If you’ve ever wanted a first-person account from one of President Trump’s “warriors” on what it’s like to go back to work in the middle of a pandemic — not because you’re dying to ReOPeN THe ECoNoMy, but because you have to in order to make ends meet — this is it. James, a bartender in Georgia, spoke to our Ian Lecklitner about what it’s like to sling drinks for meager tips while risking a deadly virus all in the pursuit of “opening back up.”
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Guy Fieri raised $20 million for a restaurant worker relief fund. In case you forgot about our spiky-haired kinghttps://t.co/xUOfEWMXzU
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Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross is MEL’s senior editor for social media and content marketing. His daily ICYMI column, which chronicles all things meta on the site, is the quickest way to catch up on MEL, and the funniest thing you’ll read all day. Follow him on Twitter.
