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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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 Because people are still working with the risk of catching this thats why and they should be paying a little something.

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EUID_Unknown wrote:

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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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 Because people are still working with the risk of catching this thats why and they should be paying a little something.

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 True, but how is paying someone more going to change the risk? Don't customers take the risk when they enter the store to shop? Don't I take a risk when I leave my house and go anywhere? Do office workers get paid a COVID bonus, because they are told they have to report to the office and use the public spaces and walk by others?  Should Nurses, Teachers, Bus Drivers, Police Officers, Fire Fighters also be paid a bonus? Should restaurant servers also have a COVID Bonus? 

I'm not saying a risk doesn't exist, but how is $2.00 more an hour changing the risk? If you believe the risk is too high, there are always other jobs.  COVID is here, everyone has to get used to the new normal, until their is an another new normal.  

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Wow.  Maybe $2 an hour will help him.   Heres a thought. If Kroger does give us a little bonus or a dollar or two an hour will you cut me a check for that amount?  Since its not much to you, give it to someone else.   

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EUID_Unknown wrote:

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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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This hasn't changed.  I've heard Local 1996 has seen over 150 positives in the past couple weeks.  We're dealing with no change, cash back limits, now being the mask police and hours keep getting cut.  There's probably not a person in my store who wouldn't quit if they could afford to we're all so stressed out from the unit manager on down.  In fact, stores do seem to be losing workers.  Hell, Target's starting at $15/hour.

Kroger doesn't care about the hostile customers, doesn't care about their health or our health.

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 The BIGGEST problem is that shoppers are not educated on what they are complaining about.  They see Facebook posts and or others comments as hard facts, instead of looking for scientific or official statement/finding.  How many individuals/celebs have said COVID is a scam, don't wear a mask, to only change their story when they or a family member gets it?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/us/chuck-woolery-son-covid-19/index.html

You know wearing a mask is now "patriotic".  If our countries Leadership would stop being political will everything, listened to hard facts, not add their options that contradicted scientists, COVID would be under control now.  A Local with any number of members is going to have COVID positive people, its all about numbers.  In reality, if a Local has 15K members, 150 positives in a few weeks isn't an extreme number.  Also, since people have lives outside the stores, it cant be said all positives are because of working in the stores.     

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 The BIGGEST problem is that shoppers are not educated on what they are complaining about.  They see Facebook posts and or others comments as hard facts, instead of looking for scientific or official statement/finding.  How many individuals/celebs have said COVID is a scam, don't wear a mask, to only change their story when they or a family member gets it?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/us/chuck-woolery-son-covid-19/index.html

You know wearing a mask is now "patriotic".  If our countries Leadership would stop being political will everything, listened to hard facts, not add their options that contradicted scientists, COVID would be under control now.  A Local with any number of members is going to have COVID positive people, its all about numbers.  In reality, if a Local has 15K members, 150 positives in a few weeks isn't an extreme number.  Also, since people have lives outside the stores, it cant be said all positives are because of working in the stores.     

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Our manager is telling associated getting tested he doesn't know they got tested and is letting them work instead of making them quarantine while waiting on results.  How is that right? 

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EUID_Unknown wrote:

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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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 Because people are still working with the risk of catching this thats why and they should be paying a little something.

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 True, but how is paying someone more going to change the risk? Don't customers take the risk when they enter the store to shop? Don't I take a risk when I leave my house and go anywhere? Do office workers get paid a COVID bonus, because they are told they have to report to the office and use the public spaces and walk by others?  Should Nurses, Teachers, Bus Drivers, Police Officers, Fire Fighters also be paid a bonus? Should restaurant servers also have a COVID Bonus? 

I'm not saying a risk doesn't exist, but how is $2.00 more an hour changing the risk? If you believe the risk is too high, there are always other jobs.  COVID is here, everyone has to get used to the new normal, until their is an another new normal.  

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 Right cause every person works 40 hours or more a week dealing with possibly hundreds of people a day.  And yeah essential workers should get it as well. schools are closed as well. If I believe the risk is too high? When they make it mandatory to wear a mask then they are saying the risk is high.

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EUID_Unknown wrote:

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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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This hasn't changed.  I've heard Local 1996 has seen over 150 positives in the past couple weeks.  We're dealing with no change, cash back limits, now being the mask police and hours keep getting cut.  There's probably not a person in my store who wouldn't quit if they could afford to we're all so stressed out from the unit manager on down.  In fact, stores do seem to be losing workers.  Hell, Target's starting at $15/hour.

Kroger doesn't care about the hostile customers, doesn't care about their health or our health.

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 The BIGGEST problem is that shoppers are not educated on what they are complaining about.  They see Facebook posts and or others comments as hard facts, instead of looking for scientific or official statement/finding.  How many individuals/celebs have said COVID is a scam, don't wear a mask, to only change their story when they or a family member gets it?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/us/chuck-woolery-son-covid-19/index.html

You know wearing a mask is now "patriotic".  If our countries Leadership would stop being political will everything, listened to hard facts, not add their options that contradicted scientists, COVID would be under control now.  A Local with any number of members is going to have COVID positive people, its all about numbers.  In reality, if a Local has 15K members, 150 positives in a few weeks isn't an extreme number.  Also, since people have lives outside the stores, it cant be said all positives are because of working in the stores.     

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 Let 'em think COVID is a scam...I won't be surprised if and when they catch the disease! The Chuck Woolery about face only makes this clearer...The President tweets Chuck's conspiracy theory and then, Chuck says his son now has it and recants that theory...And now, you're seeing the President himself wearing a mask when he disavowed them earlier...I study my history and you all should, too...In 1918, while we were still at war overseas and we were dealing with the Spanish flu here, there was a mask mandate then, too...At first, wearing a mask seemed like the patriotic thing to do, in honor of our boys fighting a war "over there"...But, once the war was over, there was no need to be patriotic anymore, so people stopped wearing the masks...In fact, some cities like San Francisco were so brazen about it that incensed citizens set up an Anti-Mask League to fight governmental control over their lives...Sound familiar??? Back then, masks were made of gauze and weren't very beneficial...Plus, people would keep poking holes in their masks so they could smoke a cigarette, rendering those masks useless...BUT, because of all of that and people getting lax, when a second wave of the flu hit, a lot more people died because they weren't prepared...We have science and technology on our side now...We can't stem the tide of this thing, but it seems painfully obvious that we want to forget our history, which in this case, we are doomed to repeat it! Let's face it...I didn't learn about this little-known chapter of the history books until recently...They didn't teach it to me in school, but I'm finding out about it now and the more I read, the more I see that there are many lessons we can glean from that pandemic and apply to this one...As with SARS and MRSA, people wore masks, too...Those populations were able to get things under control...This genie is gonna be harder to get back into the bottle, so everyone better be prepared to deal with this thing for the long haul and foreseeable future, because I don't see it ending any time soon, at least not until a vaccine is made...And even then, who knows??? I hope Wal-Mart does give out more bonuses...Another stimulus could be coming, too, if the politicians can get it together...Kroger doesn't have to like giving out these bonuses, but other companies may force their hand out of competition and because this thing isn't over yet (and not likely to be this year), they may have to bite the bullet and do the right thing...It's the only fair thing to do!

You are more correct than you realize. I know people who've had it, who've died from it and I go crazy on people who think it's a fu-cken scam. They need to get up to reality or get the f* away from me. If it weren't real I'd still have these people with me today. So fu-ck off people who think this is fake.Can you bring these people back from the dead for me? No. I thought not. 

"Let 'em think COVID is a scam...I won't be surprised if and when they catch the disease!"

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EUID_Unknown wrote:

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Its kinda the "new normal", why are any companies paying any "bonuses" now. I can understand the company offering paid time off if diagnosed, but the bonuses before were more justified because the increase sales/workload with limited staffing.

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 Because people are still working with the risk of catching this thats why and they should be paying a little something.

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 True, but how is paying someone more going to change the risk? Don't customers take the risk when they enter the store to shop? Don't I take a risk when I leave my house and go anywhere? Do office workers get paid a COVID bonus, because they are told they have to report to the office and use the public spaces and walk by others?  Should Nurses, Teachers, Bus Drivers, Police Officers, Fire Fighters also be paid a bonus? Should restaurant servers also have a COVID Bonus? 

I'm not saying a risk doesn't exist, but how is $2.00 more an hour changing the risk? If you believe the risk is too high, there are always other jobs.  COVID is here, everyone has to get used to the new normal, until their is an another new normal.  

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 Right cause every person works 40 hours or more a week dealing with possibly hundreds of people a day.  And yeah essential workers should get it as well. schools are closed as well. If I believe the risk is too high? When they make it mandatory to wear a mask then they are saying the risk is high.

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 How many States how have mandatory Mask rules now? I'm not saying there isn't a risk, I'm just saying what is playing $2.00 more an hours going to change (other then your check amount)?  

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 You know not every one gets over this in 14 days especially people with a pre existing condition. Might take them a little longer to recover and the extra money could help them with rent or food. It's not like they couldnt  have afforded it for a couple more months. But you keep supporting that ceo making 12 mil a year.

And now the President wants to give more than $1200 a person on the next stimulus check...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-says-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-direct-payments-may-be-more-n1235291