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Originally Posted by MITCHAY
Welcome Mexicans to the no lockdown club 
I have seen a few vids of people making a lotta noise at midnight. A girl I work with was telling me it was going off and not hard to understand why  |
I wish I was also in the "no luckdown club", but unfortunately I am still in lockdown, and there are many like me down here in Mexico, that is until we hit 80% DV or probably in another week.
In my business, half are in still in lockdown and the other half are not.
Our business is classified as "non-essential or general retail", and is restricted.
Now when people think of "retail" or "retailers", that quickly brings to mind having some sort of "shop front" open to the public.
This is not always the case, and our business does not have a shopfront or retail outlet.
Our business involves going into customers homes, quoting, measuring up, and installing products.
While up to 10 visitors are now allowed in homes, those of us in this "retail" category are not allowed to go into homes to measure, quote and take orders, which is considered retail sales in homes.
However, those in our company that do the actual installations of the products sold, are allowed to go into homes, as that is considered being a tradesman and home renovations and construction is now allowed.
A crazy situation I must say.
We have been hard lobbying the state government over this, but they refuse to budge.
What is the difference of having 10 people in your home, (which do not have to be vaccinated), throwing a party, but not allowing a single person into your home taking all Covid precautions, being double vaccinated (mandated now in retail in Vic as of yesterday), wearing a mask, etc, to quote, sell and measure up?
I understand the reasoning behind not opening up "retail" until the 80% double vaccination figure is hit, as to not open everything up at 70%, and to "space things out", but the rules do not always make logical sense.