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Originally Posted by Bearcat
Yeah, I was actually saying similar things in March, and I think those 5 things summarize it well.... reminds me, I read a study a while back that said people are more likely to comply when given any reason, no matter how obvious and unhelpful. For example, someone cutting you in line at the bank* and saying "I'm in a hurry".... or even just "I need to deposit this", versus nothing at all, causes people to be more understanding.
Timelines in this situation do suck... they could say "reevaluate in 2 weeks", even though people will obviously hear what they want to hear and get antsy if you say that for 6 weeks in a row.
Being in IT, it's a living to have a plan without really having a plan... turning "uh, yeah try that" into a beautifully crafted current state/"plan"/made-up-ETA. Granted, my audience isn't a couple million people.
*obviously a while back, as I remember the example they used and now don't remember the last time I needed to enter a bank
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Being in IT myself I can totally relate. And yes, they did do that in March and I gave them a pass for a few because no one really knew what was what. And they did keep extending the timelines but largely for no good reason. The KC area never got hit like they feared but they kept extending the timelines based on NY. That has a lot to do with why people are a bit bitter now.
As for your reference to give people a reason, it works because you are acknowledging to the person that you have inconvenienced them or otherwise wronged them and you know it and are apologetic about it. What I heard from the KS Gov today was largely "**** you". She turned things over to the local counties weeks ago and now is acting like she wants to be in charge again. That's BS in and of itself for one.
And I hate to keep going back to to it but I think a large amount of people adopted a "**** this shit" attitude when riots in the streets were being tolerated and in some cases encouraged and otherwise excused but they were being told they couldn't get their hair cut.
Now suddenly you want people to pay attention to Covid again when for the last month it has been largely dismissed or excused so people to trash the cities.