You've always been a doer?
Like when something's going wrong,
you feel the need to do something?
Nah.
Or was that a recent development?
No.
No, I'm like a non-doer if anything.
I am Sarah Davies.
I am 24 years old.
I...
have a Master's degree in
neuroscience and
during the COVID crisis
I started volunteering at
Meals on Wheels.
I was working in a RSL.
Forgot I had a job like a couple of
weeks ago,
I was working at a RSL.
Like one week, it was
completely normal.
The next week, it was dead quiet
and then the next week, they were
legally told to like, shut.
And my friend texted me and said
Meals on Wheels has a shortage
in volunteers because they have,
they actually have like mainly
older volunteers.
So...
Obviously older people were
starting to be told
you've got to stay home.
You've got to stay away
from people.
My name is Kevin.
Kevin, how old are you?
Uh, 82 and a half.
82 and a half.
Are we still doing 'and a half' at 82?
Well, I'm 83 in July so...
Right, happy birthday for July then!
I hope to make 83!
What is it you enjoy about
doing Meals on Wheels?
The community.
I like to listen to their problems,
which older people tend to, uh,
comment about.
My manager said to me
I'm giving you the opportunity to
just stay at home.
The next week I was starting
in the kitchen.
This kitchen is the most hygienic
kitchen I've ever worked in.
There are like, crosses on the floor
and that's your designated cross.
It's quite a strange new world to
accommodate, isn't it?
It's not weird as long as you
know it's weird.
As long as everybody else
agrees it's weird,
then, that is normal
because we all remember what
normal was, and we'll get
back there as long as we keep
remembering that this is weird.
Does that make any sense?
It makes total sense and it's
the best...
it's the best strategy I've heard
for dealing with the new normal.
Yeah.
We're all in this together.
Don't touch my hands, sort of thing.
How are you coping with being
cooped up in the house at the
moment?
A slight problem.
Yeah, I like to go out on little trips,
on our $2.50 Opal card, but
my daughter says to me,
Dad, you can't do that.
Me personally,
in my personal experience,
I think about my grandparents like
the most during this time.
Like I worry about them the most,
I mean.
Like you see people hoarding
during this situation.
My jiddo,
my Lebanese grandfather,
from when he was like young and
didn't have a lot of money,
he's like always had this mentality
to like, have a little bit of a stockpile
for if anything did happen
to go wrong.
He's spent 70 years already
hoarding?
He's so validated right now.
He is like,
I don't even need to go
to the shops.
This is a shop.
In 60 or so years,
you get to tell stories about
surviving the great coronavirus.
What do you think you'll say
you learnt from this?
Like, if there is a silver lining,
it is really bringing out
really good in some people and
really good in some communities
and situations.
Helping other people,
I think it's very rewarding in a way.
Everyone keeps a good like,
attitude even in these times
and then like they all
thank you when you leave.
Yeah, it's a bit adorable.
It's a bit lovely.
It's really nice.
Sarah, you were heaps fun
to talk to.
Thank you.
I was going to go in for
a handshake and then I realised I
can't do that anymore.
Yeah...
Do you want to do the elbow thing?
Is this elbow thing weird?
Nah, it's weird isn't it...
You just-
I'm going to bow.
Yeah! Oh my god!
Yep. Here we go.
It's not cultural appropriation!
Half Indian.