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Collected Item: “Permission Slip for Essential Workers”

Give your story a title.

Permission Slip for Essential Workers

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph, sent to me from a former coworker.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This photo was sent to me from a former coworker that was “served” a “permission slip” as she called it, for being an essential worker during the pandemic while working for Walmart. It’s important because while we would normally think of an essential worker as someone who is in healthcare or emergency services, grocery employees were considered essential for the items they sold that were in serious demand during the panic of the pandemic. All hands on deck is the most appropriate phrase here.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#retail, #panic, #pandemic, #foodislife, #walmart

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N/A

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Melissa Lovin

Give this story a date.

2020-04-07
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