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- Nairn2
The people who own all the buildings around here have stated that they will continue to collect rent, although may be amenable to some delay and would accept payments piecemeal. But it's all got to be paid.
The buildings around here are pretty much entirely filled with creatives of all flavours, including a great number on the bottom rungs with shitty service jobs supporting their endeavours otherwise.
I am literally the only person in at the moment - all the other people running businesses within earshot have closed down.
Money is absolutely everything to some cunts.
I'm interested to see how this willpan out.
I've got a good mind to write to some media outlets - particularly the ones Said Owners courted a few years ago when they were showing off about what 'they created' (they didn't - they let others do all the work and then happily raised rent prices every 18 months - no matter that this is all ex-industrial and they're fucking lucky to be getting any money at all given how poorly they'd delat with things the decades prior).
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I say this as someone who's going to carry on working and isn't intending to take any government payments personally (I'm hoping my partner may get some monies as she's timed everythignterribly what with just coming out of maternity, etc, the selfish cow) - I'm just seeing the decision through the optics of the majority around here.
- yeah and I'll bet you anything the landlords gave already gotten a mortgage deferral from the banks. Greedy fucks._niko
- My partner's actually prepared a CV for stacking fucking shelves in supermarkets. Ok, there's nothing wrong with honest work, But I'm so pissed off for her.Nairn
- The CV is remarkably empty, given how much of a successful career she's had otherwise, in TV and Film production.
No good for Tesco though 'lol'.Nairn - I'm adamant that she shouldn't bother - we'd just end up having to pay childcare anyway, or I stop working, neither of which really help matters.Nairn
- That's fine. it's useful work. I'd rather my hard earned money go to someone like her than paying a millionaire to put a ball in a hoop over and over again._niko
- Just for the record, the banks are not giving mortgage deferrals for commercial properties. That being said your landlord should do everything he can to help...zarkonite
- I'd be surprised to learn that these buildings aren't owned out-right, sans mortgage. But yeah, I'd expect them to hold off for a week or two before announcingNairn
- I don't deal with them directly - this is all from an email that was sent by the people who run the studios here, late last night.Nairn
- That's a noble move, nairn - you just know some fuckers will apply for everything going, whether they need it or not. I thought about working p/t in a supermktFax_Benson
- but will hold out for as long as possible - reckon others will need the job before I do.Fax_Benson
- it's not noble at all - i've been very lucky in that my crappy wee network has some great people who have dumped work in my lap when they know I need it mostNairn