Marina took this Monday to get to her job, almost the same as she would have used to get to Barcelona by AVE.

Two hours and a bit.

He began his odyssey first thing in the morning, still at night

, an hour's walk from his home in Madrid's Villaverde neighborhood to the nearest metro station.

He has traveled 15 stops on the suburban, which today was slower than usual.

To this he has added the section from the Moncloa metro to the cafeteria where he works, located in the Chamberí neighborhood.

Normally it takes an hour to go through all these stages, but today its times have been extended.

His partner Laura has managed to cut the journey in half, one hour, when it usually takes about 25 minutes, from Vallecas.

"The problem is that the walking route is greater because you go slowly so as not to fall, and also that

there are fewer subway frequencies. These were full today and there were capacity problems

, because people have not taken the car," explains this worker.

Employees who cannot telecommute and have had to physically travel to their jobs this morning have faced a gymkhana of slips, falls, freezing journeys that were made endless and crowded wagons as in pre-covid times.

Falls

"My delivery schedule begins at 7.30 in the morning, so when I left my house it was still night. It

usually takes half an hour but I have arrived in one. I have fallen twice.

There are colleagues who have arrived until one late hour, "explains Diego, who works as a delivery man at the Post Office.

Diego did not know until Sunday at eleven o'clock at night if he had to appear today at the office where he distributes, in Conde de Casal.

Unlike other colleagues who live outside the capital, he was finally able to go to the office thanks to the subway ride, but it took twice as long, because the wagons "were full of people."

"The Pacific station was where not even a pin could fit," says Diego, who at ten o'clock has found that his boss has told him to go home.

As the mail sorting centers have been closed since Saturday, there was no mail to deliver.

Supermarkets

The workers of the supermarkets, an essential sector to guarantee the food supply, have done their best to reach the stores today and many have opened with the minimum staff or with those who have been able to travel, unlike on Saturday, when many establishments They had to close because the employees couldn't get there.

"Most of them are workers who have gone by subway,

the shifts have been changed in order to guarantee the safety of those who had the most complicated access

," explain sources in the sector.

In the Guzmán el Bueno municipal market there were only four stalls open today.

José Antonio, who runs a greengrocer, has been able to go to work because he lives two blocks away, but several of his employees who live in Aranjuez and Valdetorres, in the Community of Madrid, have had to stay at home.

"Only those of us who live nearby have come,"

says this businessman, who points out, however, that he has not received merchandise and has not been able to deliver to stores since Saturday.

Emilio, from the fishmonger next door, has taken an hour to get from Alcorcón, when he normally takes half the time.

He has done it in a van, like others of his companions.

The rest, from Villaverde and Vallecas, have done it by metro, with the same extra delay as Marina or Diego.

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