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Collected Item: “Trolley Trouble”

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Trolley Trouble

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

text story

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My partner was telling me a recollection of an incident in a story: (Context they live in England)

OK, so I was in store, they leave 2m gaps, this old ass boomer joins the queue, and I feel a nudge against my leg. It's her like, trolley type thing. She's like 1.5 feet away. I look to her, and back, queue moves, I try distance myself. I feel a nudge against my leg again. I turn around and she had taken off her mask. She's like 70. The queue moves again and a staff member comes up and tells her to put a mask on. I feel the trolley against my leg, and she seems pissed for having to wear a mask. I finally get out of the queue cause it's my turn and I hear her say like "finally you stopped wasting space"

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#UK,#mask,#socialdistance,#HSE

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

Olivine

Give this story a date.

2020
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