COVID-19: People Exchange Luxuries for Necessities
With this pandemic reigning the whole wide world, people, in general, have a new duty in order to fight it, and that is to remain in their home. This way, they are able to help the government by not getting infected with the new Coronavirus disease, and they could also help to prevent further spreading of this disease.
Their employers are even cooperating with the situation; that is why they have given help through financial support to sustain their families' needs. So in simpler words, it is a win-win situation.
But the main problem is that their homes are running out of supply. Food and other necessities are running out, and although grocery stores and pharmacies remain open at this time, they still find it hard to look after their needs because they too lack supply.
Food, medicines, and especially toiletries are the main ones that are in demand. And they can be quickly sold out. So to get what they need, people become wise and creative. They offer things in exchange for groceries, water, and toiletries.
Just like Dalia MacPhee, a fashion designer who just got home from a vacation. She just found out that she is running out some tissues in her house, so she went to the grocery store, but the tissues are already sold out, and there is nothing left in the display.
She even went to other stores like liquor and hardware, but the result is still the same. So she had to be creative, so she decided to offer her a designed dress in exchange for some toilet papers. And she got twelve rolls in two-ply of it.
Another person who thought out of the box to get groceries is Edyta Pachowicz, she is a single mom and a professional stylist from Hollywood. She said in an interview that she has asthma and did not want to go to the grocery store and exposed herself to the virus, so she needs to find a way to get what her family needs somehow.
So she came to a solution by trading things to her neighborhood. She offered to draw a portrait of her neighbor's daughter in exchange for some groceries. And other people are also doing the same thing in exchange for something that they do not have or just acts of kindness.
These actions have been the practice of many people nowadays. They choose to help other people knowing that they will do the same thing for them. They have come to realize that helping each other will be a big help to fight Coronavirus.
Mothers are also sharing their home-schooling tips through social media for their children. They are able to reach and talk to other people that they have never met before. They became supporters to one another, and it is one of the good things happening right now. They learn how to give, share, and trade and these actions are somehow life-changing.