He has traveled 15 stops on the subway, which today was slower than usual. To this he has added the section from the Moncloa metro to the cafeteria where he works, located in the Chamberà neighborhood. Normally it takes an hour to go through all these stages, but today its times have been extended.
His partner Laura has managed to cut the journey in half, one hour, when it usually takes about 25 minutes, from Vallecas. “The problem is that the walking distance is greater because you go slowly so as not to fall, and also that there are fewer subway frequencies. These today were full and there were capacity problems, because people have not taken the car, “explains this worker.
Employees who are unable to telecommute and have had to physically commute to their jobs this morning have faced a rampage of slips, falls, freezing long journeys and crowded wagons as in pre-covid times.
Cadas
“My delivery schedule starts at 7.30 in the morning, so when I left my house it was still night. I usually take half an hour but I have arrived in one. I have fallen twice. There are colleagues who have been up to an hour late, “explains Diego, who works as a delivery man at the Post Office.
Diego did not know until Sunday at eleven o’clock at night if he had to appear today at the office where he distributes, in Conde de Casal. He, unlike other colleagues who live outside the capital, has finally been able to go to the office thanks to the subway ride, but it took twice as long, because the wagons “were full of people” .
“The PacÃfico station was where not even a pin could fit”, says Diego, who at ten o’clock found that his boss told him to go home. Since the mail sorting centers have been closed since Saturday, there was no mail to deliver.
Supermarkets
The workers of the supermarkets, an essential sector to guarantee the food supply, have done their best to reach the stores today and many have opened with the minimum staff or with those who have been able to travel, unlike on Saturday, when many stores had to close because employees could not get there.
“Most of them are workers who have gone by subway, Shifts have been changed in order to guarantee the safety of those with the most difficult access”, explain sources in the sector.
In the Guzmán el Bueno municipal market there were just four stalls open today. Josà © Antonio, who runs a greengrocer, has been able to go to work because he lives two blocks away, but several of his employees who live in Aranjuez and Valdetorres, in the Community of Madrid, have had to stay at home. “Only those of us who live nearby have come,” says this businessman, who points out, however, that he has not received merchandise and has not been able to deliver to the stores since Saturday.
Daniel’s adventure, who works in a logistics company, has been even worse. He was covering the Madrid-Asturias route and he should have returned home to Guadalajara on Friday afternoon, but he got stuck on the A-6, near Arevalo.
He has spent 70 hours parked in a winter truck park, with other colleagues, and was finally able to return home yesterday afternoon. Three other colleagues, from the same logistics company, who were also blocked at different points on the same road, have also arrived at their homes.
I have been privileged, despite the circumstances, because we have not lacked anything, at all times civil protection personnel and the Red Cross have been with us, and the Civil Guard has been informing us at all times of the evolution of the situation, ”explains this logistics professional.
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