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2020-03
Working at Weggies
I started working at my job at Wegmans in January 2020. As a cashier, pandemic or not, you encounter many people. When the pandemic hit, everything changed so fast and so drastically. There were so many rules about employees washing hands frequently to mandatory masks to social distancing in line. They even limited how many people were in the store at a time. My job did the best they could given the circumstances, but it was still scary going to work. This virus does not make it easy to identify who has it and who does not. Whenever you go out, please where a mask and stand back. You don’t know how many people the employees see daily. -
2020-05-19
Sunset of the Workers
On May 19, while Metro Manila was already on its 4th day under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), our neighborhood (Barangay 156, Caloocan City) was enduring the 7th day of our 8-day total lockdown. From our 3rd floor terrace, at the close of day, I chanced upon these construction workers atop the Skyway Stage 3, still keeping their noses to the grindstone, despite the risk of getting COVID-19. -
2020-07-27
Journal Entry - July 27, 2020
This is a journal entry on how I'm feeling about having to return to the office full time. -
2020-08-09
Working during a Pandemic
This summer I was lucky enough to be able to work. Not only being able to work in a pandemic but with kids nonetheless. While the start of summer camp already changed, we were not able to leave our building for outside activities, and only a certain number of kids were aloud for each grade. We soon would progress to everyone above the age of six wearing a mask. While at first the kids did not understand why now they had to were the mask, by the end of summer they were used to it. This was a huge learning experience for everyone, including parents and employees. The employees are to temp check and hand washing before clocking in and doing tons of cleaning throughout the day. As well as making sure they wash their hands as well at the children. Parents cannot come inside, the kids will get temp checked at the door before entering, as well as them washing their hands upon arrival. While working now is scary because you never know what is going to happen these days if I or a coworker is gonna contract it. Every week it's a am I healthy? Are my family and friends healthy? Is my workplace safe? To be honest, working now does feel safe and weirdly so, with the constant cleaning and mask-wearing, I feel as if we are taking all the precautions necessary. God Willing, we will be able to keep this up. It a strange time we live in at the moment and by working it helps keep my mind off the scary reality we face today. -
2020-08-10
Customer Service in a Global Pandemic
I have been working during the COVID-19 pandemic at a beverage/fast food restaurant. When all the news about the pandemic first started coming in, a lot of my co-workers just said that it was not a big deal and that it was basically the flu. However, there were also people who felt the complete opposite. I, like most people, try to gauge how I feel about something by listening to how others feel and researching the issue. Since it felt like there was not much true information going around, I felt I had to rely on other people's opinions in the beginning. That was a rollercoaster! I feel like in the beginning, there was no inbetween! People were either incredibly opposed to the fact that this virus is actually killing people, or they were terrified by it. I did not know how to feel. Eventually, I began to realize how serious this situation was. In these past months, I have been through many different mindsets. When I really started to realize how serious this situation was, I decided I would not leave my house. And I didn't. I took a month and a half off of work and stayed inside all day fearing the outside world. Little did I know, this was when there were very few cases in my area. After that, I began working again. My next mindset was that I needed to do all I could to keep myself safe because I needed to work. I began to think, if I get it, I get it. All I can do is try my best to stay clean and safe. But that didn't stay for long because my mindset would change constantly. I am writing this for my english class and I am required to add the hashtag -
2020-07-25
Arras, Rehas, Oxygen Mask
This describes another take on being a bride during a pandemic: a bride worried if she will walk down the aisle, or into a jail cell, or be wheeled into a hospital bed -
2020-03-04
Making Coffee During a Pandemic
I work at one of the local Starbucks in my city. It was around late February when I saw a notice at my store that told us due to the recent occurence of the disease that was being spread around China named COVID-19, we would not be allowing customers to use their own personal cups to prevent the spread of germs. At first, I was surprised that Starbucks made this decision since this has never happened before, but I figured they did it to be safe and also be respectful to the current situation that was occuring in another country but gaining news coverage in the United States. I wasn't quite aware about what COVID was, but rumors spread that a quarantine would occur and I remember being a little worried, but I told myself it was unlikely to happen. Later that week, it was announced by Starbucks via email that all employees would be given the option to take a paid leave of abscence if they were concerned about the spread of COVID. Almost every Starbucks in our city closed due to a lack of employees who were willing to work. My store was one of the only ones and I was one out of eight people who decided to stay and work. During this time, we began to wear masks while we worked, we had new, shorter store hours, and we had new cleaning tasks. Honestly, this time was very stressful at work. We all basically worked open to close which was from six in the morning until twelve in the afternoon. This may not seem like a lot, but we were severly understaffed and worked nonstop besides our few breaks. Customers were also either very upset with the situation or very understanding. We dealt with a lot of confrontations about our lobby doors being locked to having to wear masks. This went on for a total of forty-five days, in which, I continued to go to school online full-time. After that time period, more stores opened back up and the rest of our store's partners returned, but things didn't and still have not gone back to normal. Every day it seems that there is a new standard being added to our daily routines, such as the addition of a guard in between two baristas working on the espresso bars. Our lobby is still not open to customers, which causes a lot of unhappiness among our customers. Every day, however, we try to help our local neighbors and customers by giving them a sense of normalcy and a cup of coffee. -
2020-08-01
Moving in with COVID-19
Moving during COVID-19 made my transition unnecessarily more difficult. I am a 22 year old female who just had made a life changing decision to move in with my boyfriend and his family the beginning of March. During that month I was stressing out about college course, settling into a new environment, and trying to work out financial struggles. My stress level peaked within the second week of moving in to the point that I had physically gotten sick. I do want to make it clear that I was not sick with COVID-19, thankfully. All that worrying made my immune system drop and I ended up catching a case of strep throat. This had stopped me from continuing to work at my retail job two weeks before quarantine was enforced. In April I applied for unemployment but was not able to receive any benefits. This left me worrying about how I would financially pull my weight. My boyfriend works doing industrial flooring which allows him to be financially stable enough to support the both of us and our two Yorkie's. In May my boyfriend was working on a big project and had offered me a job for a couple weeks. So for those two weeks I got to learn about epoxy flooring and how long and tedious of a process it is. That experience made me appreciate my boyfriend and all the work that goes into making a floor. The next couple of months consisted of DIY projects, movies, and my summer college courses. Recently, my work has reopened allowing me to have some source of income, even if it's just working once out of the week. Starting a new stage in my life during this pandemic made it financially difficult but at the same time allowed me to learn how to enjoy the little things in life as well. -
2020-05-14
Embracing New Normal on Extension Delivery
Our experience in delivering our extension services to clients -
2020-07-02
On Wheels Work From Home
Being in the province during the community quarantine is both an advantage and a challenge. Advantage that I was able to be with my family during the pandemic, moreover, being in an island and rural area in this kind of crisis lessens the possibilities of exposure to the virus. Also because of the abundance of natural resources, food supply was not as horror as to those who are in the urban areas. It was then a challenge if you are working far from your head office especially in the times of following the work from home system. Mobile network provider isn't always present in all areas. Unfortunately we are located at the place where barriers are abundant. The low land area and trees are just among them and not to mention the congestion of the users in the area where a tower can supply. In situations like this, creativity is the key to fulfill the commitments you promised to your work. With my motorcycle, I was able to go to the places where there is a stable signal for a certain period of time and locate another place depending on factors affecting move such as heat, wind, rain and time. Finally, it is a beautiful dishevelment when time is your enemy. It compensates all your effort to reach the places you think are impossible to walk by the wheels. These photos are just a few of the many creative stories crafted by this pandemic. -
2020-07
DOS REALIDADES DIFERENTES CON EL COVID-19
En el Perú las realidades sin diferentes, las cuales han vivido de manera diferente la cuarentena en este reportaje se muestra las dos caras de La moneda. Se muestra que las personas de recursos bajos no comen lo mismo que personas que probablemente tienen mayores recursos en este caso se ve que una mujer come arroz con huevo o ollas comunes mientras alguien pudiente como tallarines con salsa y pollo además que no lo preparan ellos sino lo hace otra persona que ellos pueden pagar incluso aún en estos tiempos. Se muestra también que en la actualidad las ollas comunes se han multiplicado a niveles no vistos desde la década de los 80's y 90's. De igual manera se puede observar también como las personas de bajos recursos no cuentan con trabajo, nadie los quiere contratar en sus empresas además había gente que incluso solo vendía papa con huevo en las calles y actualmente no lo pueden hacer por que aún no lo tienen permitido. En cambio las personas con recursos mayores trabajan desde casa (teletrabajo) , se muestra también que incluso no cuentan con agua ni alcohol para lavarse las manos a lo que la otra cara de la moneda siempre tuvo agua en sus casas y incluso llevan botellas de alcohol en gel para desinfectar sus manos en cualquier momento. En Perú y en este caso en Lima se muestra una población muy desigual que en estos tiempos indican ellos mismo "no podemos quedarnos en casa por que si lo hacemos nuestros hijos no comen". -
2020-06-02
The shift to GCQ: when the breaks were off and we were left on the road
When Cebu City was downgraded to GCQ from ECQ on June 1, 2020, most businesses required their workers to report back to work. In this article, I share my personal experience on how difficult it was for a commuter like me to wade through the challenges of the lack of public transportation during a pandemic. -
2020-06-22
The Waves of Change
On March 17,2020, Enhanced Community Quarantined was declared in Luzon amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic. Since then, the AFI deployed Emirate security personnel assigned at the Ayala Museum have been required to stay-in as part of the safety protocols for construction site as the museum is undergoing renovation. The emotional and mental challenge for being separated from their families and being confined in a construction environment for several months did not discourage anyone from continuously being vigilant and carry on their duty with vigor. These guards demonstrate their resiliency by adapting to life changing situations, and emerging even stronger than before. Amidst this pandemic, these resilient AFI deployed guards ensure the continuous protection of the Ayala Museum. -
2020-03-23
Plague Journal, Day 10: Found Poem, Patti Smith's "12"
I'm keeping a Covid-19 journal. Here's the latest entry, featuring a found poem based on the songs of Twelve, a cover album by Patti Smith. -
2020-04-17
Life In Isolation: The Coronavirus... Daniel Edward
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science -
2020-06-11
Parents to COVID-19: We’re taking back our weekends.
Excerpt from article: Weekends used to have a rhythm that worked for Ezina LeBlanc, filled with adventures for her 19-month-old twins in Calabasas, California. “Every Saturday, we’d be off to the beach, hiking, a picnic, a museum, a theme park, or even up to Mammoth Lakes to ski,” she recalls. -
2020-04-17
Life In Isolation: The Coronavirus... Ashlee Lassiter
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science -
2020-06-19
The COVID-19 Experience of a High School Student
I chose an image of a clock and of a student working. If there is one thing I have learned during this pandemic, it is that I have a lot of time. I have been utilizing this time to exercise more, study for longer periods of time and also just to enjoy myself. The image of the student represents the amount of work that I have had to do online. School has been completely different with the online work rather than going to school five days a week in real life. These two items represent two of the most important factors of my pandemic experience. -
2020-04-16
Humans of Covid-19 AU: Nicole
“Like everyone else, I was feeling a bit gloomy and today is actually the anniversary of my brother passing away, so I wanted to do something that would bring sunshine to people walking past. I’d like to see my friends and my god-children. And my family. It’s a month since I saw my mum - I don’t think I’ve ever not seen her for that long! I work in the events industry, so that was one of the first areas to get hit pretty hard. The simplicity of it all is something I’m discovering I like, yet never knew it… the slow breakfasts, extra time cuddling my son, not rushing everywhere. Ironically the team I’m in is closer than ever before, linking up from all around the world. That’s another unexpected. Life throws you curveballs every now and then. You just got to go with it” Instagram post on Nicole, events, and her experience during the pandemic, which was created by a psychology student living in Melbourne who was interested to hear about how COVID-19 was impacting on different peoples’ lives. -
2020-03-17
Plague Journal, Day 4: Existential Collapse
I'm a Brooklyn journalist starting a Covid-19 journal, after beginning physical separation on Friday. In today's entry, a social media acquaintance warns of psychological weirdness in the near-future; Trumpian statements send the stock market plummeting; and I take a walk around Bed-Stuy to wash my eyes, clear my circuits. -
2020-06-04
Unemployment in China
The pandemic has dealt a great blow to the economic situation of many ordinary people. I saw this picture on Weibo. The caption on the photo said people lying on the ground were waiting to find work during the day and lying on the street at night to save money on accommodation. -
2020-05-31
"Everyone Is Cooking Right Now. Except Me."
There are plenty of people who are exploring their culinary prowess for the first time, or maybe it's a life long obsession; either way, people are showing their skills. I'm a baker, I love serving food to others and making food that will be apart of other peoples memories. Flavors are like paints to me, with the right combination you can create a masterpiece. While I'm all for seeing people cooking and baking up a storm while in quarantine, I'm more like Josh Duboff right now. I can cook and I can bake, but am I? Not unless I'm being paid to do so. While people may feel this is the perfect time to work on self-improvement, me included, that work will not look the same for every person. Some people may be working hard just getting out of bed or going to bed in the first place. Food can be a stress release for many, but for others, its a stressor. For Duboff, it's not worth the stress to cook. For me, it's my job, not my hobby. The most I've cooked (unpaid) while in quarantine is irish-oatmeal and the occasional egg sandwich because it's easy, and I can do it while sitting. Yes, the classically trained CIA graduate is not cooking or baking while in quarantine. If it doesn't come from a box or a bag, it's not happening. This is other people's time to shine in the food world; someone else can take my seat while I go get more coffee. -
2020-05-31
Junior Year-Piece of Cake
With rising cases of corona virus around the world, school began to shut down and students shifted their learning to at home. Junior year was suppose to be the hardest year of high school, but instead it turned out to be the easiest school year. Even with 4 AP classes, the workload was significantly less. And for the first 2 weeks of online learning, I remember feeling blessed as most of teachers did not assign any work. Homework used to take me 2-3 hours, but now less than an hour. Some days I don't even do homework since my teachers give us multiple days for one assignment. The class that gave a lot of work was though was APUSH. With online schooling, I also got to sleep in more and play games and watch TV/netflix. I barely stepped outside the house too. AP testing was also cut down to 45 minutes instead of the usual 2-3 hours. Although there were many pros to online schooling, there were also cons. As days went by, it just felt redundant and most of all boring. Some days I wish I was actually at school. I haven't seen my friends in month and it gets tiring to just stay at home. Sadly, grades for second semester is pass and fail so although I have As in my AP classes, it won't count towards my GPA. -
04/28/2020
A Picture of New York City in Crisis
A link to an article from Photography Collections Preservation Project about New York City essential delivery person, artist and poet Kurt Boone. As Boone travels through New York City making his deliveries, he photographs the city during the pandemic. The first paragraphs of the article relate the project: "A bustling city once teeming with urbanites on crowded sidewalks and in jam-packed subway cars comes to a grinding halt. Save an eerie silence made more deafening by the occasional ambulance siren, the events of the city beyond our apartment walls are largely left to the imagination. For most, this has been the picture of New York City ever since Governor Andrew Cuomo’s shelter-in-place order effectively shut it down in late March and indefinitely altered daily life for millions. A smaller population of New Yorkers, however, have been uniquely privy to public life in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. This is the case for the many essential employees currently working in New York City including messenger and street photographer Kurt Boone. Every morning at 7:30 A.M., Kurt Boone–a veteran New York City courier of over 20 years–prepares for a full day of making essential deliveries around the five boroughs. After checking the news for the latest coronavirus updates before leaving his New Jersey apartment, Boone arrives at the World Trade Center in Manhattan only to greet a different city each day. In the U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, around 1,000 new coronavirus patients are admitted to hospitals daily. More and more quintessential New York establishments shutter their doors, and the gripping effects of this crisis are increasingly felt by all. Worse, there is no clear end in sight. For Boone, these scenes of strife and desolation are “surreal and depressing.” As a longtime documentarian of urban culture, Boone feels a responsibility to show the world how this pandemic is unfolding in New York City. " -
2020-05-03
Living through Covid-19: 05/03/2020
This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc. -
2020-05-01
Living through Covid-19: 05/01/2020
This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc. -
04/28/2020
Living through Covid-19: 04/28/2020
This is a journal entry that specifically focuses on the transition to online learning and the practice of social distancing. *anonymous *This was intentionally a journal/diary entry therefore it was done through a word doc. -
2020-05-22
Bea Dougherty Family College, HIST 115
[Curator's note] Journal entries submitted as part of a class for Dougherty Family College. -
03/01/2020 - 05/01/2020
Humor: People not on professional behavior when they work from home.
There is much humor in the new "work from home" systems. What goes on when the video screen is off? -
03/19/2020
Covid-19 in the Coachella Valley
Here in this picture we can see away to prevent getting near the bus driver by adding caution tape in the middle. Also it was Free for everyone and you could not enter unless you have a mask on. The bus was my daily ride to everywhere I went because I did not have a car. When the Covid-19 started i was afraid they were gonna close down the bus, but they did not. They tried their best for them to be on service because many of the citizens need the bus as a way to travel to work. Not only that, but during that time of the picture everything changed for me. First, all of my classes turned online which was kind of good, but at the same time I missed going to class every Monday to wednesday. Also i lost my job as many people did, but in my citation is that the job was at the street fair and they told me they might even open until next year. All of this has taught me a lesson which is to always be prepared for these situations because one day I can be working, but then out of nowhere I don't have it anymore. Gladly i saved money to pay what i need to pay. Also I've been going hiking and trying to do more exercise at my house. At the end of the day we all need to be patient because great things can happen to us. *This is a picture of how they use caution tape on the bus to prevent anyone to get near the bus driver. -
2020-05-19
Life in a Crisis
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2020-05-10
The Landscape of Emotion Series #9
The Landscape of Emotion Series: Under Quarantine is a series illustrating the diverse experiences of mental health and feelings throughout quarantine. Clara Leon, my mother, focuses on unemployment and the love she has and misses for her job. Note: Edward and William are the children she takes care of. -
2020-04-01
Telemedicine progression meme
Meme of doctor unraveling as quarantine and work from home progresses -
04/28/2020
Going to work at Amazon during Covid-19
This photograph was taken at an Amazon Warehouse facility in Concord, North Carolina. In this image you are seeing all employees waiting in line 6 feet apart as they are scanned by a thermo type scanner measuring your body temperature to make sure you do not have a fever. If you have a fever an alarm is set to go off. Once you have demonstrated you do not have a fever then you are given a mask so that you can work. April 28th, 2020 9:00 EST -
2020-05-01
Working in a pandemic
A meme describing customers crazily ordering food, stressing out employees at a part-time fast-food job. -
05/07/2020
Pediatric clinic workers taking temperatures for everyone before they enter the building.
This image shows pediatric clinic workers taking temperatures for everyone before they enter the building. -
2020-05-07
05/07/2020
Covid-19, this photo shows us that everyone has hope in our nurses and doctors in helping everyone get better Covid-19 -
2020-05-08
Boston's The Table at Season to Taste announces closure.
The Table at Season to Taste was a small but beloved restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Unfortunately, they announced that they will be closing due to the pandemic and sent an email to their customers and subscribers. It was a small restaurant that only sat around 20 people but it was perfect for a fancy, delicious night out. This restaurant is just one of the many business casualties that this pandemic has produced. #NortheasternJOTPY -
2020-05-12
Mixed feelings
Biography -
2020-05-04
Suspension of volunteer work on the Appalachian Trail
This is the official guidance from the National Park Service Superintendent for the Appalachian Trail National Scenic Trail on the continued suspension of all volunteer activities on the AT. It is a continuation of a previous policy. -
2020-04-01
Laid off during COVID-19. [PRIVATE]
This image shows how thousands of employees at Gap INC were furloughed due to the closing of all stores. Many of my coworkers have families to pay for and are now on unemployment. A screenshot of the general manager at my work informing us that we have all been furloughed. cshsecon -
2020-04-28
REL_Life During a Pandemic
This is a short story about how my life has been effected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. -
2020-04-27
REL
Taking a deep breath and knowing we will get through this pandemic. -
2020-04-22
Michael "Cam" White
A personal account -
2020-03-25
SG with Little 3
Working from home was the major pivot for Suffolk University employees. We all experienced unique changes to our work environments. Some of our new co-workers were less than helpful with maintaining productivity! -
2006-04-22
Covid-19 pop, Simpsonville, SC
This is a "Covid-19 Pop" handed out by a co-worker of my partner and a virus skeptic as a "joke" a few weeks ago. I am uncertain where the humor was supposed to lie. I do think it is an interesting record of what people were thinking and how they were processing this moment. The company laid off half of the workforce due to the virus a few days later. -
2020-04-14
Alabama professor addresses life/work/pandemic w/ UA Museums
While addressing the way in which she uses museums and local histories in her research and teaching, University of Alabama was surprised how she twice referenced the pandemic perhaps to show how her journey to academic life has come full circle. She went back to school after watching the Towers fall on 9/11. -
2020-03
Working from home
Home office. Since 16th March we were asked to work from home and were given necessary hardware from the office to set up our stations at home. -
2020-03
Working from home
Home office. Since 16th March we were asked to work from home and were given necessary hardware from the office to set up our stations at home. -
2020-03-20
Bourbon Street looking towards Bienville
On any given morning Bourbon Street is filled with tourists and delivery trucks making drop offs. On this particular Friday, the first after lockdown, it’s quiet.