• MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m a tad jealous of people who got to do this. My work just got busier. It was like normal except people were dying and I had all my groceries delivered.

    • whofearsthenight@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Ah yes. As an “essential worker” it was nice that for about 3.5 minutes it was acknowledged that all of us “unskilled” workers were required for society to function and then get nothing for it except more work and exposure to to a deadly disease.

        • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          “we spent a ton of money on these meaningless banners, posters and out of touch ad campaigns to get people to buy from us.”

          “Sorry, times are tough, we have to lay off a bunch of you, and we can’t afford to give anyone raises. But, to show we are all in this together, I have volunteered my 3rd spare car for a charity raffle. All of you will buy tickets, starting at the low cost of a banana. That’s right only fifty dollars, all proceeds will be donated to the children in need in my house. So please think of the children during these trying time for your chance to win a nft signed photo of my 3rd spare car, and remember it’s for the needy children.”

    • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah I’m a software engineer so the only thing that changed was I got to wear more comfortable pants and didn’t have to drive to work. I still felt mentally exhausted after working all day and didn’t have the energy to pursue any hobbies

      • gjoel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’m a software engineer too. I’ll tell you what changed. I have a kid. Daycare was shut down, but since both my wife and I can work from home we were expected to do just that. We got to spend a lot of time with the then two year old, but hardly saw each other except for the back of the head because one of us was always working. What was your corona project? Surviving, that’s what!

  • lukewarmtuna@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I still think the most eye opening part was watching the smog clear up in real time in India where the Himalayan mountains became visible again to many parts of the north

    • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Same in Denver. It has never been that clear ever. That’s what I guess it could be like if we actually started to fight greenhouse gases for real.

      And then animals started being seen a lot more around here.

      Sigh

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I saw so much wildlife in my city. Including a deer for once. Drunk ass me: well deer, looks like me the other essential workers and you inherited the earth.

      Of course the bankers survived. Of course they would.

  • foofiepie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Oh fuck. I have borderline PTSD from those days. Working for critical infrastructure and my wife as a medic. We’ve never ever worked so hard.

    And people just being paid furlough and picking up fucking hobbies while we were nearly dead from overwork.

    Fun fucking times.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I worked for the hospital system… I only remember dreading tomorrow and wishing for a moment to catch my breath. I didn’t really get to work from home and I rarely got time off outside of my schedule.

    It sucked! I didn’t even get to enjoy other people’s enjoyment 👎

  • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    And a reminder that the ‘extroverted’ were ‘suffering constantly’ and decided everyone must be so they made going back into the office mandatory

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      If by “extroverted” you mean middle management that realized that they are largely superflous without offices.

  • slaacaa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    “Everyone”

    Edit: as a project manager who stayed home for months, I find the ignorant privilege blasting from these kinds of statements enraging. How can someone be so blind to the world around them, that they don’t even realize that other human beings had a vastly different experience?

  • Laurentide@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Must have been nice. I was an “essential” worker so I spent the entire time busting my ass in the middle of a packed grocery store, terrified of being assaulted by some angry dicknosed moron and bringing their lethal infection home to my elderly parents. I started having panic reactions to seeing unmasked faces, even those of close family members I was living with. Meanwhile, I kept hearing all these people talk about being paid twice my wages to sit at home and learn new skills like I had always wished I could afford to do.

    And what did I get for all of my hard work? A fancy pin from my employer with a letter patting themselves on the back for protecting us. They didn’t protect us at all! They actively defied the mask mandate and told us it was our own fault if customers threatened or attacked us for wearing one!

  • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I know for many it was a nightmare, but as an introvert it was amazing. I was an “essential worker” so I still had to go into work a few days a week, but the office was most empty and wfh was amazing. Oh and the no traffic thing was chefs kiss.

    When companies decided that COVID was costing them too much in profits, and workers couldn’t be micro-managed from home or on a rotating office schedule, is when things went to shit.

  • avrachan@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I remember my brother suffering from depression because he just no way of getting out of his apartment

    I remember people people dying and not being able to go meet/help them

    I remember the working class suffering because they just couldn’t work

    I am not blaming anyone but it wasn’t “singing and dancing” for most people except the most privileged