Our WhatsApp statuses bragging about being couch potatoes and watching Netflix every day are no longer funny as anxiety about job securities gets worse.
For the first time, I understand the fear of people who are battling financially: that dreaded knock on the door asking for rent you just don’t have; the constant worry about where the next meal will come from; hunting down the loose change scattered through the house… It was just another normal work-from-home day for me when the e-mail from work landed in my inbox. My employer is explaining how badly this Covid-19 lockdown is affecting us.
“As you know, I went home the day before the lockdown began and with this extension I don’t know how I will pay rent. And we’re not even sure if this is the last extension…” I sympathise with people who only survive on rental income. Their tenants had to be laid off at work with no money coming in.yekelani ukusasI wonder if the author of that post still thinks people are being silly by not wanting to pay school fees and transport drivers, but that’s a diary for another day.
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