COVID19 has messed with some of my plans, yet it really hasn’t changed my life. This is what I mean.
Years ago, I worked in the cash office of a discount grocery store. The job was okay and I learned a lot. One thing that stuck with me were shopping patterns. Like we would have to schedule more cashiers, stock people and management on government cheque days because that is when the majority of customers shopped. For a few days the place was alive, packed only to have it dead for the rest of the month. I still know when every government cheque comes out and rarely shop then. The reason is not only the crowds, it is the negative vibe of financial desperation, a lack mentality. Since I am of the opinion that this pandemic has brought that out in a lot of people, I am glad that I began shopping at what some people consider more expensive and out of the way stores a few months ago. Before I was concerned of the negative vibe, now I am also worried about getting sick. Less people means less chances of getting infected.
In about September or October of 2019, I began telling people that I thought we were heading towards a really bad recession and to save their money. (I even posted a blog about it.)Since I am not an economist, I work in the gig-economy and I live in a funky part of Toronto, few people listened to me. And who knows, maybe if I were them, I wouldn’t listen to me either. Any time someone did ask me why I thought that, I said that the economy was slowing down, because it was, and that I had a feeling that something was going to happen. Well, that something is the pandemic. I am glad that I listened to my gut and saved my money, which I am still saving as much of as I can. But then, I have always been a saver.
I leave for work at all times of the day at night and I am not afraid. I walk up alleys while people are shooting up, through parks past some pretty sketchy people where they are passing out and on deserted streets, again at all times of the day and night, and I am not afraid. In all of my drastic financial ups and downs, I have been financially fearful once. I cannot remember a time when I was afraid to stand my ground. COVID19, though, scares me more than I want to admit, so that has changed. People, countries are becoming desperate. Desperate people are dangerous.
Please stay at home as often as possible. Wash your hands. Cover your face. This will eventually be over.
My latest post from Behind the Blog is called, COVID19 and First World Problems and I cannot seem to add the link.
Thank you for reading, A. Rebel’s Rant! ;D
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