Coronavirus?? We gone?

Got a company-wide email from the CEO this morning saying two co-workers tested positive, one from the shop and one in the 1st floor offices.

He sent another email after lunch saying a second person on the 1st floor had tested positive.  As a result they are having all that can work from home do so until at least Dec 14.  They are bringing in a crew to "deep clean" (whatever that means) the office space this weekend.

There are usually 80 people in the office on any given day, 60+ on the 1st floor.  Won't be surprised if more people test positive.  Fortunately for me, I spend very little time on the 1st floor.

Do you wear a mask at work, Pantry?

tGreenWay wrote:Do you wear a mask at work, Pantry?

Oh yeah. It's mandatory but I'd be wearing one even if it wasn't.

The Pantry wrote:Got a company-wide email from the CEO this morning saying two co-workers tested positive, one from the shop and one in the 1st floor offices.

He sent another email after lunch saying a second person on the 1st floor had tested positive.  As a result they are having all that can work from home do so until at least Dec 14.  They are bringing in a crew to "deep clean" (whatever that means) the office space this weekend.

There are usually 80 people in the office on any given day, 60+ on the 1st floor.  Won't be surprised if more people test positive.  Fortunately for me, I spend very little time on the 1st floor.

Sorry to hear this. Hope all will be good.

DWags wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Got a company-wide email from the CEO this morning saying two co-workers tested positive, one from the shop and one in the 1st floor offices.

He sent another email after lunch saying a second person on the 1st floor had tested positive.  As a result they are having all that can work from home do so until at least Dec 14.  They are bringing in a crew to "deep clean" (whatever that means) the office space this weekend.

There are usually 80 people in the office on any given day, 60+ on the 1st floor.  Won't be surprised if more people test positive.  Fortunately for me, I spend very little time on the 1st floor.

Sorry to hear this. Hope all will be good.

Thanks.

It's weird. The first email made it sound like the two afflicted had contracted COVID on the weekend before Thanksgiving and over the Thanksgiving holiday...neither of them in the building since. The second email seemed to sorta contradict the first.

The Pantry wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Do you wear a mask at work, Pantry?

Oh yeah. It's mandatory but I'd be wearing one even if it wasn't.

Good man.

Went and got tested the other day, just because. They had free testing in Dewitt so the wife dragged me down there since we had sons and daughter in laws over on Thanksgiving (a total of 9 people). Test result was a negative. Wife hasn't got hers back yet. I think she screwed up her email address so we may never get her results unless it's positive, which I doubt.

Jake from State Farm wrote:Went and got tested the other day, just because. They had free testing in Dewitt so the wife dragged me down there since we had sons and daughter in laws over on Thanksgiving (a total of 9 people). Test result was a negative. Wife hasn't got hers back yet. I think she screwed up her email address so we may never get her results unless it's positive, which I doubt.

DeWitt? You might not have Covid, but you most certainly came away with something horrible.

Turtleneck wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:Went and got tested the other day, just because. They had free testing in Dewitt so the wife dragged me down there since we had sons and daughter in laws over on Thanksgiving (a total of 9 people). Test result was a negative. Wife hasn't got hers back yet. I think she screwed up her email address so we may never get her results unless it's positive, which I doubt.

DeWitt? You might not have Covid, but you most certainly came away with something horrible.

We were pretty careful and stayed clear of the subdivisions so I think we're safe.

DeWitt>>Holt

Rocinante wrote:DeWitt>>Holt

They’re separate?

Dendrobates wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Got a company-wide email from the CEO this morning saying two co-workers tested positive, one from the shop and one in the 1st floor offices.

He sent another email after lunch saying a second person on the 1st floor had tested positive.  As a result they are having all that can work from home do so until at least Dec 14.  They are bringing in a crew to "deep clean" (whatever that means) the office space this weekend.

There are usually 80 people in the office on any given day, 60+ on the 1st floor.  Won't be surprised if more people test positive.  Fortunately for me, I spend very little time on the 1st floor.

Your employer sounds dumb to not send you back home to work for a while. I wonder how much it costs to deep clean buildings like that. My FILs work had that done a little while ago. I would think it would be incredibly expensive.

I am home for at least another week.

CEO sent another email this afternoon saying they decided to "disinfect the entire building". Not sure how that works. The office floors total almost 30,000 square feet. The shop area is around 160,000 sq-ft.

The Pantry wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

Your employer sounds dumb to not send you back home to work for a while. I wonder how much it costs to deep clean buildings like that. My FILs work had that done a little while ago. I would think it would be incredibly expensive.

I am home for at least another week.

CEO sent another email this afternoon saying they decided to "disinfect the entire building". Not sure how that works. The office floors total almost 30,000 square feet. The shop area is around 160,000 sq-ft.

I can chime in on the "disinfect the entire building bit..." We have been asked to do the same a few times as a "pivot" for what we do on some of our private jets. yada yada yada....We have no idea if it does anything.

pulling69 wrote:

The Pantry wrote:I am home for at least another week.

CEO sent another email this afternoon saying they decided to "disinfect the entire building". Not sure how that works. The office floors total almost 30,000 square feet. The shop area is around 160,000 sq-ft.

I can chime in on the "disinfect the entire building bit..." We have been asked to do the same a few times as a "pivot" for what we do on some of our private jets. yada yada yada....We have no idea if it does anything.

Doubt it does much. I think it's mostly like an insurance policy.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Virus goes away on most hard surfaces after 4 days. Many things after hours.

A long weekend would "disinfect" the office.

It sounds good though

Dendrobates wrote:

pulling69 wrote:

I can chime in on the "disinfect the entire building bit..." We have been asked to do the same a few times as a "pivot" for what we do on some of our private jets. yada yada yada....We have no idea if it does anything.

I wondered that as well.

And I wonder about those air purifiers. I heard a lot of dentist offices getting those installed after the first shutdown. I would think that would be better to have overall to protect people. If I works catching the virus

The air purifiers I would guess are garbage...We have one, one client out of all of them that has plugged one into their private jet to use on top of the built in air circulation(they also have us disinfect the entire interior every-time they fly). It sits there between the seats plugged in like an air conditioner, I am sure it is a nice unit but no idea if it actually does anything.

I haven't been in my office since March 11th.

Oh, and saying you prefer Dewitt to Holt is like debating between an emergency dental procedure and getting stabbed with a rusty fork.

I’d much rather have the emergency dental procedure


But yeah DeWitt sucks too.

Rocinante wrote:I’d much rather have the emergency dental procedure


But yeah DeWitt sucks too.

each scare me but for different reasons.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Rocinante wrote:I’d much rather have the emergency dental procedure


But yeah DeWitt sucks too.

each scare me but for different reasons.

Well on the plus side, Dewitt doesn't have a Quality Dairy, which helps keep the crime rate low, at least north of I-69. South of I-69 is a different story. The locals don't really count that part of Dewitt as being a part of Dewitt.

and Dewitt does have this: http://www.sweetie-licious.com/

Jake from State Farm wrote:and Dewitt does have this: http://www.sweetie-licious.com/

I actually know that lady a bit.. nice enough, but she has the crazy eyes.

But, yeah, I could go for a slice of pie right now.

$22 for a 9" pie? I don't like pie that much.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:and Dewitt does have this: http://www.sweetie-licious.com/

I actually know that lady a bit.. nice enough, but she has the crazy eyes.

But, yeah, I could go for a slice of pie right now.

Thoughts and prayers for your waistline.

Turtleneck wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: I actually know that lady a bit.. nice enough, but she has the crazy eyes.

But, yeah, I could go for a slice of pie right now.

Thoughts and prayers for your waistline.

I'm not worried.

The Pantry wrote:

Dendrobates wrote:

Your employer sounds dumb to not send you back home to work for a while. I wonder how much it costs to deep clean buildings like that. My FILs work had that done a little while ago. I would think it would be incredibly expensive.

I am home for at least another week.

CEO sent another email this afternoon saying they decided to "disinfect the entire building". Not sure how that works. The office floors total almost 30,000 square feet. The shop area is around 160,000 sq-ft.

Went to work for a bit this morning to look at some equipment on our floor. Asked the plant manager about the disinfection process. Said a crew came in Saturday and went around spraying/fogging some chemical solution up in the air. He didn't know what was in it but was assured it wouldn't harm metal or other surfaces. Plant didn't smell any different this morning.

Mind control mist.

The Pantry wrote:

The Pantry wrote:I am home for at least another week.

CEO sent another email this afternoon saying they decided to "disinfect the entire building". Not sure how that works. The office floors total almost 30,000 square feet. The shop area is around 160,000 sq-ft.

Went to work for a bit this morning to look at some equipment on our floor. Asked the plant manager about the disinfection process. Said a crew came in Saturday and went around spraying/fogging some chemical solution up in the air. He didn't know what was in it but was assured it wouldn't harm metal or other surfaces. Plant didn't smell any different this morning.

So it’s disinfected. When one of your coworkers walks in all Covided up will it stay disinfected? I also thought we were told surfaces shouldn’t worry us too much. I think your company is just fucking with you

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Jake from State Farm wrote:and Dewitt does have this: http://www.sweetie-licious.com/

I actually know that lady a bit.. nice enough, but she has the crazy eyes.

But, yeah, I could go for a slice of pie right now.

Very nice woman. Very into her faith but not a proselytizer. Gorgeous daughters. She built a successful baked goods business from scratch

The Pantry wrote:$22 for a 9" pie? I don't like pie that much.

Last I knew, Linda also had Sweetie-licious filling pie orders for Williams-Sonoma. I don’t know if that’s still true or not, but that alone says her work was very highly regarded. But yeah, too expensive, IMO.

Dendrobates wrote:

pulling69 wrote:

I can chime in on the "disinfect the entire building bit..." We have been asked to do the same a few times as a "pivot" for what we do on some of our private jets. yada yada yada....We have no idea if it does anything.

I wondered that as well.

And I wonder about those air purifiers. I heard a lot of dentist offices getting those installed after the first shutdown. I would think that would be better to have overall to protect people. If I works catching the virus

I’d hate to be the patient in the chair right next to the intake side of the air purifier.

If you said that Whitmer was going to extend the pause today by 12 days until 12/20 then you'd be a winner.

tGreenWay wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote: I actually know that lady a bit.. nice enough, but she has the crazy eyes.

But, yeah, I could go for a slice of pie right now.

Very nice woman. Very into her faith but not a proselytizer. Gorgeous daughters. She built a successful baked goods business from scratch

as I said, seems nice enough.. just got the crazy eyes.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

Very nice woman. Very into her faith but not a proselytizer. Gorgeous daughters. She built a successful baked goods business from scratch

as I said, seems nice enough.. just got the crazy eyes.

Agreed.