Attention HEB shoppers(I need to get this off my chest)

I work at HEB. I'm one of their certified meat cutters. Have been for well over a decade. I'm 33 years old, married and have a 5 year old son. Sunday morning he woke me up and told me something that broke my heart. He told me he missed me. He missed me because I have been working 12+ hour shifts to keep up with the demand all yall keep putting on our staff. This is now day 5 of a weeks worth of customers coming in daily. I am well passed running on an empty tank. I'm to the point of I go home and shower (to avoid contaminating my family from the ones who come shopping not knowing they are sick) and then sit on the couch and pass out. I miss my son. I miss my wife. I miss my dogs, and a nice hot dinner. Please do me a favor. If you don't need it don't get it. Most of the things y'all are buying have a shelf life. Ground beef don't last but a couple days. Steaks not much more. And the amount of produce peiple are buying is laughable. If worse come to worse and we are quarantined then most of the crap is going to go bad before you eat it.

So please. Be safe. Be courteous. Be mindful of the people wearing the red shirts and nametags. We are doing our best. We have our own families. We are just as worried as you. And we will be there to help you and get you what you need to take care of your own.

Thanks you for shopping at HEB. Now go home.