Buying Donuts in the Apocalypse
2 min readMar 15, 2020
I went to buy a donut a few days ago. I asked the cashier how they were doing, you know, with the apocalypse and everything. It was a nothing question, small talk. Like asking an Uber driver what it’s like driving for Uber. In Seattle, talking about COVID-19 is the equivalent of asking about the weather. That is to say, you know the answer.