Hey guys. Long-time lurker here with a question…
My parents are both in their early 70s and are thinking of driving to visit my family for a few days in a couple of weeks. We live about a 4 hour drive away (Cincinnati to Cleveland) and they’d stay with us. We all agreed to quarantine as best as possible during the next two weeks before the planned visit (e.g., curbside pickup only for groceries, no appointments, work from home, etc.). Now our biggest concern is the drive up and specifically bathrooms. My parents aren’t really the pee-in-the-woods types and none of us really have any ideas for them on the drive up. They could potentially “hold it” for the 4-hour drive, but that makes them very nervous. Of course, so does the idea of going into a rest stop or gas station, but that’s what they’re leaning towards. Any ideas?
I say just hold it in. What’s the worse that could happen?
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Seems like this is a situation where it is just whatever risk level all of you are confortable with. If you take all possible precautions then it is probably low risk but not no risk.
Adult diapers?
pro tip:
gatorade bottles have a much wider mouth than other juice drink bottles
The chains I’ve visited have been pretty good at over-cleaning their restrooms. The locally owned places not as much. Ymmv.
If you gotta go, you gotta go.
They could stop at a business where they expect the restrooms to be cleaned more often, like a grocery store, but this exposes them to more crowds.
In a larger vehicle, they could buy a portable toilet.
You could think about going to them so they don’t have to come to you.
I think they should be fine so long as strict hand washing is practiced, but I’m not any kind of expert.
Need an irresponsible check. Is it foolish to invite my best friend and his girlfriend over to the apartment. We would pretty much only be sitting on the patio drinking all day. I go back and forth.
It’s really about your tolerance. Outdoor and sitting away from them is going to be very low risk. Bring a Gatorade bottle for them to piss in although that makes it tougher to move on his gf while your buddy is in the bathroom.
The longer this goes on, the more I expect most people will be doing this stuff. It’s really up to you.
I’m going to have to go sit in an office in 3 weeks. If I have to be exposed that way why rid myself of all contact with my friends. I’m not saying it’s an easy decision, but it’s certainty a moral dilemma. Definitely not going out to bars or restaurants. I don’t fucking know, shits tough. Especially when it seems like no one else seems to give a shit except for my internet homeys on UP.
We’ve had a friend over twice this week (it was both of their bdays) and we just hung out in the backyard at a safe distance with all of us facing the same direction
king of the hill style
Idiots. Seattle area came close to capacity, New York was literally tipping over the edge, now these dumb fucks. Literally everyone outside of the initial hotspots had a choice to mitigate the spread of this virus to keep hospitals from being overrun. This shit is going to happen over and over again. Even Washington is going to open too quickly.
Outstanding.
Risk is additive. But, psychologically, I feel the same way. When I had a cohabitor who would spend the weekends at her Trumpy ex’s house to visit her kid and go get tea daily, I was also taking more risks because the stuff I was doing was lower than that. Now that she left, I don’t do that stuff even though it’s exposing me to roughly the same level of risk as before. And I know it’s irrational!
Paging @Heritagenothate.
Remember when this mouth breathing dumb fuck said the death toll would be well below 40,000?