I think corona has brought out the entrepreneur in everyone
Don’t you find it funny that businesses have gone from “Buy this product today!” to “During these tough and difficult times many people are struggling.... Buy this product today!”. Every celebrity has shared their own at home workout routine (or have joined Tiktok), and the people who hoarded toilet paper are trying to get a refund. Never would I have thought our perception of who is important would change so abruptly. I mean, the news is flooded with reports of our doctors and nursing staff on the front lines of the war on corona virus. It is like news has never been more “real”. But there seems to be another trend... That of the entrepreneur, who has a “contact” that has over 100000 units of face masks, and 2000 litres of hand sanitiser. I think it is great for individuals to have the ingenuity to do what everyone else is doing.
On the other hand, many social marketers are using Facebook ads etc. to target people with videos of them saying that they must get with the times, and start an online business. The only drawback is that in order to find out how to do so, you have to subscribe to a monthly newsletter that keeps directing you to paying for their e-learning course which is 65% off.
In countries where certain “non-essential” items are prohibited from being sold i.e. cigarettes, alcohol, meth :P, people have resorted to paying top dollar in order to satisfy their need. Desperate individuals are being sold cheap liquor and crappy cigarettes at the same price as Beluga Caviar. This can’t be right, but kudos to those who are making a profit. Those who are smart have turned to the pineapple beer recipes instead (which basically tastes like vodka and juice).
I suppose, in a time where job security has decreased by tenfold, we can at least take pleasure in knowing that this year couldn’t get any worse
*cue in alien invasion*