• halfpipe@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    I still remember stocking hand sanitizer and black nitrile gloves in my retail stores, late February 2020. That was us getting ready.

    Jump to the second week of March and California announcing a stay-at-home order. I had to go secure our stores for being unoccupied. On the way there is was dozens of miles of empty LA freeways, and news radio all about people suffocating on ventilators and sanitizing everything that came into your house. Then, walking alone through empty malls, avoiding anyone else who was there. It felt like we were shutting down the for good.