Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Tuesday) to midnight (8pm Wednesday Eastern Time).

Poll #23686 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 84

How are you doing?

I am OK
70 (83.3%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
14 (16.7%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
36 (42.9%)

One other person
25 (29.8%)

More than one other person
23 (27.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[kindkit]

My US state has ordered all non-essential businesses to close as of today. I work in a grocery store, which is considered essential, so I still have a job. Yay?

I'm glad to know I'll be able to pay rent and buy food, but it's also stressful and exhausting and I feel like it's inevitable that I'll contract the virus. I'm wearing gloves at work, but I'm in proximity to hundreds of people every day. I don't want to get sick. Even colds often give me bronchitis, and at 50, with diabetes (well controlled when I follow the meal plan, but frankly the world feels so fucked up that all I want to do is stress-eat carbs), I'm at some risk for a more severe reaction if I get infected.

I'm not asking for advice (particularly not about diabetes and eating, thanks, I have a perfectly good meal plan). I just wanted to vent a bit.

[melannen]

Thank you for your service.

[kathmandu]

Seconded.

[kindkit]

Much appreciated. It's been tough, and sometimes customers who are stressed and worried themselves (or just jerks) are not nice.

[darkemeralds]

I am so very grateful to you and your front-line colleagues everywhere. Without you, I would be very short of food. Thank you for what you do, and I'm so sorry that you have to do it in such a risk environment.

Let me ask you" from your perspective, is it better (overall, for society including you and your job) if I--and lots of other people--order grocery delivery, or do our own shopping?

[kindkit]

Well, my store doesn't currently do delivery, so I don't know from my own experience. But from what I understand of how the virus spreads, delivery is likely to be better than shopping oneself because it greatly reduces the number of people in contact with one another.

It's also probably going to be easier on grocery workers, because delivery orders can probably be filled from backstock, reducing how often the shelves have to be restocked. And it reduces the number of people the workers are coming in contact with, as well.

[darkemeralds]

Thank you for your professional insight. I might start doing that.

[egret]

You are a hero. Take care of yourself.

[kindkit]

Thanks. I'll try. And you too.

[jesse_the_k]

Thank you so much for doing this essential work!

Sending you virtual insoles.