Column: How coronavirus turned supermarket workers into heroes
LA TimesGrocery store employee Raymond Lopez is on the front lines of our daily battle against a new enemy: coronavirus pandemic panic. “We’re being asked to do a lot more than we naturally would be,” said Lopez, who lives in Pasadena and works in Glendale. Because a lot of people are still out there, panic shopping for something.” Stores are limited now in how much they can order from main warehouses, “so we more or less put our puzzle pieces together and try to figure out what we’re going to get,” he said. On my Tuesday-morning foray to a local market for “senior shopping hour,” an angry woman delayed our entrance while she loudly berated the employee at the door because she wasn’t old enough to be admitted. “We’ve heard from 2,400 members raising concerns about safety protocols, crowd control and access for seniors,” he said.
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