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Grocery workers suffer the mental health effects of customer hostility and lack of safety in their workplace

  • Written by Brian Mayer, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
imageMany grocery store workers have experienced high rates of anxiety and depression during the pandemic.Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

With the holiday season here, consumers are understandably desperate for a “normal” holiday season. For many, that includes big family dinners and Black Friday shopping sprees.

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