There were some sweet, shocking and strange responses.

It started at the supermarket

"When I walked past an elderly couple weeping in our little Coles and I overheard them say, "But what are we going eat?". All the shelves, meat and produce department were stripped bare. Still chokes me up" — Lea

"Things disappearing off the shelves was very stressful, I will never forget that and how disgusted I was with how some people acted during a pandemic, very selfish" — Barbara

"For me it hit me hard when I did my weekly shop. I was also shopping for my mother and even finding basic cooking essentials for her had me frustrated big time. I had to shop around at four different supermarkets in my area and even then I couldn't get what I needed" — Rowan

"When I walked into our country town supermarket, which was almost empty. I actually got a lump in my throat thinking, "What's happening?" Was so sad and eerie to see" — Michelle

Who can forget the battle for "Toilet Paper':

"I'm a full-time wheelchair user with a significant physical disability. I got tackled for toilet paper. True story" — Mia

"When I rang my kid from my very first cruise and asked if were we OK for toilet roll because we'd seen so many Facebook posts showing empty shelves" — Jenny

Travel? Forget about it

"We were joking about it the whole time we were away, then when we got back to Melbourne and to work that Monday morning the fear was palpable and the anxiety of the whole thing hit. It was insane how much it changed overnight" — Brittany

"When all citizens and permanent residents were told to come home and we managed to change our flights to make the very last Jetstar flight to Melbourne out of Bangkok" — Shannon

"My partner and I were on a two-night weekend cruise from Melbourne to Sydney. The captain came on over the intercom and told us that the Australian Government had closed its borders. We could literally see land but didn't know if we were going to be allowed to dock" — Michelle

"I was about to have a holiday to see friends in Canberra ... ended up cancelling as no-one wanted to meet up" — Liz

Then work was turned upside down:

"Late Feb/early March, one of my favourite customers was meant to come into our office to meet the team in person for the first time. Their company decided it wasn't safe. We were then booted from the office on Friday the 13th, never to return (other than to collect our belongings Christmas week)" — Sheli

"I'm a check-out chick and I'll be forever traumatised be the appalling way that I was treated by the "panic buying" public. I was verbally abused, yelled at and much more. At one point I had the take stress leave. I will never forget that feeling of dread going to work and thinking, "What will happen today?" Nobody deserves to be treated like that" — Veronica

"Mid March I packed up the shoe shop, closed it down, took all the stock to the warehouse and watched online sales for slippers go nuts as we all started working from home" — Jodie

"When I was driving into my office in Fitzroy to work in private psychiatry and having no patients walk through the door. First time in my 30 years of working in medical. The once hustle and bustle of Melbs had turned into a ghost town that resembled a movie set. I'll never forget it" — Belinda

"I remember, as a Year 5/6 teacher, sitting with all of those students who came in to school the day after Daniel Andrews announced remote learning and having a big, open and honest chat. We tried to reassure them things would be OK and that they should be excited for the new opportunities we would have with remote learning. We knew things would be very different but had to keep a supportive lens on for them. This was much harder the second time round" — Rian

"When schools closed and my husband and I both lost our jobs within a few days of each other. We had just moved to Melbourne a few weeks earlier for a new start" — Elise

But needless to say, most are hoping the pandemic ends soon:

"Why do we need a reminder? It's something I would rather forget". — Karen

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