The Main Gossip: Heavens to Betsy, What a Kerfuffle!

Well, I never! Have you heard the latest from those big tech companies, Apple and Google? It’s just scandalous, sweetie. They’re practically telling their poor foreign workers, 'Don't you dare step foot outside these U.S. borders!' Can you imagine?

It’s all because of this hullabaloo with the Trump administration and their new immigration rules. Folks are worried they’ll get stuck overseas like a forgotten fruitcake at Christmas! What a mess!

These companies, which rely so much on these smarty-pants folks from other countries, are now in a tiff because nobody wants their employees stranded. And to think, back in my day, people just packed a suitcase and went!

Grandma's Sarcastic Reactions: The Things They Do These Days!

Honestly, what in the world are they thinking with all these new rules? Apparently, the government wants to sift through five years of someone’s social media history before letting them back in. Five years! Heavens to Betsy, I can barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday, let alone what I posted online five years ago! Who has the time for such nonsense?

And the delays, oh the delays! Months, they say, at those embassies and consulates. It’s enough to make a person dizzy. It seems like everything takes forever these days. 'Be patient,' they say. Well, patience is a virtue, but this is just plain ridiculous!

And then there's this new

One hundred thousand dollars, for goodness sake! That’s more than my first house cost! It just makes you wonder, doesn't it? What kind of sense does that make, trying to attract smart people with one hand and then smacking them with a fee that big with the other?

Clarifying What Actually Happened: Digging Through the Details

Now, let's get down to brass tacks, because you know Grandma likes to get to the bottom of things. These big companies, Apple and Google, they sent out these little memos to their employees. Not a public announcement, mind you, just a quiet little whisper to their staff.

The gist was simple: if you’re on an H-1B visa, and you don’t absolutely, positively have to travel internationally, then for goodness sake, stay put!

This isn't just a hunch, dear; it's because the U.S. consulates and embassies abroad are taking *ages* to process things. Some folks who went to India to renew their visas? Well, they’ve had their appointments *postponed indefinitely* because officials are 'checking for national security threats.'

It’s all very serious, apparently, though it just sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare to me. It's about the Trump administration, you see, and their stricter immigration policies. They're tightening the screws, so to speak, and these foreign workers are feeling the squeeze.

Why Grandma “Just Can’t Even” Today!

Honestly, sweetie, sometimes I just don’t know. All this fuss and bother over people who just want to come here and *work* and contribute. Back in my day, if you were a good, honest worker, people welcomed you with open arms.

Now, it’s all forms and fees and *social media checks*! I tell you, it's enough to make a grandma want to just sit down with a cup of chamomile tea and ignore the whole world.

It’s a sign of the times, I suppose, but it certainly makes you shake your head. These poor folks, just trying to do their jobs, and they have to worry about getting stuck across an ocean because of paperwork. It’s just too much! Sometimes, I just can't even, you know?