Empty shelves during the beginning of the pandemic

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Title (Dublin Core)

Empty shelves during the beginning of the pandemic

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Description (Dublin Core)

I am sharing a video I took at the beginning of the quarantine period. People were panic buying food and other necessities while leaving empty shelves for others. I remember entering whole foods to pick up some bread, pasta, beans, and non-dairy milk because I can't have dairy. As soon as my cousin and I entered Whole Foods— the baked goods were fully stocked but the non-perishable foods were almost gone. I remember turning to my cousin in shock because the fresh fruits and vegetables in the lower level were fully stocked. I asked an employee where the bread and non-dairy milk was and they said, "I don't think we have any more bread. I stocked it a couple of hours ago and when I went back o check there were a few bags left". The employee guided us to the bread section and it was indeed empty. I thanked them and decided to look through the other aisles and the aisle that was the most apparent was the one I recorded. There were people with professional cameras taking pictures of this aisle and others (such as myself) with our phones recording. So many people were just as taken aback by the lack of food in many of these aisles. I already knew that this virus was serious but when I saw the number of people buying food and toilet paper and paper towels in bulk, I felt worried and nervous. I knew from the media that people were stocking up on non-perishable foods and that supermarket lines were really long. But seeing it first hand and seeing people coming to the aisle expecting to see a can of beans available or a bag of bread, only for it to be empty. This is a moment that I won't forget and the overwhelming feeling that this virus could affect anyone.

I am a junior undergrad at Brooklyn College majoring in Sociology.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 12, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

I am sole creator

Wendy Martinez

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Wendy Martinez

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HNSC2100

Spring2021

M.Horlyck-Romanovsky

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

Type (Dublin Core)

a four second video

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)

English Food & Drink

English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

pandemic shopping

empty shelf

shop

Whole Foods

grocery

Manhattan

New York

panic

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

food scarcity

panic buying

Union Square

Manhattan

Whole Foods

Collection (Dublin Core)

Service Industry

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College HNSC Prompt

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/02/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/03/2021

09/12/2021

09/18/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/12/2020

Item sets

Covid 19

Brooklyn College

This item was submitted on March 2, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story With Us” on the site “Brooklyn College New York”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/brooklyncollege

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