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Collected Item: “Working in a pandemic”

Give your story a title.

Working in a pandemic

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

This is a screenshot

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 was an email sent out to employees about a coworker that had been infected with Covid-19. This is important because it shows that stores are now required to inform employees when another person that works there is confirmed to be covid positive. However, as this is a personal experience the company did not inform employees that there was a suspected case prior to the confirmation. This shows how money hungry corporations are even in a pandemic. They may say that they had the employee's best interest in mind but their actions speak louder, than a lousy email sent out.

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?


#covid #suffolk #retail #working #annoying #pandemic

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

Maddie Carito

Give this story a date.

2020-12-14
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