Patricia Lingo has seen her work hours at Waffle House cut back sharply during the coronavirus pandemic. But amid that drop in income, her needs have increased.
“The coronavirus, well, it practically has taken my job away from me,” says Lingo, 72, a waitress. She says she’s worked “many a year” for the restaurant chain, but now the business is “to-go’s only,” and she’s working just two days a week.
Lingo, who lives alone in Macon, says the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank has helped her on a few occasions before, when she faced hardships such as illness. And it has been helping her get food since the pandemic began.
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