Hi Nancy!
NB>>> I don't think that percentage of capacity has been stated here, just
NB>>> that social distancing has to be maintained between the tables... and
NB>>> I heard that some places were limiting the size of parties to six...
BM>> Both Iowa and Illinois are limiting by percentage of original
BM>> capacity. I'm not paying close enough attention to know why the numbers
BM>> were selected -- I'm not going to change them anyway. 50% seems to
BM>> make sense with restaurant seating: the every-other table, but pretty
BM>> sure some places like bars are at 25%.
NB>> Bars make sense at 25%... eliminate bar seating and milling around,
NB>> and then every-other table, that should reduce it to about 25%... that
NB>> would be the only way to really enforce the distancing...
BM> Right; and the main problems seem to be in the 'milling around'
BM> category: people getting closer than 6'. Add a bit of liquor and the
BM> memory for that tends to fog.
NB> Yup, the alcohol does tend to be an uninhibitor, which isn't so
NB> helpful in this case at all...
Unfortunately yes. I haven't heard of any local issues -- bars being
closed down, fined, or as potential sources -- but there probabyl have
been a few.
NB>>> No joke needed, though... :) We asked how/what they'd done during
NB>>> the shutdown... She said that they'd closed entirely for a couple
NB>>> of months, to protect their extended family from the threat of the
NB>>> virus, but then opened up for takeout about a month before the
NB>>> go-ahead for opening for eat-in was given... We thanked her for
NB>>> being ok with opening for eat-in... :)
BM>> Always nice to be nice. :) To me makes sense to protect ones self
BM>> and family; fortunately financial resources to do so.
NB>> That has been one of our A list restaurants all along, so they
NB>> recognise us when we show up... we were glad that they were surviving
NB>> both health wise and business wise... :)
BM> So you're like extended family. :)
NB> Somewhat.... tends to happen with a lot of places we go
NB> regularly.... ;)
Which makes sense: if visit regularly one gets to be known and
eventually get to be treated more as a friend as opposed to a stranger wandering
in,
NB>> Update... the Korean place now has a large enough sign in the front
NB>> window to be read from the road, Take-out Only... I'm still hoping
NB>> they open for eat-in soon... :)
BM> Good and yes. Signs are interesting: what looks fine at arms length
BM> may be totally illegible ten feet away (thinking of a customer pulling
BM> up to the curb to read a sign posted to the window - sidewalk
BM> distance). Have noticed the same problem with "For Sale", "Garage
BM> Sale", etc., type signage: writing might be big enough (say 2") but
BM> used a felt tipped pen instead of a wide marker: can't be read from a
BM> distance.
NB> We have an artist friend at church that is slowly learning the
NB> concept... he's made inserts for our front sign, and finally is
NB> noticing that some are more readable than others... ;)
Ha-ha! Seems to be a very simple concept but I suppose if one is used
to doing art intended to be viewed closely then one doesn't need to or
overlooks the distance viewing aspect. A pencil sketch has different
rules from a mural.
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