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I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over and found an elderly woman and her husband. She cracked her window open a bit more, and explained to me nearly in tears that they are afraid to go in the store.
Afraid to get sick as they are in their 80’s and hear that the novel coronavirus is affecting older people disproportionately. And that they don’t have family around to help them out. Through the crack in the window she handed me a $100 bill and a grocery list, and asked if I
would be willing to buy her groceries. I bought the groceries and placed them in her trunk, and gave her back the change. She told me she had been sitting in the car for nearly 45 min before I had arrived, waiting to ask the right person for help.
I know it’s a time of hysteria and nerves, but offer to help anyone you can. Not everyone has people to turn to.
Can’t believe this just happened. I had the opportunity to share my story on @cnn with @brikeilarcnn earlier today. What an absolute honor.
#kindnesskillscovidpic.twitter.com/kTyAOXGphz
I hope you are able to find someone! I didn’t realize until today how nerve wracking it must be for older folks to go to public places right now. We need to help them out if we can!
Everyone needs to check on all our senior citizen neighbors and help out during this time.
Thanks for this. I’m going to knock on some neighbors doors tonight to see who needs a grocery store run.
good for you for being open to help. I had thought that the risk-averse could use grocery delivery but this story makes me realize they may not be the demographic who adopts that technology
You're correct. Not only is it not their style, but many grocery shop to get out of the house. This is a tough time to start using delivery services if you're not familiar with them.
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