{"id":24676,"date":"2021-03-18T06:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24676"},"modified":"2021-03-18T06:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:27:37","slug":"health-directive-no-19-now-with-75-less-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/18\/health-directive-no-19-now-with-75-less-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Directive No. 19: Now with 75% less stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health Directive No. 19<\/a> dropped yesterday afternoon and goes into effect one minute after midnight Saturday. Among the changes for restaurants:<\/p>\n

No more stupid 2-hour window to order food<\/li>\n

No more stupid rule that bartenders must wear a face shield when serving customers seated at the bar (although, it is still “recommended”)<\/li>\n

Closing time for restaurants can be as late as 1 AM, with customers allowed to remain as late as 1:30 for the purposes of settling up their tab<\/li>\n

Max people at a table increases from 6 to 8<\/li>\n

No more stupid rule that restaurants have to keep contact tracing information (good, I was getting tired of signing Perjorie T. Roll’s name)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
But:<\/p>\n
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Groups of people sitting together at a table or a bar must be 6 feet apart from other groups<\/li>\n
No indoor dancing<\/li>\n
No ordering or standing at a bar area<\/li>\n
You still have to wear your mask when not actively eating or drinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I like it. All the really stupid stuff is gone now. Hopefully, the health department will consider eliminating all the restrictions once we’ve been through four weeks under these.<\/p>\n
Happy Thursday! I hope the St. Patrick’s Day hangover, if you have one, isn’t too bad. Due to server issues, it was 1:30 PM yesterday before I got my Wednesday update post online. It has a ton of good stuff, so if you haven’t seen it yet, keep scrolling when you get done with this post.<\/p>\n
It’s official: Longshot is coming back<\/a> in late April or early May.<\/p>\n
From the CA: 5 things to know<\/a> about the historic 100 N. Main building as the Downtown Memphis Commission moves to complete the building’s purchase<\/p>\n
Smart City Memphis has a look at what the Paul Young era could mean for the DMC<\/a>. Young steps into his new role as president of the organization two weeks from today.<\/p>\n
Starting Monday, April 5, Cora Pitt will teach an outdoor Pilates-60 class<\/a> at Marytrs Park the first Monday of every month. Cora is awesome and the class is all-levels, with Cora offering ways to deepen the exercises for those with Pilates experience.<\/p>\n
There’s a room attendant job<\/a> at the Sheraton that is available. Salary.com thinks the job starts at 74K and could pay into six figures. Yeah I’m pretty sure Salary.com is wrong there.<\/p>\n
A new building<\/a> is coming to the long-vacant lot just north of Earnestine & Hazel’s – which, I’ll remind you, reopens to the public this weekend.<\/p>\n
The Peabody will host a job fair<\/a> tomorrow, looking to fill 60 positions.<\/p>\n
Teenagers carjacked<\/a> a Malco Powerhouse employee yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n
I heard distant gunshots around 11:30 last night. Turns out I wasn’t the only one; they were reported on Nextdoor by a Fielder Square resident.<\/p>\n
Flash flooding stalled cars<\/a> on S. Fourth Street yesterday.<\/p>\n
Looks like the IRS may delay the tax filing deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Remember to keep scrolling if you haven’t seen Wednesday’s post yet. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n