I’m feeling very done with people right now. Between panic buying & selfish, entitled attitudes like you’ve described above, I’m actually glad to be staying at home right now. Think I might turn off social media for a while as well to avoid the dipsh*ts who are so stuck up their own a$$es they can still manage to turn themselves into victims from a place of absolute privilege. I’m sure they can order a freaking laptop online, last I checked people aren’t panic buying laptops. There are people who are facing not being able to feed their babies because others are stockpiling formula, and others who are are/will be financially crippled because they either lose their businesses or have to quit their jobs to be at home with their kids. If the worst of your problem is a GD laptop, I’m sure mommee and daddee can figure it TF out. Seriously.

I mean, this about sums up the entire attitude of this pandemic... Everyone is being completely selfish.  They NEED everything handed to them. They NEED to buy out the entire store of necessities.  They NEED to take whatever they want.  It's turned into a giant clusterf***.  I mean I went with a friend to pick up their regular monthly meat order from some butcher shop and it was CHAOS.  There was a line outside the door and shelves were nearly bare.  I just don't. get. it.

I'm sick of the entitled, self centered attitudes of folks that should not be financially stressed by any of this.   

NYC public schools will be closed for AT LEAST 5 weeks.  We may end up remaining closed for the rest of the school year.  Everyone is out today.  Teachers go in tomorrow thru Thursday for training on the remote learning program each district will utilize. 

More than 90% of the students in my school are eligible for free or reduced meals. (All students receive free meals regardless of income, but families still have to fill out lunch forms in order to determine which schools are eligible for Title I funding)  A little more than 55% are in some level of transitional housing.

These are the families one would expect to worry about how their kids will access the sessions and materials needed for remote learning.

It's something to complain about, and in the "look at me" society we now live in due to social media, this is just a way for that person to go "look at me and how I am being affected by this pandemic".

I am in a very conservative area.  I wouldn't even call it moderate leaning.  It is yet another example of my role as the black sheep in this lifetime.  : )

The tone set in this area is always every man for himself.  The irony being not a single one of them is truly self sufficient or capable of living entirely off grid.

People are angry at the steps the state and local governments are taking to address the pandemic.  They complain about the bans on large crowds, crowing about being robbed of freedom of assembly.  They complain about limits on high demand items at the grocery store, arguing it's their right to purchase if they have the money to do so.  They poke at the state, saying the governor can't make decisions for herself and is just doing what neighboring states are calling for - as if a concerted effort amongst neighboring governments is ignorant or worse some sort of weakness.  And they do it with no shame; publicly, loudly, in front of patrons, in writing, online, etc. 

It's not mass panic around here.  Its mass aholery.  What's good for the goose is only good for the gander if you are somehow both goose and gander.  Its really been disheartening to see it in action and we haven't even seen the worst of it yet.

I agree!! Chrome books are cheap. 

Here (we live in an upper middle class area- house prices tend to be north of 300K for a 3bd, rent is 1300-2400) there was a survey we were asked to do over the phone about internet and computer and if you didn't have access they have laptops to pick up with wifi hotspots. 

I live in an area with a lot of "rural" areas that don't have high speed internet access.  We have developments with homes over half a million dollars.. and I still see the posts from people saying.  "building our new home.. what company is best for internet".. it's not a matter of what is best.. it's if you have any access at all!!

I'm lucky and do have access... via cable modem.  So I am not stuck working with iffy sattelite options.. or paying through the nose for cellular.

this is a big challenge for school systems that have people in rural areas.. or have a mix of wealthy and those who have less.

People have lost their freaking minds and there are quite a few idiots I'd like to smack in the back of the head.

The head honcho mandated all rooms have COVID-19 symptoms posted and handwashing instructions posted in all restrooms. One of my coworkers went off about honcho "fear-mongering". That coworker - Stinky - could certainly benefit from a freaking BATH and some deodorant.

A friend of mine's niece cannot find special formula for her baby (he has allergies) because all of it was purchased and she doesn't know how she can feed her baby. 

Another friend is a single mother AND a nurse. Her sons' school was closed. They are too young to stay home alone, but there is no childcare available in her area. She is hoping she can send them to her grandparents in another state which compounds her worries because of the exposure (airport/flying). 

I have friends who live paycheck-to-paycheck and don't get paid until THIS Friday. They are worried there will not be food and supplies available for them. They cannot afford to 'hoard'. They just need the things they buy every 2 or 4 weeks. 

We have neighbors who are in their 80s and scared to go out. So scared that they would not open the door and told me to leave their things on the porch and they'd get them later. I asked if they would open their garage because I was worried someone might steal it. 

And I'm going to a funeral Friday. Unless "gatherings" of that size are "forbidden". 

At this point, I am so sick of the true fear-mongers and arseholes and dipshidiots that I'd like to be on a remote island with my DH and NO media.

Not to babysit them.  Feed them.  People want children, but don't want to take care of them.  
let the school feed them so I don't have to do that.  Give them breakfast and dinner.  Please so I don't have to worry about that.