Item
Essential worker
Title (Dublin Core)
Essential worker
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
I selected primary sources on my personal experience of the covid-19 pandemic as an essential worker. I was employed by Autozone which was qualified to be essential to the public and for that time period where majority of my friends where at home quarantined, I was constantly at work due to the fact that many of my fellow co-workers at the time either caught covid or had a medical excuse to stay home. Life as an essential worker was very hard at the time because I had to take care of my health as much as I could so I wouldn't impact the people who lived at home. At the time I lived at home with my mother and my pregnant sister so I took extra precautions every day whether it was wearing two masks at work, constantly washing my hands and trying everything possible to stay healthy just so I wouldn't impact anyone at home.
Working almost 6 days a week and going to school remotely was hard but I made an agreement with my professors at the time to make exceptions regarding classes because I explained due to the pandemic I was essential and I was required to work more due to the lack of workers. Life during this pandemic was interesting being stopped by the cops after curfew cause we closed a little later then we were supposed to and just being no traffic out on the road going home from work. I legitimately had to work 6 days a week and be tired constantly while hearing my friends say they were tired of being home.
I Submitted a meme I had on my phone my older sister had sent me as a joke because while she was working from home, I had to go out and work. The meme was funny to me and I felt it was perfect for this project because as a Full time student during the pandemic I was working full time. I always would brag about working during the pandemic and doing school work because the majority of my friends were doing bad in school and I was able to keep up with both.
Working almost 6 days a week and going to school remotely was hard but I made an agreement with my professors at the time to make exceptions regarding classes because I explained due to the pandemic I was essential and I was required to work more due to the lack of workers. Life during this pandemic was interesting being stopped by the cops after curfew cause we closed a little later then we were supposed to and just being no traffic out on the road going home from work. I legitimately had to work 6 days a week and be tired constantly while hearing my friends say they were tired of being home.
I Submitted a meme I had on my phone my older sister had sent me as a joke because while she was working from home, I had to go out and work. The meme was funny to me and I felt it was perfect for this project because as a Full time student during the pandemic I was working full time. I always would brag about working during the pandemic and doing school work because the majority of my friends were doing bad in school and I was able to keep up with both.
CUNY student.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 22, 2020
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HIS20
Spring2021
ProfessorCulkin
Partner (Dublin Core)
Bronx Community College
Type (Dublin Core)
meme
personal essay
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Social Distance
English
Home & Family Life
English
Education--Universities
English
Social Media (including Memes)
English
Labor
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
coworker
New York City + New York
joke
funny
curfew
online learning
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
essential worker
Autozone
NYC
CUNY student
Collection (Dublin Core)
Humor
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/17/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/19/2021
07/10/2021
08/25/2021
09/15/2021
03/21/2022
11/05/2023
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/22/2020
Format (Dublin Core)
image/jpg
Rights (Dublin Core)
CC-ND-NC 4.0
This item was submitted on May 17, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share your story- Bronx” on the site “Bronx Community College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/bronx-community-college-new-york
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