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global1

(25,220 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2020, 12:35 PM Apr 2020

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Have The Governors Of These States That Are Opening Up Checked In With....

the businesses they say they are opening up? Are these businesses opening up? Will they be there to serve the protesters that want them open?

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Have The Governors Of These States That Are Opening Up Checked In With.... (Original Post) global1 Apr 2020 OP

No customers means no business. stopbush Apr 2020 #1

Yeah, somehow I can't picture all the camo-covered blobs of manliness Buns_of_Fire Apr 2020 #2

My gym - 24-hour Fitness - is about to go into bankruptcy. stopbush Apr 2020 #3

They're caught between a rock and a hard place -- the people who Buns_of_Fire Apr 2020 #4

They are also carrying hundreds of millions in debt, membership is down stopbush Apr 2020 #5

From what I'm seeing, most of the mayors in those states are not on board. cwydro Apr 2020 #6

stopbush

(24,392 posts)

1. No customers means no business.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 12:48 PM

Apr 2020

Who is going to eat out in a sit-down restaurant besides Devin Nunes?

Buns_of_Fire

(17,148 posts)

2. Yeah, somehow I can't picture all the camo-covered blobs of manliness

Reply to stopbush (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:01 PM

Apr 2020

flocking down to the local gym, either.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)

3. My gym - 24-hour Fitness - is about to go into bankruptcy.

Reply to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:02 PM

Apr 2020

Buns_of_Fire

(17,148 posts)

4. They're caught between a rock and a hard place -- the people who

Reply to stopbush (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:07 PM

Apr 2020

normally go to gyms (the people I know, anyway) are the exact ones who are taking this seriously.

stopbush

(24,392 posts)

5. They are also carrying hundreds of millions in debt, membership is down

Reply to Buns_of_Fire (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:11 PM

Apr 2020

and their pricing is in the midrange. Plus, they have suspended dues until they reopen, so they have no cash coming in.

Not much hope of surviving unless their creditors are feeling very generous.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

6. From what I'm seeing, most of the mayors in those states are not on board.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 01:11 PM

Apr 2020

NC is not opening either.

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