Q: How has COVID-19 affected you personally?

A: “COVID-19 has not affected my life very much, only with me trying to get in and out of any store, but everyone is going crazy. However, I do have two grandparents who are having to stay inside so they don’t get it.”

Q: How has the virus affected your place of business?

A: “The virus has affected my place of business a lot. I work at Zig-E’s Funland, and as you can imagine, we are always sanitizing. Business has also been really slow.”

Q: Has your place of business made any alterations to how they operate? If so, how have those changes affected you?

A: “We have made changes to our business which really is not in my favor. I was getting 11+ hours a week, which was good based on the days I was able to work, but now I am getting none or am being placed ‘on call.’”

Q: What do you foresee for your place of business in the near future?

A: “I see my workplace completely shutting down due to the amount of germs that are there due to all of the hands on stuff. I do want to say again, however, we sanitize everything every 30 minutes.”

Q: Do you have any tips for customers during this time?

A: “Some tips I have would be to try to stay home as much as possible because you may not be able to get very sick from the virus, but you may become a carrier. You don’t want any loved ones to get this virus and have to suffer from it.” 

Q: How do you think this experience will shape you?

A: “This experience is a very different type of thing that I don’t think I will ever experience again. My family said that this rarely happens and it is very interesting to see how we take it.”

Q: How do you plan on making up for lost money?

A: “I plan on babysitting around the neighborhood. I live in a neighborhood full of kids, and I know they will be home for a while.”

Q: Anything else you would like to add about being a student worker during this time?

A: “It is very stressful because now there is no source of income coming in and it is very scary.”