Tag: Essential Personnel

Please Bag Your Groceries

Byadamk April 20, 2020 5 Comments
In a world where grocery cashiers are now referred to as heroes and/or essential, I think it’s time that we all step our game up and start bagging our groceries at check out. The genuine appreciation people show towards those who work in the food supply chain is wonderful to see. It gives me hope that we still see other people as human, no matter what one does for an occupation. It tells me...

The Empty City Streets Of Quarantine: I Miss My City

Byadamk April 14, 2020 0 Comments
The city streets are empty, available and free on my walks to work at 6am. When I have an evening shift the same eerie scene greets me as the sun fades behind the cityscape. As I walk freely past the normally crowded thoroughfares of my home city, I meditate on the silence that’s only interrupted by the occasional siren or mid-size sedan cruising past. Despite the isolation that I’m forced...

Date Night At The Grocery Store During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Byadamk April 10, 2020 3 Comments
Last weekend a couple came through my grocery line that looked exhausted and worn thin. They weren’t really looking at each other or talking with any consistency. When they did speak, I could hear a slight disdain in their voices like they had an argument in the car on the way to the store. I’ve seen many different types of relationships go through my line in the short time I’ve worked as...