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being an essential worker during this pandemic is scary
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This morning at 6:30 i walked into my office (used to be broom closet), that i share w 2 other ppl. Im putting my fanny pack down, getting on my phone bc imma work when imma work. Im scrolling thru Twitter w my coworkers talking amongst themselves nd all of a sudden this bitch
wanted to mention that my managers gf had a fever. i stop scrolling thru twitter eeeemmeeediatley. I exit the thru the ONE exit we got nd said aight imma go get my mask, so while im walking to get my mask, I was also fumbling to w my phone to call my mommy cause she always kno
what to say. i call my mom nd told her that my coworker's been around sum ppl w fever nd she told me to let my managers kno nd that she's otw to give me an n95 mask, my mf ANGEL. So I go back in, i tell my coworker i feel uncomfortable working w him knowing he's possibly been
around c-19 symptoms. He said "i don't kno what u want me to do hun" nd i told him leave lmao. He said he couldn't bc OUR MANAGER ALREADY KNEW. im like hol up hol up hol up, how long they've been knew? nd he said "since monday" calmly nd matter of factly. Nd i said what else did
they say? "Just monitor my symptoms nd if sumn comes up not to call in". so nOT ONLY HAVE I BEEN W SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN LIVINGGGG W PPL THAT HAVE HAD FEVERS, I'VE BEEN W THIS FOR 2 DAYSSSS...so i try to calm down, im like ok dude, well seeing as i have asthma this shi ain't
sitting right w me. I call up the store manager he's not answering, I call up the co-store manager nd after 3 missed calls he FINALLY responds. I go im not tryna bother u while ur off however, ive been informed that my coworker has been around ppl w c-19 symptoms nd my manager
goes "yea i kno" , nd im like ok well? nd he says "i told him to monitor his symptoms see where it goes" SEE WHERE IT GOES?? im having this 5 min discussion abt y tf we should not be seeing where it goes bc he is putting so many lives at risk, not only mine but countless of ppl
seeing as we're a grocery store. nd towards the end of the convo between me nd my manager, he says "im going to call my supervisor" nd hangs up. While i wait for this man to call his supervisor my still possibly infected coworker is chillin in the office watching yt vids, im out
side tryna not have a panic attack bc i could be bringing this bitch ass disease home to my mom w heart problems, nd my lil sis who's got MAJOR underlying conditions. My phone rings, my hearts skips a beat, nd it's the co-manager again. He tells me that his supervisor said
If I feel uncomfortable then I should leave. I look at my phone confused af abt the sentence that came out this man's face. uncomfortable? uncomfoRTABLE??? bitch at which point has someone used that word to describe how they feel abt covid-19. I said so u'd rather a healthy
worker, someone who has not been LIVING w these symptoms to go home than send the person who could be infecting HUNDREDS just bc u "wanted to see where it goes?", im like nonononono, what we're not gonna do is make it seem like im overreacting. I continue this convo w him until
He says "alright i don't kno what u want me to do , im just going by what my supervisor says" nd then hangs up. Im sitting there w my two coworkers astonished that they dgaf, they truly, absolutely do not give a fuck. at the end of all This, my coworker who has been around
the ppl that have the c-19 symptoms, pretends to be sick so they don't send the two of us who dont have it home. At the end of this, not my manager, my manager's manager, or even supervisor gaf abt their employees health or the health of our customers, it was put into our hands
to make the decision for 2 healthy ppl to leave for "comfort" or the 1 person to leave nd possibly all 3 of us get fired. my coworker nd i stayed bc 1 person wouldn't be able to handle the workload nd the guy decided to leave bc it's better to put others health before ur own.
Ig my message at the end of this thread, when u go out don't assume businesses r gonna look out for u as their customers. Wash your hands. Stay inside. Only go out for essentials, please. Businesses don't care abt ur safety, so look out for urself nd others when u can.
