Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdown, Slang, and Workplace Segregation
The hosts open the episode during the March 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, discussing the slang term "the Rona" and the impact of the pandemic on daily life. One host describes a bizarre workplace situation where teams were segregated by color, noting the "white team" appeared to have the most privilege. They address the month-long school closures and the Family's First Coronavirus Response Act, which includes provisions for SNAP benefits and unemployment.
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00:00 Mo Facts with Adam Curry for March 14th, 2020. This is episode number 29. Hey, hey Mo. How you doing Adam? I'm good. How are you? I don't know, sir. You don't know? Well, here we are, of course, in the middle of pandemic 2020 as we're all on lockdown from coronavirus. Yeah, I of course have been self isolating for about 13 years ever since I became a serious podcaster you actually have a job a day job I do have a job and it's been it's been impact. Well, my whole life has been impacted by the coronavirus virus or as we like to call it the Rona and
00:49 The Ro- wait a minute, the Rona? Yes, the Rona. Who's calling it the Rona? I didn't know this was some slang that I didn't pick up on. Yeah, yeah, it's the Rona. It's the Rona, okay. Yeah. Thanks for the memo, the Rona. In passing, it's just like, hey, how's Bob doing? Not so good, he's got the Rona. Is that how you use it? This is used in certain communities. Oh, okay. Oh, all right. I gotcha. Now I can be really hip. Kind of like Mickey D's or you know, we always put a little sauce on it. But yeah, the work is working from home for certain people, certain parts of my job. We can't work from home so we have to, we're segregated by color and shape and it's just... What do you mean? If you're big or if you're white? I mean, what does that mean? Well, it's funny. The white team has the most privilege.
01:46 Hold on a second. You're not actually segregating workers by actual race are you? Everyone just has a color? Yes by color but by coincidence the white team has the most privilege which was that was raised to be and I was like it wasn't based on me. I think not! Interesting. Okay. Yeah. So, and then someone actually actually had time to bring it up to you and say, Hey man, this is not, this is not right. The white team has more privileges. Yes, it was brought up to me. And when I saw it, I saw it passing, I'm like, Hmm, that's interesting. But I mean, I didn't make a big deal up, but it was pointed out to me and then the kids. Uh, so they're out of school for a month. Wait a whole,
02:36 A whole month? Until April what, 6 or something? April 14th. April 14th? Wow, that's real long. So that's a problem. A very big one. Luckily, my wife works part-time and she has the flexibility with her schedule, so we're not that impacted. But I'm just wondering about people that don't have that luxury. What do you do? Because you can't even take them to daycare where you normally do for snow days or things of that nature because you don't want your kids around other people's kids. Yeah, well, this is part of the family's first coronavirus emergency response
03:14 Bill that passed the house and they're going to be provisions in there I think probably you and I you know being kind of your typical middle-class will get screwed Get screwed. There'll be nothing nothing for us But but there's a whole bunch of things are doing with the with the supplemental nutritional Access program snap also known as food stamps, which is really just can't got a Exactly, which is really a debit card. So that's an easy one for the government. They just turn on the tap and fill it up But there are very specific things for if you if you have to stay home if you're out of work if you can't be working for two weeks Unemployment, so there's a lot of things that are being done. It's a lot of money that they're gonna put out there a lot and
04:04 But the communication of how you actually get access to that, I don't think that's... I don't know if it's even started. Of course it would have to... it has to pass the Senate then before it goes into effect. But we'll probably see it Monday or Tuesday, I would think. Yeah, hopefully. So with that said, hopefully our two hours here, two... probably two hours here that we have, would take people's minds off of situation or at least give them a little bit of ease about the situation. Well then why don't we roll up the topic wheel and see what we have for today's MoFax with Adam Curry again episode number 29. The topic for today, where does the wheel stop? It's... Just when you thought you couldn't get away from it, there it is.
04:58 So what are we doing? Hopefully, after this show is over, you'll have a little bit of ease, you'll have a few laughs, and you'll go away from this... A happier person. Yes. Yes, less stressed and less angst. Oh good. So this might actually be a show for the whole family. We can take it back to kind of the 1920s, 1930s. You're all huddled around the radio. In this case, you're all huddled around You know, your laptop, where you put it on the smart speaker and the whole family can listen in and enjoy during these days when we're sitting at home. Hopefully so. And with that said, I guess we just need to give a little background. Okey dokey.
