Anybody else wondering what the hell they are going to do when the second wave comes?

It’s almost like we’ve come to the end of the book. People have translated it in different ways to suit their business, their budget or ambitions but all the same they started at chapter 1, ‘Crisis’ got through those difficult middle chapters where nothing new happened and got to the last chapter ‘ Recovery’, where the end was in sight. The time you can’t wait to finish and start skipping a few paragraphs and pages. I DON’T WANT TO READ IT AGAIN!

Anyway enough of terrible analogies, rather than the excitement of recovery and the ‘new normal’ people keep talking about the second wave. I can’t hear any more stories of somebodies next door neighbour’s aunty Sheila who is a receptionist in a local hospital, and they’ve been told the second wave will come at end September and it will be twice as bad!

I’m not suggesting any amount of positive thinking will stop the inevitable, but I can guarantee that negative thinking will prevent us reaching whatever potential is left.

Too many times have we listened to the so-called experts telling us the future. The same experts who tell us we’ve never been through this before and it’s all new to us.
If I wanted to hear so much bollocks spoken by so many uninformed, I’d visit a Newcastle pub when NUFC are playing. 500 expert football managers crammed into one space is enough to realise we all just like the sound of our own voice.

The worrying thing is people are losing their jobs because of the wisdom the sooth sayers and forecasters are telling us. It’s uncanny how by following them we end up proving them right. A bit like reading your stars in the daily paper. We all know it’s rubbish, yet some people always manage to see the truth in them because they want to. My poor mother has been religiously reading the zodiac predictions of Russell Grant for years only to find out last week the scientists have discovered another star sign and all of our zodiacs have changed. She’s devastated and the only stars she listens to now is her daily play of Simply Red’s greatest hits.

Anyway, the point I am trying to make is we need to stay in control of our own destinies. Create our own plans with the required amount of staff to carry these out. It will be easier for some than others, but we all need to get on board. It cannot be survival of the fittest. We need customers, suppliers and competition all functioning to keep us at the top of our game if the economy is to survive. I, like most, only know the ‘new normal’ is a poxy phrase. We still don’t really know what normality will be, but we need the common goal of can do, not cannot. So, let’s get our face masks on and get to work! 😷

Let’s be careful out there.

Michael