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oyster  ·  1721 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying

Everyday I work there is some new protocol. Despite mass cancelations they’re encouraging us to use as much labour as it takes to clean properly which is great, but man how would a small business handle that ? You don’t typically want to increase labour when revenue drops. Today they took tables out of the restaurant and blocked some off so everybody was farther apart, felt freaky as hell. Anyways, my new life goal is to get to a point where I’m so comfortable that I don’t understand how events like this affect my life. So many people either getting laid off or having their hours cut drastically, I’m lucky to be where I am honestly.





user-inactivated  ·  1721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    So many people either getting laid off or having their hours cut drastically, I’m lucky to be where I am honestly.

The downside of living in such a materialistically skewed society without proper distribution of wealtb is that we seem to be in an odd catch-22 where it's both our moral duty to stay home, for regard to the physical well being of our neighbors, but also go out and be cogs in the economic engine, for the financial well being of our neighbors. This whole virus is shining a bright light on a massive gaping hole in the fabric of our society.

uhsguy  ·  1721 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There is going to come a point in the not too distant future where #2 is going to outweigh #1 and people in powers are going to realize it