I was thinking that as well. ^^^^^^

On a side note, a lot of my oilfield customers like Top Golf, and we take them and pay for their experience with oilfield money, usually some decent size groups.

A lot of our foodservice distributors are not just cutting back on their orders, but cancelling them altogether. Our business is split up with foodservice 65%, and retail 35%. Yes, retail purchases have increased, but not enough to justify the losses we will incur from lack of foodservice volume. Our company employs over 600 people. I truly feel that they will continue to pay everyone through all of this, but how long can it be sustained? The company has been in a huge labor shortage for a while now, but I believe this pandemic will get us back to even and prolly in the black. We actually have office space leased next week in El Paso to conduct final interview process for 25 potential new hires, all Hispanics. The normal Joe cannot do this type of work because it is just too hard. Our loss of revenue is directly related to restaurants' loss of revenue. How long can we sustain it? How long can the restaurants sustain it? Legitimate questions that only time can answer....very scary. Just when you thought the food business would continue to show growth.....

Restaurants are one of the largest employers in the country, at on point they were the largest. It's the ground floor. Also the tip of the spear in the delivery chain for alot, alot of food for suppliers like okie. Its kids money while are going to school, landlords not getting paid, farmers, uniform companies, janitorial services, refrigeration companies, etc it goes on and on. I recently bought out my partner and made some changes. I'm a one shop company, my new accountant could not believe the invoice activity going through an operation as small as mine. It's the bottom of the pyramid.

Dan I pray you see no layoff yourself, in my 25 years when things get tough in our industry the first to go are the building departments cause everyone stops building, the last to are the critical operations people as they need them to continue. The paper pushes get gone quick

As this Chinese Bioweapon sweeps across the Nation more and more of us will be laid off. I hope the employers bring back the workers as soon as it begins to fade.

it's a wakeup call for sure.

I'm curious what happens if a business that has been ordered to close refuses to do so? Is the local(or federal) government that ordered the closure going to send in the National Guard to shut it down, Martial law style? I think in 2 or 3 weeks we might see that very thing happening,business's re-opening regardless of what the governing body thinks.

City and county LEO would enforce

It's not just the restaurant industry. You are looking at almost every business that is not essential to every day living. Electronic stores, dentists, furniture, etc. The list goes on and on. If unemployment skyrockets and bills can't get paid, be prepared for a lot worse.

No worry, we will all be getting paid for our vote very soon.

Either way it could get ugly. Not necessarily Paris riots ugly,but some serious protest all the same.

Oh I understand, it's a [censored] show and the American public and politicians are shaming themselves. In a world that looks to this county for leadership we just blinked as a nation

Virus's have really simple RNA genomes. We've already sequenced the entirety of the genetic code for this virus. It's virtually identical to COVID-19 viruses that exist naturally in bats in the Wuhan area. It's well known the Chinese make it habit of eating these bats.

Don't get me wrong. I think the Chinese bare full responsibility for this outbreak. Their wet markets are filthy and outbreak prone. They need to change their laws on these markets or be held accountable for the damage they cause. That said, the idea this is a man made biological weapon is a conspiracy theory not supported by science.

Dont you have fish pictures to judge?

Sure would be nice if during a national crisis we could stay civil. I'm not insulting you John, I'm just trying to be factual.