Tough Times............

Ben

Ben

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So many are willing to put themselves ahead of others on a daily basis. My prayers are with my friends in all life-sustaining industries as they continue to be selfless!

This morning a Medical Assistant considered calling in, but their bravery carried them into the work on the front lines of a pandemic. Tonight a Nurse kissed her children goodnight, hoping she didn’t bring the virus home to them. A Nurse Practitioner skipped his breakfast and lunch to help his colleagues spread far too thin. A Physician Assistant stayed 4 hours passed her “scheduled shift” to help a struggling patient. Today an xray tech held the hand of an elderly patient, while they coughed before their chest xray.
 
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462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Thanks, Ben.
Sadly, I doubt that those kinds of people will get the nightly news attention they deserve. But, I've a feeling that at the end of the day they sleep much better than the rest of us.
 
oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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don't want to break arms patting ourselves on the back... my wife runs a group home for mentally disabled adults. It is a minor struggle in the best of times. Now, it is a REAL stress vehicle. We are lucky in that I already work remote, and things are slow, so I can help her pick up the slack through this crap. She is awesome at running things during normal times. Right now she is a saint! These are the types of things that tend to fly under the radar and almost no one has a clue. Times like this, it is rough.
 
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freebullet

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I feel bad for the people out of work over all this nonsense.

To the paid who now work long hours & take special saftey precautions I say welcome to my club. It's sucks but your welcome to it.
 
Ian

Ian

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I wallow around in the muck of people's floorboards, back seats, luggage compartments, consoles, etc. and have to remove (or just move) all the dirty tissues people love to stuff between their seats or just throw wherever as I oull apart interiors to get at what needs fixing. I drive (handle door handles, steering wheels and other controls), manipulate seat belts, and get real up close and personal with upholstery on 10-20 stranger's vehicles a day. I get to breathe whatever they've been breathing when I turn (or push) the key and the HVAC kicks on (usually it's on recirculate). I handle the service office main door at least 25 time a day and people are a constant stream through it. Not a mask or bottle of hand sanitizer in sight and that door's push bar gets cleaned by housekeeping once a week when they clean the glass. Not all of our customers are local.

Frankly, I have a hard time understanding how the dealerships are still even open.
 
JonB

JonB

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My SIL works as a 'tech' at Walmart's lube n tire shop. They closed the shop to routine work yesterday, so my SIL is now stocking shelves. Another friend of mine works in a independent repair shop, they were open today...but they probably are closing next week for 2 weeks.
 
Rally

Rally

NC Minnesota
So true Ben. My youngest daughter works for Itasca county as a nurse, for people on Mn Care. County sent everybody home but the supervisors, which she is. If this makes any sense at all, they have her training four new nurses, for the expected increase in work load from this virus. She is also 4.5 months along in her pregnancy!
I was in Wal-Mart today getting dog food. The governor just announced the lockdown in Mn. today, and it was a zoo. My wife retired from that store so we know most of the folks there. The employees there couldn't put stuff on the shelves fast enough. Two young guys with two carts full of crushed empty boxes just picking them off the shelves and floors steady. Pizza, canned goods, cheese, eggs, cleaning supply isles about wipe out. One lady my wife started there with said they could bring a flat of TP out and just lower the lift and people were helping themselves to it. Two dozen eggs left in cooler when I walked by. Glad I got my dog food when I did because the isle was about 50% wiped out. Got my dog food, pepsi, and LemiShine and got out of there!
Sounds like the state and county employees got a heads up before the announcement was made on the TV and radio.

Ian,
The car dealership here just started announcing, today, they are doing extra sanitizing in their dealerships to aid in the shopping experience for their customers!! LOL
 
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Mitty38

Mitty38

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We have been granted essential status for now at work. They closed our Georgia facility and now are shipping the material up here. I have twice the work now to get done in the same amount of time.
Glad I am working but I fear for my Wife.
I do the midnight thing. I am the only person there that resembles office, and have an empty scale house is next door, that I also operate. I must constantly deal with people walking into my lab from outside the company.

I am constantly exposed to people from our company and from the outside, who are less than sanitary, less than 2 feet away, or standing over me, looking at my screen. Often times sniffling and coughing.
I am a diabetic and a few years back I almost died of Influenza. Put me out of work, temporarily crippled me, took everything I had.

My immune system is somewhat compromised. I catch things very easy. However my immune system still kicks in and I tend to get over them pretty quick. So for myself it is not so much a concern.
However. My wife has severe Respiratory issues and had Polio when younger, so catches and keeps viruses a long time. Every sickness is a major issue for her.
I worry every day that I will catch this virus an take it home for it to kill her.
But I do not qualify to stay home, and I can not afford to loose my job .

I cannot Imagine what it is going to be like for the medical professionals who have to deal with this and try to keep their families well also.
 
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Tom

Tom

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I'm feeling fortunate in that I'm isolated when I work, except for loading, unloading, etc. Seeing as moving food around is important, I think I'll be able to keep working.
Lots of "Thank you, truckers" talk currently, but I don't do it out of civic duty, I do it for money.
The real thanks should go to those who expose themselves in the line of work, such as drs, cops, etc.
 
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blackthorn

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Tom said:
I'm feeling fortunate in that I'm isolated when I work, except for loading, unloading, etc. Seeing as moving food around is important, I think I'll be able to keep working.
Lots of "Thank you, truckers" talk currently, but I don't do it out of civic duty, I do it for money.
The real thanks should go to those who expose themselves in the line of work, such as drs, cops, etc.
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BIG thank you(s) are due to all the front line workers, Drs., Nurses, etc. and that includes grocery store clerks and truckers who ensure we get food and other essential supplies (including toilet paper)!!
 
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