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The Apple Store is open! Wow. I can finally pick up by free Beat's Headphones that I ordered in early March but couldn't pick up because the store closed. It's now May 8th.
I lined up 1.5 metres behind the person in front of me when a Security Guard walked up to me to ask me which direction did I come from? I stretched out my arm to indicate the direction toward David Jones. Oh so I did not enter via the main entrance from the street?
No I did not enter from the street.
I was redirected to line up again to get my temperature checked and to also read a big sign that I had not been in contact with anyone with Covid 19, I did not have a cough, I did not feel unwell. Once I read the sign and said "no" to each question, I could proceed to have my temperature checked with an electronic beep. I was deemed "OK" and could proceed to go back into one of the two lines to enter the store.
I did not enter the store. I had to stay outside, showed my ID and the Apple assistant called someone to get my order. Every staff member had a face mask on. The security guards were dressed in black.
It is the new normal. It is like a Sci Fi movie, robotic, distant, clinical. I am living in this but it is not a movie. It is real.
I lined up 1.5 metres behind the person in front of me when a Security Guard walked up to me to ask me which direction did I come from? I stretched out my arm to indicate the direction toward David Jones. Oh so I did not enter via the main entrance from the street?
No I did not enter from the street.
I was redirected to line up again to get my temperature checked and to also read a big sign that I had not been in contact with anyone with Covid 19, I did not have a cough, I did not feel unwell. Once I read the sign and said "no" to each question, I could proceed to have my temperature checked with an electronic beep. I was deemed "OK" and could proceed to go back into one of the two lines to enter the store.
I did not enter the store. I had to stay outside, showed my ID and the Apple assistant called someone to get my order. Every staff member had a face mask on. The security guards were dressed in black.
It is the new normal. It is like a Sci Fi movie, robotic, distant, clinical. I am living in this but it is not a movie. It is real.