This is what a grocery store employee does every day amid ECQ
Fatima Torres, a grocery store employee, has to sacrifice 6 hours of walk every day in order to earn a living amid the enhanced community quarantine.
When the ECQ was implemented, the transportation sector was also paralyzed. Even private cars traveling are limited. With this, the work of Fatima was also affected. However, she had to do something to continue to work.
In her interview with ABS-CBN, she shared that one of her motivations is the fact that people are panic buying right now and as she is working at a grocery store, she is also one of the frontliners.
When asked about the shuttle service provided by their company, Fatima said that her manager already requested for it, however, she is the only employee from Novaliches, which is far from other employees.
“Kung tutuusin, gusto ko nang bitawan yung trabaho. Kasi 2 weeks bago mag-total lockdown dito samin sa Novaliches, sabi po sakin ng manager ko, if ever hindi po ako makakapasok, forced resignation,” she shared.
With this, Fatima had no choice but to walk because, for her, it will be more difficult if she has no job.
She wakes up every 1 AM and has to start walking from home at 2:30 AM. Fatima would spend 3 hours walking the 15 kilometer-distance to work and spend another 3 hours when she goes home.
Her shift starts from 6 AM to 3 PM. The grocery. The grocery employee said that she does not mind walking in the morning but it is a different thing when she walks back to home.
“Kung tutuusin, gusto ko nang bitawan yung trabaho. Kasi 2 weeks bago mag-total lockdown dito samin sa Novaliches, sabi po sakin ng manager ko, if ever hindi po ako makakapasok, forced resignation,” she shared, during the interview.
Aside from walking for six hours, Fatima also sacrifices standing for 8 hours at the grocery store. When she comes home, she rests outside their home for 10 minutes before going in and taking a bath. After that, her mother would hot compress on her foot. Bedtime for Fatima is now 7 PM because she needs to wake up early and start walking to work.
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