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Old Jun 23, 2020, 08:55 AM
Anonymous46341
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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed View Post
I just sort of quit my job. It started this morning in the break room when someone who’s already high risk to covid said “this mask is driving me crazy” then started taking it off and coughing. I controlled myself around her but then in the backroom I asked for gloves in my size and their were none. Then someone else coughed. So I started talking to the manager about how uncomfortable I was with the social distancing. She didn’t exactly validate my feelings so I asked to talk to her in the office where I really chewed her out. I mentioned people taking off their masks and the lack of social distancing and no equipment. And I mentioned being transgender as well. She did give me a pair of gloves when I went in the back but they were too big and also 2 right gloves. I tried working but I was uncomfortable with how angry I was and how I had talked to the manager. I’ve never been like that at work before and I’ve never spoken like that with a manager. I only get like that with my therapist and my mom. So I talked to another manager and said I needed to leave because I just couldn’t deal with it. I told him I’d take a leave. But I just didn’t want to quit on the spot.

It was the social distancing and the coughing and masks but I was also very uncomfortable with how I was acting and I honestly do not think it is appropriate for me to be working when I am like this.
I think it's great that you spoke up, Mountaindewed. After reading your story, I would have spoken up, too. They need to hear such feedback.

From what I have seen, California's covid cases seem to be greatly on the rise again. Not on the decline. See US coronavirus map: Tracking the United States outbreak That fact should bring with it some common sense. It's a shame that it doesn't always. Most people in my state were extremely vigilant in lowering the numbers. Many New Jerseyans can be tough folks, yelling at strangers to put on a mask or leave. That may seem harsh to some, but it surely helped. Most people in my state DO know someone who got covid. Many know a lot of people. You're right not to treat it casually, or like a hoax. By the way, California just took the #2 position for most cases in the US, after New York. New Jersey had been #2 for a long while.

Is it at all possible for you to work from home? If so, would you consider asking to work from home for a little while until the covid cases are on the decline again?

Last edited by Anonymous46341; Jun 23, 2020 at 09:31 AM.
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