go over it in detail shall we? (While the guy in the car behind me just wants to cash his paycheck!)

You asked when it will be "over." I'm pretty sure nobody took that to mean "when will this virus be eradicated forever?" because that's not how this works, for the reasons you just noted. They took it, quite reasonably, to mean "when will the crisis peak?" or "when will things start to get back to normal?"

You'll have to phrase things more precisely, I'm afraid, assuming your goal is actually to have your questions answered, which is a premise I'm finding it a bit harder to believe with each passing day.

And honestly, even if you did mean to ask something as strange as the above, and people did not realize that, it still should have been obvious from the responses how people were taking the question. The natural thing to do there is to recognize the miscommunication, explain it, and clarify what you meant. What you definitely shouldn't do is something like the above, where you never note precisely what you mean, and instead phrase your response as a disagreement or contradiction. That's a waste of everyone's time.

Taking the time to ask the right questions, and carefully consider answers before disagreeing with them, would go a long way here. When it's done in a thread asking about some perceived plot hole, it can be a little grating, but is mostly harmless. On this topic information and clarity are actually important, though, so you should adjust your threshold for this stuff accordingly. And hopefully those habits will be calibrated better going forward on less important topics, too.

I'd like to see someone try to discuss banking options at the drive-thru if they don't drive. Can they just walk up to the drive-thru window and ask?

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I don't think so because I believe businesses are restricted by law to service walk-ups at drive-thrus.
I saw a sign to that extent at the Wendy's drive-thru today: safety reasons - they can't have pedestrians in line with cars.

The e-mail did say that if customers need to access a safe deposit box at branches with no drive-thru, you'd have to call to make an appointment to be let into the building.

When I was a teenager, I used to ride my bicycle up to the drive-thru window at the bank, but that was many years ago, and the laws have probably changed since then.

Ned, I'm going to send you and your sister positive thoughts You all will be OK, be careful but don't worry, there's plenty of food it just might take the store a few days to restock. I'm signing off for the night and I wish you and your family the best

I'd like to see someone try to discuss banking options at the drive-thru if they don't drive. Can they just walk up to the drive-thru window and ask?

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Blegh.


Just needed to check because I have an 80 year old father with a heart condition, and a 78 year old mother with a pacemaker who almost died 2 years ago.

Where do you live? In Portugal you can get to a designated place, you don't even leave the car, they do all the testings and call you with the results. Also if you're infected doctors go to your house to perform routine checks, only severe cases are sent to the hospitals.

Throat irritation here which induced occasional coughing

Throat irritation here which induced occasional coughing (keep your sex jokes to yourself). No high temperature or anything else. Normally you wouldn't even think about it, but now with Coronavirus I'm subconsciously ****ting my pants. Either way I'm staying home for a month in case I have an asymptomatic version of the Corona.

Oh sorry I thought there was a contradiction based on how people seem to be talking about it, but my mistake. I apologize.

But if the virus is not going to be eradicated forever, does that mean the economy is going to open back up then? Do they realize that it's not going to go away forever, and they will soon have to open up again either way?