Vancouver hairdresser Missy Clarkson has mixed feelings about heading back to work next week. “I really miss my clients and it will be really nice to see them,” she said. “But I am feeling nervous, for sure.” As provinces begin re-opening their economies, Canadians who’ve been sheltering at home for weeks now face the prospect of heading back to work.
And they may arrive to find their workplaces looking much differently. “It’s going to be a very different feeling in the salon,” Clarkson says, listing restrictions that will include limiting the number of customers, adding more space between chairs and sinks, and staff members wearing masks and possibly even face shields. “We’ve got to do what we’ve got to do.