My co-workers have finally begun to wear masks.
Not all of them, but some, which indicates not only that they’ve received the required training but that the company has reduced the pressure not to.
Beginning yesterday, Wegmans employees undergo wellness checks before starting work. We’re asked whether we’re experiencing any symptoms, including a new or worsening cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, vomiting, chills, body aches or diarrhea.
Eventually, we’ll also have our temperature taken, but the thermometers haven’t arrived yet. We’re given masks, if we want them.
The wellness checks are mandatory. The masks are not.
“It’s too late,” a fellow employee muttered as she arrived at the store this morning. “The masks, everything. It’s just too late. This should have happened weeks ago.”
And then she started her shift without a mask.