When it comes to its response to the pandemic, Wegmans is certainly not guilty of the same willful blindness as the Trump White House. It is not sponsoring rallies or discouraging people from wearing masks (although it did at the beginning.) Yet both Donald Trump and the Wegmans family have committed the same sin. They…
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The new speakers’ corner
Inevitably, our being cooped up in the house for months has led us to new methods of communication. Not just Zoom. I’m talking about front yards. Signs are popping up everywhere. Of course, Black Lives Matter and political campaign signs are plentiful, along with the “Congratulations to the Class of 2020” banners. But there’s so…
Praise the libraries
My local library has reopened. Things are not back to normal, but it is still a pulse growing stronger, a steady sign of life. Life of the mind, heart of the community, survival of civilized society. My library means all these things to me. For the time being, it is a place of exchange rather…
Wegmans crime log: a stolen wallet, a repeat offender, and two young children left in car
PENFIELD, NY – A word to the wise: don’t leave your purse or backpack unattended in your shopping cart. (I’ve done this more times than I can count; an employee of the Pittsford Wegmans once scolded me for doing so, which got my back up. My bad.) The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department reports that a…
Politics on the grocery shelves
The most partisan item in Wegmans at the moment is a can of Goya beans. After Goya Foods President Bob Unanue praised the president, Trump opponents called for a boycott and Trump supporters stocked up. Ivanka Trump and her father, having no more serious subjects to occupy them, joined the fray by posing for endorsement…
Taking off my name tag
I am no longer a Wegmans worker. Sleep deprivation and a recurring illness (not covid, thankfully), made me realize that the physical demands of the job were too much. The overnight shift puts you out of sync not only with your own biorhythms but with the rest of society. The isolation of keeping opposite hours,…
H/T to Wegmans
At the risk of outing myself to my employers, I have a few positive things to say about Wegmans. I recently went through a coronavirus scare. Several days of severe gastrointestinal illness, matching some of the symptoms of COVID-19. Two days too sick to leave the house. A three-day wait for testing. A six-day wait…
Does divestment = racism?
If you leave the city for the suburbs, are you turning your back on the millions of people living in urban areas? Or are you simply making a sound business decision? Box stores. Supermarket chains such as Wegmans. Religious organizations such as the Catholic Church. Even the YMCA. They’ve all done it.* As a result,…
Get out of my line
Last night, a guy in a self-checkout lane had no mask but held one hand over his mouth as he scanned his groceries. How does this happen? I asked a supervisor and was told we should offer masks to those entering without them. But the supervisor didn’t know where the masks were. So my new…
Expanded hours
Wegmans has finally announced what I’ve been tweeting about for several days: Beginning Sunday, New York stores will be open from 6 a.m. to midnight. I admit to mixed feelings. On the one hand, it’s a step toward normalcy. Deaths and diagnoses have been down in our region. On the other, I worry about increased…