After hearing the news, I went down to my local supermarket to see it for myself.
A non-carriers guide to
COVID-19 should be published and have the words 'DON'T PANIC' inscribed in large, friendly letters on the cover.
Last Sunday I stopped for fuel at a busy servo and noticed two Chinese males loitering. As I was pumping gas one of them came up to me and the conversation went something like this:
Excuse me can I ask question?
Wait a minute, I need to focus on the meter....ok, what do you want?
Hello, I am student from China, can I ask is Holden car good? I want to buy Holden.
Well they've just gone out of business. What do you need one for?
Can I show you picture on my phone?
Ok.
Is Holden Captiva good car? (shows me pictures).
Probably ok but the resale will be bad now that Holden is out of business.
I notice you have Holden, is it good car?
It's 20 years old!
Really? Looks very good.
Where are you studying?
I am student at Monash.
What are you studying?
IT.
You don't need study IT.
So I went to pay at the counter and deliberately left the car unlocked just to see what transpires. At the counter I say to the pay clerk "You got some interesting new friends out there." He laughed and said "Yeah, they've been there a while." I replied "I bet you've seen it all in this job." and he laughed.
On the way back to my car I notice the person I was talking to now loitering around other cars. I waved him good bye and left.
It's almost been a week and I'm still waiting for the Corona virus to kick in.
Oh what a feeling!