My business is suffering because of the pandemic. I'm very worried I won't be able to pay my bills soon.
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hello, what is on your mind today?
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I am so stressed out because my business has suffered this year. I am very worried I may have to close and I won't be able to pay my bills.
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that is really tough. a lot of people are going through that, you are not alone what kind of business do you have?
assistant
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I sell cosmetics. I think a lot of people don't have money to buy non essential items right now.
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christmas is right around the corner though, and it is almost the 15th. military get paid the 1st and 15th so there is still hope for a christmas rush! tax season is right around the corner too... there is defineately still reason to keep hope
assistant
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That might be true. I just don't know that business will ever recover.
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are you online or in store?
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Mostly online.
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thats great then, online businesses are less likely to fail you know, i am in construction and there are soo many zoom meetings. honestly, i was in an office with 4 people and hardly wore make up. now with all these meetings i amd doing meetings constantly and i have had to start wearing more make up to look more profesional i know it can be scry, but you ust have to keep a positive attitude
assistant
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Yeah we don't have to shut down. But with so many people struggling to make ends meet, there just doesn't seem to be enough left over to buy extra things. and that's true. There are people on zooms that want to wear makeup.
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also, i think it depends on where you are in the world. covid hit my area really hard around april/may, but things are completely back to normal now. people hardly wear masks, stores are open, it just takes time
assistant
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That's definitely not the case here. But I can see what you mean.
user
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maybe you could distritubute samples to hospitals for the nurses as a christmas present. put your card in. you KNOW they have job stability and it could lead to sales!
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That's something to think about.
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if you have a facebook page you can always make a post saying you are giving back to the community by giving the essential workers chrismas gifts.... it could make people in your community want to support you back!
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Yeah that's true too.
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i think you will be fine. you are resourceful, you are supplementing income with mturk, thats awesome. you seem to have a good head on your shoulders
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