Even worse than I feared.

[Pacifist Patriot]

Officiating a wedding on the beach tonight for a friend behind a hotel. All the pandemic precautions the hotel promised were not only undelivered, the place looks like it is fucking Spring Break. Beach and bar are packed and not a mask in sight. It is like the pandemic is happening in a parallel universe. I am livid!

Fucking Florida.

DeSantis has blood on his sycophantic moronic hands.

[madaboutharry]

1. What is wrong with people?

This is the mindset republicans have given half the country.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Yep. I don't get it.

I knew plenty of people were stupid and reckless. Didn't realize it was this many.

[magicarpet]

2. Yee-Haaaa,.. it is red neck hillbilly time to party;...

[genxlib]

4. Do you mind if I ask

Where in Florida

[onethatcares]

5. same question here.

East/West coast? What hotel?

Ain't busting your nuts but a bit of info would be nice.

[Pacifist Patriot]

13. Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront

[genxlib]

17. Thanks

I am a few hours south of there so I on the lookout for the idiocy in my area

[jmg257]

6. You chose...poorly.

[Efilroft Sul]

7. There are parties going on up and down my street here in Pittsburgh.

People have lost their ever-loving minds.

[BigmanPigman]

8. That happened at a bar in party central Pacific Beach

in San Diego. They were shut down by the police within 24 hours. Ia am sure that others are doing the same but are not getting shut down (yet) since they haven't shared enough photos of being selfish, irresponsible asses with others who would be impressed with their stupidity.

[Amishman]

9. It's not just Florida

Got food from a place with outdoor seating tonight. The outdoor area was in theory closed, and everyone had to go inside for takeout. Still almost every table outside was packed and hardly a mask in sight.

[yaesu]

10. when there is no central government and the vacuum is filled with a criminal organization

anything goes, rules, laws, chaos.

[Initech]

11. Bugs Bunny had the right idea!

[paleotn]

18. Ha! I've quipped before that maybe we can give it back to Spain..

but I doubt they'd take it now.

[oasis]

36. Trump has his "wall", Bugs has his "saw". nt

[Initech]

37. Maybe we could just build a wall around Mar-A-Lago?

That might solve all of our problems!

[warmfeet]

14. They are taking care of a very big problem.

Please stay away from them. Please let them carry on.

Avoid these areas. Let them die if they wish. I am in favor of people being allowed to commit suicide, if that is their wish.

[Pacifist Patriot]

16. I think I was gobsmacked because my family, friends, closest neighbors, and colleagues...

have largely been in self-imposed household isolation since mid-March. Social distancing on steroids. When we heard the state was relaxing guidelines we all collectively said, "yeah, right, no way, staying put, thank you very much." Neighbors who I know to be lifelong Republicans are thoroughly exasperated with state and federal leadership on this and firmly staying locked down. One neighbor announced last week that he had changed his registration to Democrat for the first time in his life and couldn't wait to vote for Biden. I literally asked him to repeat himself. Twice.

So it is the bubble effect. I naively figured that much of my community felt the same as my family, friends, and colleagues. Sigh. I hate being reminded how many people are stupid, selfish, and reckless.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. So what happens to the wedding?

[Pacifist Patriot]

21. It went on as planned.

Wedding guests were all masked. It was weird. You could tell who was a wedding guest not just because of the nice clothing, but because they were the only ones masked and staying away from the crowds. Fortunately the set up for the wedding was off to the side.

I slipped on to the beach from a side service entrance to avoid hotel guests, set up my personal sound system ten feet from where the bride and groom were going to stand, and had already given them instructions on how to handle the rings since I wouldn't be holding them during the ring blessing. I didn't have to get anywhere near anyone and since it was outside I wasn't too concerned. I officiated the ceremony, packed up my gear, and left straight after.

I felt really badly for the bride, groom, and their parents. They were brought through the patio bar crowd to get down on to the beach. Fucking ridiculous.

I wouldn't have done the ceremony, but these are friends of mine. I officiated the bride's sister's wedding last year. The family took all precautions possible, but the hotel had led them to believe the place would be virtually empty. They were as gobsmacked by the crowds as I was. I could tell the bride's father was, um, less than happy and someone was going to hear about it.

[Hortensis]

28. Doesn't seem you have a duty to protect the hotel

by withholding its name or not making sure others hear of it either. If anything, quite the contrary.

Glad their marriage was performed in spite of all that.

[Blue_playwright]

19. We are isolating at our lake place right now..

And the gravel bars have dozens of boats lined up and it’s insane. We’re not going into town at all and we’re sticking to our place and our dock only.

But it’s crazy. Do they ALL think it’s a hoax? Or are they simply that stupid?

[Wednesdays]

31. Tune in to Fox News for an hour, and you'll see

how they behave as they do.

[GETPLANING]

20. Save yourself is all I can say

You can't save them. Save yourself.

[Pacifist Patriot]

22. Yep

[Totally Tunsie]

23. If you find yourself in this situation again, drop a

bunch of business cards off the balcony with the additional words "Available for officiating at funeral services". If they don't take the hint, at least you might get some business out of it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. Hmmm...there's a thought.

If I was still fully active in the ministry, it might be tempting just to make a point. I'm really hoping tonight was the last ceremony I officiate. I'm retired! (except for people I like)

[Totally Tunsie]

27. Enjoy your retirement!

Your friends are lucky to have you.

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. Now if I could just retire from "Corporate America."

Alas. At least ten more years of that. Oh well, at least the pandemic has taught me that my husband and I will survive retirement without killing each other. If we can work from home together we can not work from home together. Right? LOL!

[Ford_Prefect]

24. Ron DeSantis is Mitch's poodle.

[Pacifist Patriot]

26. Nah...

poodles are one of the smarter dog breeds. I'd say he's more like an Afghan hound.

[Brainfodder]

30. Saw it coming from miles and miles away (in NV), but family in FL, this treason is just....

$ick!

[babylonsister]

32. I am staying home.

It's not just DeSantis though. A lot of whackadoodle people, or we are overreacting.

I am staying home. Still. Again. For however long it takes.

[Pacifist Patriot]

33. I can't remember who said it, or the exact words, but..

something to the effect that after the pandemic, if you felt like taking an abundance of precaution was all for nothing, that means it worked. We're staying put too.

[Alwaysna]

34. My wallet and myself are staying home. I left the house once in January

Once in February, and once in May. I'm a 61 year old widow still raising kids , ages 17& 21. They get my meds thru drive thru and pick up groceries curbside. They've been very good about staying home and not hanging with their friends. I'm worried about school opening in August. It is my 17 year old's senior year. I wish there was an option for e learning. We've only had 9 reported cases in our county but that can change as this area is the Truman lake area with many visitors and trump supporting lowly educated idiots.

[Pacifist Patriot]

35. I've been fortunate that my almost 17 year old (less than two weeks away) and 19 year old...

are very good about staying home and not hanging with their friends. In a strange way, their tendency to congregate via their phones before this has been a blessing. They aren't as isolated as we would have been at their age.

Yes, we're doing drive through and curbside pickup as well. And once every two weeks.

My 17 year old will be a senior next year. I'll be surprised if they go back to school in August. I think we'll see distance learning into 2021.