The Wakanda coffee shop in the Optics Valley has not closed down since the closure of Wuhan. Seven employees volunteered to stay behind and delivered 500 cups of free coffee to the front-line medical staff of the region’s two hospitals every day for 20 days now.
Before the Spring Festival, the Chinese government declared Wuhan closed, and the Wakanda coffee bar closed seven locations across the city.
But the branch in Optical Valley made a choice to stay.
In the past, this branch had a group of old customers who were medical staff of the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Many of them were coffee enthusiasts who had to drink at least one cup every day. “We can’t help anything else, just let them drink a hot, professional cup of coffee every day.”
In the face of the new coronavirus, the global medical community has no solution, and people are trying to get out of the city, to run away. But the seven baristas didn’t feel like they were just little guys. Some had come back from other places to join the special operation.
One of them was even an Iranian. The handsome Iranian barista refused an Iranian evacuation plane and stayed in Wuhan to make coffee for medical staff.
Four baristas are on duty in the morning and deliver 300 cups to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital before 12 o ‘clock. Three baristas are on duty in the afternoon, providing 200 cups to the Huayuanshan courtyard area by 5 o’clock.
Five hundred cups of coffee a day gives momentary relief to the physically and mentally exhausted staff on the front line; it gives them a chance to remember that they are not all alone.
At one point, after the scheduled coffee delivery, five medical staff members suddenly bowed to them. That moment, each other’s eyes were instantly blurred when the closure city was in distress.
Coffee is not a necessity for medical personnel. But now someone thought of the medical staff, with the hot coffee they had brought to the hospital, it warmed the staff’s tired and a bit of despaired hearts.
The small coffee team also has a message. They hand wrote the note on all of the cups of coffee with blessing words. There is no need for any poetry or eloquence, just “Wuhan cheering:” “Salute to you,” “It is good to have you,” and so on. The words may be broken, but the message is the same.
Wuhan cheers
The city may be sealed, but there is the presence of love.
《封城之愛》
武漢「封城」後,位於光谷的Wakanda咖啡店沒有歇業。7名員工自願留守,每天為兩家醫院的一線醫護人員外送咖啡,每天500杯,全部免費,至今已堅持20天。
臨近春節時,中國政府宣佈武漢封城,Wakanda輕飲咖啡在全市7家店陸續放假,20多名員工大多準備返鄉過年。
但位於光谷的分店,做出了一個的決擇:留下。
過去他們有一批老顧客是湖北省中醫院的醫護人員,其中不乏每天至少要喝一杯咖啡的愛好者。「別的忙我們也幫不上,就讓他們每天都能喝一杯熱熱的、專業的咖啡吧。」
在新冠病毒面前,全球醫界束手無藥,人們能逃出城的,趕緊逃。但這7名咖啡師卻沒有覺得自己只是小人物,有人專門從外地趕回,加入這次特殊的營業。
小人物,也可以有小人物的奉獻。
他們之中,甚至有一位伊朗人。這位英俊的伊朗咖啡師,拒絕伊朗的撤離專機,留在武漢為醫護人員做咖啡。
上午4位咖啡師值班,12點前送300杯到中醫院;下午3位咖啡師值班,17點前送200杯到花園山院區。
每天500杯咖啡,讓守在一線身心俱疲的醫護人員獲得片刻舒緩,而且知道他們並不全然孤獨。
有一次按約定流程送完咖啡後,5位醫護人員忽然向他們鞠了一躬。那一瞬間,彼此的眼睛,在封城患難時瞬間模糊了。
咖啡不是醫療人員的必需品。但此刻有人想起醫療人員,想到送進醫院熱咖啡,暖意的他們極其疲憊,帶點絕望的心。
咖啡小團隊還有個執念,他們每天都會在500杯咖啡的杯身上手寫祝福語,不必什麼詩句,也沒有文采,就是「武漢加油」「向您致敬」「有您真好」等等,小夥伴們有時候寫到字體變樣,也沒有人放棄這個小小的儀式感。
封城之月,月下有愛。
取材自:https://www.facebook.com/SisyWorldNews/posts/2807215326022794
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