Who Are The Heroes and What is Essential During The Coronavirus Pandemic?

I was blindsided when a woman with a slight southern accent and a pleasant smile stood at my cash register and said, “Y’all are the real heroes here” after we began a discussion on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Per the usual, our conversation focused on the deadly virus disrupting our everyday lives and the fears we had for the future. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. The asshole being...

Observations From Essential Personnel During The Coronavirus Pandemic

I never thought I’d be on the front line of anything as interesting as the unraveling of American society, let alone the dismantling of the global economy. But as a cashier, in a high-end grocery store placed in an affluent neighborhood, my destiny was and is to witness human blight first hand as an invisible force bears down on everyone during the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020. It’s here...