I am a worker on the front line working in a very busy bottle shop in a hotspot in Sydney.

It’s all good and well keeping our “essential services” open but why are workers on the frontline being constantly put in danger

Why are the “essential services” not being done online and dispersed via home delivery? Or click and collect?

The infrastructure is in place already so why have you “temporarily disabled” these essential services?

By sending the public into these spaces you are amplifying the possibility for contamination and contraction and spread of Covid-19.

The health and well-being of every Australian is at risk here so why are workers in these chains considered anything different?

These workers are being put into a high risk situation on a daily basis serving people face to face which is highly irresponsible.

You say that only 2 people are allowed to be together yet in shopping centres and retail outlets across the country these rules are constantly being ignored putting the worker in severe danger.

If you think about it, if any number of the supermarket/retail workers became sick or asymptomatic of the virus they would continuously spread the virus throughout the community on a daily basis.

I would like to propose these chains closed to the public and used as the local facility to deliver while the spread is early we need to be very serious about our next steps.

The measures have already been put in place, please think of the safety of your community, the workers who are in constant risk of contracting the virus and every person going into these high risk environments.

Respect the change and every member of the public, we all need to work together.

Thank you