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Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they’re afraid
AP ^ | April 6 2020 | JIM VERTUNO

Posted on 04/06/2020 1:55:32 PM PDT by rintintin

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To: rintintin

Our So Cal Grocery Chain Stater Bros started allowing (maybe mandatory?) employees to wear masks last weekend. Before that none had them on.


41 posted on 04/06/2020 2:29:17 PM PDT by DAC21 ( and Naflet had demint)
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To: rintintin

A good trend around Christmas would be to throw one 20 bucks.


42 posted on 04/06/2020 2:31:03 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: rintintin

They are constantly being told by Fauci that the sky is falling. If you do not know any better you are more than likely going to believe a government spokesperson.


43 posted on 04/06/2020 2:31:35 PM PDT by MGunny ( Al)
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To: Persevero

‘If they are afraid they can quit and be replaced by the unemployed who are not afraid.’

I’d volunteer to work in a supermarket if I could get a job that didn’t require being upright all day, as in my early seventies I am experiencing very painful osteoarthritis in my feet...I’m not scared of getting it, but I can understand why someone else might be...


44 posted on 04/06/2020 2:32:16 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: Persevero

you are an ass.

these people are workers, they work although afraid.

They have courage.


45 posted on 04/06/2020 2:32:24 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Chickensoup

I am not an ass

I am an essential worker too.

And yes we have courage. And if we are afraid we should quit. We are not a slave state.


46 posted on 04/06/2020 2:33:15 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: IrishBrigade

Yes I’ve often thought that a rotating stool would up the number of applications!

One of the reasons I went into cab driving is I don’t want to stand all day.


47 posted on 04/06/2020 2:34:20 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: rintintin

1. Hazard Pay.

2. If necessary, 100% of any health care costs from covid as well as $ for family care while they are sick.


48 posted on 04/06/2020 2:34:21 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Persevero

If they are afraid they can quit and be replaced by the unemployed who are not afraid.

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Let me know when you find someone who will give up unemployment in order to go to work stocking shelves and earn less than the unemployment check.

Thank the damn kids!


49 posted on 04/06/2020 2:34:35 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: volunbeer

I have thanked them all every time I walk into a store. This hysteria would have been far worse if they did not come to work and I for one am very thankful for everyone who has continued to work so we would not add food shortage fear to our list of problems.

Kudos and prayers for all of them and a heartfelt thank-you.

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Ditto!

I also thank Fast Food Drive-through staffs how much I appreciate them being there and helping me keep my sanity!

God Bless Grocery Store Workers, Fast Food Workers, and all those who are working through this thing! WE APPRECIATE YOU!


50 posted on 04/06/2020 2:35:20 PM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: rintintin

my friend and housemate works in a grocery store. She is really really afraid. BIG TIME..


51 posted on 04/06/2020 2:35:41 PM PDT by DollyCali (Dont tell God how big your storm is, tell the storm how big your God is!)
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To: bramps

I’m not opposed to thanking anyone.

Many are not kids.

And yes working full time at a grocery pays more than unemployment.

Plus much better for the nation.

I could go out on unemployment. I’ve chosen not to. No thanks necessary.


52 posted on 04/06/2020 2:36:30 PM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: rintintin

They’re afraid because the AP and the rest of the MSM have made them afraid.


53 posted on 04/06/2020 2:36:32 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: volunbeer
I have thanked them all every time I walk into a store.

Ditto. I say thank you and tell them to stay healthy.

The past few weeks the list of people & professions I've been praying for has grown exponentially. Kicking myself for not praying for those re-stocking the shelves and manning the check-out lines. Adding them to the list right now.

54 posted on 04/06/2020 2:37:03 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: rintintin

an older lady was struggling with her shopping cart and i ask her she needed any help.
She said, stay the hell the way from me.
But she could have just been a democrat?


55 posted on 04/06/2020 2:37:15 PM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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To: Sicon
They’re afraid because the AP and the rest of the MSM have made them afraid.

Well if there's nothing to be afraid of then I'm sure you can get a job at the supermarket of your choice.

56 posted on 04/06/2020 2:38:19 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Sicon

They’ve been raised to be snowflakes.


57 posted on 04/06/2020 2:41:05 PM PDT by Leep (It's another day in stir.)
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To: Persevero

“Well money shifts eventually from the slothful to the productive.

Sometimes it takes awhile.”

In a perfect world this would be true. But we live in a world of financial engineering, often with inside information.

I have tons of respect for small business people who create jobs and business. Not so much for Hollywood and wall street insiders who feed off the system without producing much of value.


58 posted on 04/06/2020 2:41:13 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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To: DoodleDawg
I don’t need to get a job, I have one. I was at the grocery store yesterday. 80% of the idiots there were wearing face masks and rubber gloves (which they promptly discard all over the parking lot, because, in addition to being double-digit IQ morons, they’re also inconsiderate pigs), and literally JUMPING to the far side of the aisle when anyone came along.

Must suck to go through life being so afraid, and so easily manipulated.

59 posted on 04/06/2020 2:46:15 PM PDT by Sicon
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To: rintintin

I notice that grocery clerks and fast food workers make many more mistakes than usual, probably due to exhaustion. I ignore their mistakes and thank them.


60 posted on 04/06/2020 2:47:03 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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