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Slimy, Uncomfortable, and Antibacterial

Title (Dublin Core)

Slimy, Uncomfortable, and Antibacterial

Description (Dublin Core)

I work at a bar in north-east Wisconsin. The stereotypes regarding the people of Wisconsin and their love for drinking and the bars are pretty accurate. There isn't much to do in the small town I live in besides that. When Covid began, people were most concerned with the bars being open. We were closed for a while as many devoted patrons, and the Tavern League of Wisconsin tried to fight the orders. We've been open now for several months and still most people that come into the bar do not take the virus or safety measures seriously. There's been times where customers tell me I don't have to wear my mask, or I don't need to wipe down their table, or use hand sanitizer as much. I am constantly around people at my job and risk a lot of contact with the public. I take the safety measures seriously and constantly use hand sanitizer. Since Covid, we have bottles of hand sanitizer everywhere, and now, because of the demand of sanitizer, we have strange brands made out of different products than I am used too. Every time I put on hand sanitizer it comes out all slimy all of my hands. It's incredibly uncomfortable and it feels like you almost need to wash your hands after to get rid of the gross feeling. But eventually it rubs in, and I go on with my job, only to follow up the uncomfortable sensation of slimy hand sanitizer with the complaints of customers who think the virus is fake and there shouldn't be any regulations in place that may hinder the bar experience.
Text Story: Personal Account of Changing Work Environments

Date (Dublin Core)

October 14, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Michelle Klavekoske

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Michelle Klavekoske

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Business & Industry
English Economy
English Conflict

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Wisconsin
bar
mask
hand sanitizer
complaint
open

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

sensory history
Wisconsin Bars
hand sanitizer
COVID-19
complaint

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Foodways
English Rural Voices

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Sensory history contribution to COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/14/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/16/2020
03/05/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on October 14, 2020 by Michelle Klavekoske using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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