{"id":34547,"date":"2020-08-03T22:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/?p=34547"},"modified":"2020-08-05T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:16:16","slug":"doing-the-right-thing-is-the-right-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2020\/08\/doing-the-right-thing-is-the-right-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing the right thing is the right thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

This pandemic has shown us the best and worst in humanity. As the great Ferris Bueller said, \u201cLife moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.\u201d This may never be more true than now.<\/p>\n

Consider the viral “Shopping Cart Theory”. This theory proposes that an individual’s moral character can be determined by whether they choose to return a shopping cart to its designated spot after use or whether they simply leave it wherever it suits them.<\/p>\n

Based on the concept, \u201cTo return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as correct, the appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is interesting that the shopping cart theory has gone viral during the COVID pandemic. To be clear, I don\u2019t think this is not about being a do-gooder; it\u2019s about being human and getting what you want while serving others at the same time. Are you a \u201cgood\u201d person by returning your shopping cart or a \u201cbad\u201d person by not returning your cart? Like many things, it is clearly not that cut and dried.<\/p>\n

Scientific American <\/a>\u00a0explored the shopping cart theory and rightfully concluded \u201cThe world will likely not end because we aren\u2019t returning our shopping carts\u2014that would be an amazing butterfly effect\u2014but it\u2019s an example of a quality of life issue we can control. That guy who didn\u2019t return his cart may not be a complete jerk. He may just be using the example set by others so he can get home a little more quickly. But if everyone does that, then we\u2019re shifting the balance of what is acceptable,\u00a0which may have greater ramifications to the social order. We have a greater influence over seemingly mundane situations than we realize.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epidemiology updates provided by local and national experts indicate that much of the disease transmission is still\u00a0occurring\u00a0in private settings. This includes between household members when someone is sick and during private social gatherings, such as parties, BBQs, social drinking, camping, etc. Although our county will be impacted to what is happening in other parts of the country, our local incidence for COVID-19 is not solely impacted by travelers.<\/p>\n

These trends are happening throughout Colorado and the nation, and there is also transmission occurring more within certain types of work, such as construction and hospitality, especially in carpool\/rideshare situations.<\/p>\n

We cannot prevent every new case…and preventing every case should not be the goal. It’s not the new cases that is crippling our schools, businesses, sports leagues and economy. It is the public health quarantine and isolation orders that do the damage and we do our part to mitigate both the public health and economic damage by choosing to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

Using the shopping cart theory as a baseline, one thing is certain: simple things can be a test of our character. How do we continue to address COVID in our community? Much like the simple task of returning your shopping cart, we can follow the five commitments of containment; wear a mask; avoid large public gatherings; and practice social distancing.<\/p>\n

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Chris Romer is president & CEO of Vail Valley Partnership, the regional chamber of commerce. Learn more at VailValleyPartnership.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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