His Twitter handle is Jester D. All he shares about himself with the Twittersphere is that he hails from California. His Twitter biography describes himself as 鈥渏ust a fool juggling random thoughts to entertain the masses.鈥� Then came Saturday, when Jester D sent a message about the coronavirus crisis that, from the thousands of retweets and hundreds of thousands of likes, Twitter users needed to read.
鈥淚鈥檓 a garbageman, I can鈥檛 work from home and my job is an essential city service that must get done. It鈥檚 a tough job, from getting up pre-dawn to the physical toll it takes on my body to the monotonous nature of the job, at times it鈥檚 hard to keep on going,鈥� he began in a multi-tweet message.
鈥淩ight now though, right now I am feeling an extra sense of pride and purpose as I do my work. I see the people, my people, of my city, peeking out their windows at me. They鈥檙e scared, we鈥檙e scared. Scared but resilient,鈥� he wrote.
鈥淯s garbagemen are gonna keep collecting the garbage, doctors and nurses are gonna keep doctoring and nurse-ering. It鈥檚 gonna be ok, we鈥檙e gonna make it be ok. I love my city. I love my country. I love my planet Earth. Be good to each other and we鈥檒l get through this,鈥� he wrote.