Isolated Millennial Can’t Handle Another Day of Napping and Binge Watching TV

A young consultant struggles with the ails of working from home as the Coronavirus crisis worsens.

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As the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus worsens across the country, New Yorkers are starting to feel the ramifications. 

“This whole virus thing has been a nightmare,” said David Welloff, a 31-year-old consultant who is working from home indefinitely.

“I’m running out of new shows to stream on my high speed internet and I’ve had to order delivery from the same restaurant 3 times this week,” Welloff told the NY Prophet in a phone call from his studio apartment in Williamsburg.

“It feels like the end of the world.”

Welloff told the NY Prophet he had been experiencing bouts of anxiety about the pandemic, but clarified that he wasn’t worried about contracting the virus.

“I heard it’s not that bad for young people. I just don’t want to be stuck inside for another two months.”

While Welloff hasn’t had any trouble getting groceries - he ordered online from Wholefoods and had them delivered on Monday -  he did say he found the viral footage of empty shelves at Trader Joe’s confronting. 

“I shed a tear when I saw the only thing left on the shelf was chocolate hummus,” Welloff said. 

“It breaks my heart to think someone who wanted regular hummus has to go home to their family with chocolate-flavored hummus instead. It’s disgusting.” 

While some experts believe that the crisis will calm down in the next few weeks, others estimate that it will continue for another six months at least.

“It’s hard, my life has been reduced to an endless loop of eating, sleeping, and watching TV.” Welloff said. “But it’s a sacrifice I'm willing to make for the oldies.”