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Both. She doesn’t seem to grasp the fact that she’s in danger and that me and Kev are both essential employees in essential industries and have to keep working and can’t isolate ourselves, which of course only increases the risk of going to see her, which is why we’re both like “Listen we don’t know what we’ve been around we don’t want to infect you by accident, you are literally in the age group where it’s dangerous AND have two things that could make it worse”

She’s like almost insulted that we don’t want to go out to dinner with her, but 

1. THE RESTURANTS ARE ALL CLOSED IT’S ALL TAKEOUT OR DELIVERY ONLY

Did they not read about the fucking plagues?

Do they not care?

My dad is the same way, my grandma is WORSE. Why.

“Oh it’s worse for old people,” she says, “But I’m not that old.”

“YOU ARE SIXTY THREE.” Kev says. “MOM YOU ARE SIXTY THREE YOU ARE PRECISELY IN THE AGE GROUP WHERE IT IS DANGEROUS AND HAVE TWO ILLNESSES THAT IT COMBINES WITH TO KILL PEOPLE.”

“Oh I’m sure it’ll be fine. We should go get dinner and go antique shopping!”

“MOM ALL THE RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSED NO WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.”

(Huffy) “Well if you don’t want to spend time with your mother you can just say so.”

I wish. I really wish. But this is a woman who refuses to learn how to google things and won’t go to the online Home Depot website unless we’re there “Because otherwise she might get computer viruses”.

There is a 0% chance that I can teach her how to use skype over the phone. And we’ve explained to her that stores are closed and you cannot eat in restaurants right now but she cannot wrap her head around this. “That’s silly. What if we order carry out and just sit down and eat? They can’t stop us.”

Anyways. At lunch a lunch lady had saw them making fun of me and asked when they said and I told her they called me a lesbian and she told them to apologize????

I imagine most essential employees are all in the same boat.

I’ve found a few places online that are selling N95 masks, at inflated prices and incidentally anyone who price gouges like that during a crisis is going to be gnawed by Nidhogg after they die, in-between reporting them for crisis price gouging am seriously considering getting a case and donating it to the hospital.

As a worker at a food bank, we need help. If you need a job, we might be hiring (minimum wage, but still). If you can volunteer, please do. If you can donate money, please do.