It's like war times right now. There's a certain tension that I can't quite put my finger on. But it's sort of like being in a castle, and standing on the wall looking out to the hill, and seeing an army of 1 million, while your castle only 2000 troops. It's a sort of... 'Oh my' moment, and it's not quite dawn yet, there's a mist going around, and you know it's going to come, but it's just staring you down for the time being. You know the castle won't survive the siege, but there's the awkward time in between.
But, I have been selling and buying products online, and I have not received any feedback pertaining to the shipment of the products I bought, nor an evaluation for the products I sold from at least 5 different male accounts. Women just keep on plowing through the business aspect of the online market even in these dark times, so I guess some props are due. I've contacted the marketplace administration to deal with the non-responsive bodies. I've never encountered anything like this before. Usually, I get one ditz every second or third month, but this month there is 5. If I don't get feedback, I don't get paid. So, for all intents and purposes, I'm out around 60,000 Yen Since the 29th of February. 4 DAYS.
Maybe those clients, and businesses are affected from the Corona plague.
I think there's an effect similar to mass hysteria, and getting caught up in the momentum of things, abandoning all manners and responsibilities, and succumbing to the temptation of deviating from the norms.
I'll call it the Corona Chan Effect.
Also I'm a foreigner, so I don't really know what people are thinking when they see my name on their packages, or their print screen for shipping labels during these times. My worst case scenario is coming to the conclusion that some people are thinking Corona is a foreign disease, so foreigners are to blame. God knows. Being in Japan, my worst pet-peeve is being stigmatized for being a foreigner, or being disrespected, and treated as if I don't matter.
Update: I've looked at their feedback counter, and it keeps going up. So their accounts do have activity.
It definitely does look grim. And I feel like we're not being told everything.
Whenever disaster hits I feel like some Japanese become more distant, while others overcompensate with being overly friendly to thank me for still staying in their country. Or even, are amazed that I'm still here.
On the other hand, we have YouTubers living in Japan, and live streaming themselves taking the Corona Virus test like it's a joke. So, different people are coping with it in different ways.
I overstocked on food, toilet paper (24 rolls), and just taking things in strides. I'm just watching YouTube now, but my favorite content creators are spooked by the progress of the virus in their respective countries, so just having them, being thousands of miles away being spooked, when I'm at the epicenter of things gives you a reality check. So at the start of the broadcast. and 6 minutes again mentioning the death toll in their country, along with the infections, they can't stop, again at 22 minuted in... Might as well create an algorithm for a death counter, and place it in the corner of the screen. This thing is much worse than the media will have you believe.
Video game conferences have been cancelled worldwide.
So, even when I try to take solace in the non serious things, they are also being affected by Corona Chan.
