DryadGurrl
[covid-19] whatever week this is of being an essential worker in a city on lockdown in name but not deed
DryadGurrl
Today is Monday, April 20th and I would love to be home with an edible and a movie, but I don't have that option
𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗂𝗆𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉
i'm getting ready for work and, ah, a mood
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there was some graffiti on a retaining wall in a nice midtown neighborhood, bright red on gray brick:
hey fool
Stay Wicked
Stay Wild
Stay HOME
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each with a bullet point of a circle with a downward pointing arrows
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...there is a child on this train, there's no reason for that
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and today is another "I'm going to straight up murder my boss" day, he's on the side of the people protesting the lockdown
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because: "we have to go back to normal sometime"
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no. we need a new normal
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I'm going to crack a tooth from grinding them
juliette lives
we need a "normal for now" which is stay the fuck home unless you're medical staff tbh
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basically
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but think of all the small business owners! he says, meaning people who own sports teams
juliette lives
I twitch at the phrase "new normal" because my god I don't want everything to be permanent, but people need to come to terms with longterm change.
DryadGurrl
yeah, that's what I mean by it, that this is for the long haul
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and I'm going to scream: "let the people who are going to get sick get sick, everyone else will be fine" he says
juliette lives
ugh
juliette lives
if EVERYONE who is going to get sick gets sick at once, no one will be fine
DryadGurrl
he wants people to die
juliette lives
ugh
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it was the way he said it, like he wouldn't get it bc he's somehow better than the people who would
ash hole
I was wondering when we'd start to hear moral spin on this whole thing
ash hole
god/money/trump will protect us because we Believe
ash hole
it's disgusting
DryadGurrl
luckily he didn't say anything outright, but the tone
Hooded Figure
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I think I'm especially at the end of my patience bc I just started my period, so that doesn't help anything
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I felt this one in my bones
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like, I can pay my bills, but I'm still at risk of being exposed daily
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and that's... uh, less than ideal and I should be getting additional pay for that, or I should write a letter to the governor going: "DUDE WHY THE HELL ARE BANKS ESSENTIAL WHEN MOST BUSINESSES HAVE GONE CASHLESS AND PHONE BANKING IS A THING???"
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"BECAUSE FOR REAL DUDE NOBODY SHOULD BE BUYING HOUSES RIGHT NOW SO EVEN IF THEY NEED REDUCED LOBBY HOURS NOBODY SHOULD BE BUYING HOUSES AND REAL ESTATE SHOULD BE CLOSED"
StupidSexyV⚠der
i 'needed' the lobby because i had to order a new card BUT we have itms so it's internet ANYWAY but that's how I'm getting money out too so.
DryadGurrl
you know what, that's fair, I forget some banks don't let you order a new card online (mine only does for stolen/lost cards, not damaged ones)
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and really my salt is entirely over the fact that real estate departments are in no way essential
Hooded Figure
yyyyye a h
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also, oh yeah, they brought on someone new because she was bored upstairs and she's getting to learn way more shit than I was ever taught, and faster
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so I'm doing about three hours of work in an eight hour shift
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And today boss told my work-mom to train me on what she needs help with, as if she can pop that off in five minutes, while still hounding her about being behind
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if my agency asks, I'm out, but if they just extend my contract automatically who even knows
juliette lives
hugs
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and I wouldn't be as upset about any of this if it weren't for the gd pandemic we're living in
StupidSexyV⚠der
no you're right the entire lobby and all departments doesn't need to be open
DryadGurrl
if I had any idea of how to write the governor I would, or if I thought it would actually do anything
StupidSexyV⚠der
but some of the services yeah. (Like there is a coin counting machine in our lobby. i don't need it but if you are that broke...then yeah)
StupidSexyV⚠der
and we have older purple who are scared of the itms
DryadGurrl
yeah, we havn't got a coin counter, just the tellers for people who don't want to use the ATM for whatever reason
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and I'm going to say 90% of our customers are old people, but like, they aren't taking any money out? They're just moving it around from account to account, and that can be done by phone
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in fact: many of them have mentioned this: "Well I didn't think you'd be open and I was going to do it by phone, but I decided to come down and check anyway"
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NO! STAY HOME! YOU ARE AT HIGH RISK AND PUTTING THE REST OF US AT RISK FFS!
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especially since my desk is literally right around the corner from the lobby/tellers, with only a nylon cordon with a 'employees only beyond this point' sign clipped to it that most of them don't pay attention to anyway.
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in other news, I hate that I bark-laughed at this
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StupidSexyV⚠der
our atms have been replaced with itms (basically video call tellers)
DryadGurrl
our tellers just have the same plexiglass they've always had and markers on the floor to keep people six feet apart
StupidSexyV⚠der
ugh
DryadGurrl
it's now Wednesday, April 22nd, and apparently Earth Day
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I'm just tired, I should have called in, but can't justify "I don't want to bc I'm tired and bleeding" even with myself, let alone my boss and my agent
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so here I am, the only one on the train wearing a mask
Hooded Figure
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free lunch tho, from the good sammich place, and feel a little less tired, but still would rather be home
DryadGurrl
https://images.plurk.com/21ognEQlR8iDo0tYy7NVrb.png
and this made me giggle, because it was captioned with: "And I'm just going to try again tomorrow, maybe this time it'll come out as a moscow mule"
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it's now Thursday April 23rd, and someone got on this train smelling like they rolled in a heap of fresh-ground peppercorns
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it's not inpleasant, but not sure if pleasant, either
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unpleasant, thanks for correcting me you drunken phone-gnome, but I knew what I meant
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