One of the ATI’s guiding mantra is extension delivery beyond boundaries. Before the pandemic happened, this is easier said than done. There is always a question of turfing or even the limitations and legal ramifications imposed when you literally go beyond your Physical Boundaries. Of course, boundaries could be interpreted not only in the Physical sense as everything is open to interpretation, and for the Commission on Audit, justification.
Since the pandemic prompted everyone to stay at home, most of the popular restaurants and those in the food business have resorted to takeout or online selling. In these dire times, keeping one’s business afloat above troubled waters in the midst of pandemic and not finding ways and means to generate the cash flow would most likely cause the business to cease. Businesses that are commodity-based, that needs physical contact, and relies on heavy foot traffic will need to make major changes to adapt or else they will eventually fold.
When I was in my junior year in college, my professor asked us to submit a some-sort-of-canned output for our final presentation in our Radio and TV class. With scarce resources where gadgets and home-studios were once a luxury (especially in the ’90s), we end up recording our canned project to government-owned studios, careful not to overuse nor damage the reel-to-reel audiotape for we were allowed to record using their equipment for free.
