Q&A with a 30-year Employee of a Grocery Store

I know everyone is stressed out at this point. I have sat and cried on my lunch. I wish people would think about how we are risking our lives and the lives of our families to make sure everyone can have a safe experience at the grocery store.

Photo of bagged groceries. Photo via Sue Kerr.

Many of us who have worked retail and/or grocery retail in the past have some appreciation for what our neighbors in those jobs are experiencing, or perhaps more accurately, we realize that we probably DON’T know what it is like better than someone who never held that sort of job.

A friend I’ve known since childhood has been working for a grocery store for 30 years. We’ve talked on and off about her experiences occasionally. She is a single mom who has two adult children, lives with a chronic illness, and is amazing in lots of ways. She shared this recently on Facebook.

I work with the most amazing group of people on the planet. We are always there and ready to band together when someone is mean to us. I know everyone is stressed out at this point. I have sat and cried on my lunch. I wish people would think about how we are risking our lives and the lives of our families to make sure everyone can have a safe…