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My Anxious Mind Amidst This Pandemic
My initial thoughts were mostly about how stupid I thought it was that people were acting so erratically and hoarding things. Everyone needs those things and nobody needs as much as some of these people were buying. That was my main focus at that point and remains a big focus of mine still a week later. People could not and cannot get their basic weekly or monthly supply because people have hoarded these things. As of right now the supply will still continue to be replenished. We are urged to socially distance but we can go to the store for butt wipe, food, baby wipes, medications, etc. Why are people doing this? It is just plain selfish to me.
As a nation we have to be in this together. Many stores have put out limits now which is great. Many have allowed a time for elderly to shop before others. This is great in theory and at least a good try but some elderly do not get out early and some do not have rides then or cannot shop for themselves and others are having to help go out and get those things for them. People shopping for the elderly arrive and nothing is there. I am not complaining because any effort by any of these companies to try to met everyone’s needs is great. I am so happy to see that stores are starting to put limits on things and even that they are limiting their open hours to allow for stocking. People have been practically attacking workers while they are stocking the shelves. People are yelling at and complaining to stores and their managers and workers for low to no stock. How in the world is any of that their fault? How could anyone have predicted that people would go out in the world and lose their damn minds buying cart loads of butt wipe, formula when they don’t have babies, baby wipes when they are not the same as antibacterial wipes, meat and other foods like zombies are coming? Yes those people are the ones that are the face we can look at and talk to but do not yell at them as if they have a personal vendetta against you. They are trying. They are working as quickly as the supplies get to them to get them out for you to purchase. If I hear you doing this I will likely speak out. I am a pretty quiet person in the public especially when it comes to confrontations but this I would not be able to keep quiet on.
Let us also not take this as an opportunity to bash our president and other elected officials. This is uncharted territory and let’s face it no matter what they do to help it will never be enough in everyone’s eyes. They are working to put money out to us and I still see people complaining about that. It is a start and at least it is something. If they did nothing in the way of financial relief we would certainly complain about that too. My husband is still working because he works for a large food company that gets beef to us all. He backs up the trailers so they can be loaded with beef for you to purchase it at places such as Wal Mart and others. I would like to think he will continue to work because if they close places like that down we will really be in trouble with out food supply chain. During this time he gets to be a bit of an unseen hero. As a small business owner and a part time worker in the field of medical as a medical transcriptionist I appreciate whatever they do to help us all and the economy. My small business supplements my income and is part of why I went part time so that is still lost income for me as it is for many others. If you have the money buy from small businesses that are online or still open in some capacity. Be easy on us as some supplies are harder for us to get. We are all trying our best right now.
Let’s just love and support each other in this time of crisis. Use social distancing to reach out to people via text, phone calls, emails, social media, etc. We can still keep in contact with each other and there is no distraction from our phones and devices because those things are what we are using to communicate. We might find that we find out more about each other by doing this rather than meeting in person and not being fully present. My plan is to catch up on my blogging, organization, my business, doing videos to keep people entertained and informed and trying to reach out to people and be more personal using technology. Let’s put our technology to good use. Let’s use social media as something good to stay social. I work from home as a business and for my regular job and I think if it were not for social media I would have gone insane long ago. It is my main social interaction so now everyone can step into my world and share their thoughts and share their lives with their families and friends. It is not a bad thing unless you make it.
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2 responses to “My Anxious Mind Amidst This Pandemic”
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I have not checked in here for some time because I thought it was getting boring, but the last several posts are good quality so I guess I抣l add you back to my everyday bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂
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Very well presented. Every quote was awesome and thanks for sharing the content. Keep sharing and keep motivating others.
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