I am currently an “out-of-state” visitor. It is the second time that I’ve come to visit my sister since all this began, adhering to all the guidelines set by Delaware. She is a nurse at an assisted living facility, not exactly the frontline, but in my mind, could easily become part of.
I’m grateful to all the workers who are doing their best to prevent this pandemic from taking over/away any of their lives. Sometimes, I wait in the car while she gets her necessities.
It seems there are three types of personalities out there. The first are your conscious, thoughtful types. They wear their PPE, social distance, etc. I would like to thank all of them for making me feel “We just might beat this!” (No matter what state you live in.)
Then there are the protesters who feel their rights are being stripped, nobody should tell them what to do, this just isn’t fair. Maybe they’ve been lucky enough to be unaffected by the whole crisis. I’m not sure of the whole mentality; seems sort of selfish to not consider the overwhelming traumatic effect this has had on so many people in this country.
And last but not least are the real extremes. I’ll just give two examples, one of them in a line at the post office where a younger man was standing a little too close behind another gentleman, (not the standard six feet away) who turned and asked “Can you please back up; you’re too close.” The younger man said “No, I stand right here,” to which the other gentleman raised his voice and angrily let out “Back the (expletive) up!” repeating himself as the man pretty much said “No.” (Could’ve gotten ugly if not for a policeman who arrived for another matter.)
And the other incident happened while getting mulch at a home improvement store. This man from out-of-state was nasty to my sister. She got out of the car to get her three bags, when he tells her to “Back up, get out of my space! I have to get my 30 bags before you take yours. They shouldn’t let people buy any before I get mine.” On and on he rambled, kind of scary.
I wish that everyone could just think about the magnitude of what is happening right now, that we really are all in this together. With patience, kindness, and compliance we can hopefully persevere.
Donna Farrell
Washington Depot, Conn.
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