Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The (il)Logic of Government Employees

My town has a police department which sends out notices. The most recent reads:

...senior citizens unable to view updates on Facebook or through the internet can go to ...TV to view postings.


Now this was sent by email. One assumes you need an Internet connection to get this. So how are seniors to be told about watching the local TV channel? In addition you must have cable. In addition the local channel in unstable, you cannot view it. More importantly the initial problem was that the Police assumed we all have Facebook. Hardly, and person with a modicum of understanding would never have a Facebook account, it is grossly insecure.

So we have a pandemic and the local Police are as usual bumbling about. Over the years we have had windows smashed by weapons, rather unsavory writings, smashed property, but alas the best is the logic of communicating with the ones most at risk. How about house call folks...