'I've been invisible this entire time and now we matter': A day in the life of a 22-year-old supermarket worker during the coronavirus outbreak

Charlotte Gilgallon

• Supermarket workers in the UK have been classified as "key workers" in the coronavirus pandemic, meaning they must continue going to work to keep the country running.
• Staff were thrown into hostile situations when panic-buying reached its peak in March, though things have since calmed down. The UK has extended its lockdown into May.
• Business Insider spoke to Charlotte Gilgallon, 22, who works in online deliveries at a Sainsbury's store in Glasgow, Scotland.
• Her shifts last from 4 a.m. to 12 p.m., five days a week, and she comes into contact with "maybe 300 people every day."
• She also shared her family's "game plan" to ensure she is disinfected the moment she gets home to avoid getting anyone else sick.
• Here's what a day in her life is like — from 3:30 a.m. wake-up calls to hectic shifts to intense disinfection when she gets home.
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When the UK went into full coronavirus lockdown on March 23, Charlotte Gilgallon, 22, had to take her job a lot more seriously.

Gilgallon is an online shopping assistant at a Sainsbury's supermarket branch in Glasgow, Scotland.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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