'It was scary and weird how fast it turned' -- NewburyComics in New England explains how the pandemic has affected the chain
Shoppers flip through vinyl records at Newbury Comics in Boston, on May 29, 2008.
By the beginning of the next week, when I canvassed the stores again, in just a few days, things had turned quickly. During those few days, other stores around our stores had closed and people were telling our store employees that they were insane to stay open and our business was dropping every day.It was scary and weird how fast it turned.
Massachusetts' unemployment agency seems to have its shit together and so does Rhode Island and New York; they have sent out checks already; but not Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire. I have heard that our people have been able to register and have received acknowledgement from those other states but they haven’t gotten checks yet.Then we moved to how are we going to take care of our company.
So those are the phases we have gone through, how to take care of our employees; then our landlords and venders; and now, if the government refinances these programs, which one, if any of the government programs, makes sense for us. We are asking: What works for the situation we are in and how will this evolve. The future is unwritten, asWe are starting to ask what's it going to look like when we open back up.
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