I was just at Walmart to do our grocery pickup. There was a car next to me by one space, and the lady there stayed in her car while the associate loaded her things into her SUV. The associate was a college age guy, slightly bearded, and speaking loudly so she could hear him, and unfortunately, so I could as well. I could not hear everything he was saying, but I caught a little.
He told her that the chances of him dying from the Coronavirus were very low and they amounted to odds he was willing to take to come to work. That had me thinking how wonderful Walmart’s associate healthcare insurance must be, when he continued that Walmart has enacted policies to make it seem like they were doing something about it. SEEM? What does that mean? Is their efforts to combat the virus nothing more than a masquerade to instill false confidence in the public, to make it seem like they care? It seems like I left there feeling no confidence at all in Walmart, as a single break in a chain of antiviral precautions is all it takes to unwittingly infect many people.
I was highly unimpressed with the arrogance of a young, college age man whom apparently can afford to be hospitalized with an illness, or send his customers or loved ones to the same fate, with no concern but for his own odds of not dying. Ignorance is bliss, so keep me blissful by keeping your ignorance to yourself. I’ll carry on staying at home now, thanks.