#since haley & emerson moved aven is like the Only person we see who actually takes precautions

[caterjunes]

i had like. the most insane conversation with my family earlier this evening and i truly am not able to process it. my dad recently joined the board of the local community theatre after having been involved in shows there for the last ~15 years. so he knows all the frequent cast members & goes to plays there regularly. which is great don't get me wrong.

but like. he was talking about the show they just finished (which he wasn't in) and was just so casually like "yeah for the first performance they had one person out sick with covid. and wouldn't you know it the next day they had five cast members out with covid. and then the lead got sick - with stomach flu! not covid!" (disregarding, of course, that covid frequently manifests as GI disturbances and the reliability of rapid tests are a crapshoot.) "- so they had another cast member learn the part basically overnight and he did a great job the next day. then when your mom and i went out for dinner that sunday we ran into them having a cast party on the restaurant patio so i stopped by and said hi."

and i'm just like. do you fucking HEAR YOURSELF???? this isn't a heartwarming story of the local community theatre having a The Show Must Go On moment, it's every single performance of this show being a mini-superspreader event and nobody batting an eye! and then everybody goes out to dinner afterwards! at least they had the conscience to eat outside but jesus fucking christ. the like. complete nonchalance of your attitude is horrific!