Ha, I know you’re not. The OP was about trip stacking which is why I keep circling back to that. I’m frustrated because no one is explaining how THAT negatively impacts service workers except to say that it could hypothetically raise prices or result in more cancellations. But if people are cancelling because it’s not safe to travel to their destination, isn’t that a GOOD thing? Doesn’t that HELP service workers? So are people advocating that the solution is to just cancel and not have a backup plan? Are those people really selfish assholes or are they just trying to do the best they can?
I think both things can be true simultaneously. I also think that the trip stacking behavior described in the article, assuming it is actually happening, is kind of shitty. AND agree with you that trip stacking is only one small piece of a much bigger problem and that the people doing it don’t deserve 100% of the blame for the burdens it causes on the system. I also admit I find it very hard to believe that the lion’s share of trip stackers (?) are canceling trips because they want to keep themselves and others safe from covid. People don’t give a flying fuck about that anymore beyond some small corners of the world. It’s conjecture but I think they likely care about inconvenience to themselves and not being able to do whatever the fuck they want to on vacation with no restrictions.
We need to restore the covid safety net STAT. That is my point.
I think both things can be true simultaneously. I also think that the trip stacking behavior described in the article, assuming it is actually happening, is kind of shitty. AND agree with you that trip stacking is only one small piece of a much bigger problem and that the people doing it don’t deserve 100% of the blame for the burdens it causes on the system. I also admit I find it very hard to believe that the lion’s share of trip stackers (?) are canceling trips because they want to keep themselves and others safe from covid. People don’t give a flying fuck about that anymore beyond some small corners of the world. It’s conjecture but I think they likely care about inconvenience to themselves and not being able to do whatever the fuck they want to on vacation with no restrictions.
We need to restore the covid safety net STAT. That is my point.
The New York Times regularly writes bullshit pieces like this about stupidly entitled things a very small number of people are doing and makes it sound endemic. The fact that CNBC picked it up and ran with it doesn't change that. Yes, there are entitled assholes doing bullshit things. Some are buying second homes near @their kid's boarding schools or college, some are flying out of state to compete in weird sports, some are triple stacking their vacation reservations, whatever. (All those are examples of similar bullshit articles in the past).
Can all the posts discussing kids above get an @ tag please? This thread is not exempt.
I apologize, I definitely forget to do that too often.
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af1212 they are and I realize they wouldn't be fully vaccinated and in the clear, but I'd feel better if they could get at least one in them prior to going.