Geauga Vision Cares
A note from Geauga Vision regarding masks:
There are many opinions regarding the effectiveness as well as the legality of having customers/patients wear masks to reduce the risk of COVID-19.
For the record, I am not a fan of wearing masks, but due to the proximity of our employees to our patients when fitting, adjusting and taking measurements for eyewear, there is no way I could allow my office to be open, if masks were not worn.
Perhaps in an environment where I could know for certain social distancing could always be observed, I would have another opinion, but in the case of Geauga Vision and other allied health providers, we care too much for the health and welfare of our staff and patients to proceed any other way.
Thank you for understanding our position. We look forward to serving you.
John Bruening, President
The Geauga Vision Group
Geaugavision.com
Average Workers are Losers
I saw a local newspaper ad that ran last week. This ad announced that the business promoted would be open during its regular hours. It also proclaimed that “we have, however, reduced our in-office staff by 50 percent.”
I am assuming that the above announcements were formulated with good intentions. However, what we don’t know is how many of the 50 percent laid-off office staff are being paid by the company.
If they are not, then why not? Too many people live hand-to-mouth and cannot afford to miss paychecks for weeks, months or even days. If these laid-off people are not being paid, that means this company is cutting costs and thereby making more profit because their sales remain relatively stable, but their labor costs are lowered substantially.
Laying off your help and paying them all is good. Laying them off and not paying them is not good.
In some cases, it seems companies are using the virus scare to radically change the way they do business. And, the average working person ends up being the loser. No person or persons, or institutions are available to help the average worker. We have no influence. We have no lobbyists. We don’t have big money to donate. We just live alone and suffer in our economic grief.
Gene Bujoll
Newbury Township
