Writes Greg Privette;

Hi Lew,

First of all, thanks for providing a source for voices of reason.

I read the post from Roger Young about the gym owner working out a customer in a dead end. Our VP works out (used to) at a gym down the street. Like many gyms it is a small business. It was started and is owned by two guys who have regular jobs and started the gym with hopes that maybe one day it would become a full time occupation for them. It has of course now been forced closed. Right after it was forced closed our VP played a video for me that was posted by the woman who pretty much managed the gym for the owners. She was talking about missing the customers and having no idea what she was going to do. She was of course in tears. Very heart wrenching, at least to anyone who is not a politician. Our VP had become somewhat friends with one of the owners and called him just to see how he is doing and what is going on. The guy was pretty agitated. He said he had just attended a meeting called by county officials who requested the attendance of gym owners, hair dressers, and some others to make sure they were up to date and allow questions. The guy said he was very disappointed because most everyone seemed to be simply going along. He also said he kept waiting for someone to bring up a very obvious issue. He said no one else was so he finally brought it up himself. It turns out at the county officials request there were about 80 people attending the meeting all in the same room! The officials or course struggled to come up with an answer as to why when it’s their request it was OK to have way more than 10 people together and at far less than 6’ spacing.

I would also mention our VP is continuing to pay his gym membership. I would suggest to anyone who picks up carry out or orders in please tip the workers who remain on the job as generously as is prudent for your individual financial situation. It is a small way to poke the establishment in the eye, reward the real heroes of the “crises”, So far the people I have done this with have all been genuinely very appreciative.