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CO-
FOUNDER OF POLL
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he cur
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19 s
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on
i
mpact
ed your bus
i
nes
s
?
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k
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her c
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t
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ups
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we ha
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en i
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ed by t
he c
l
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s i
n L
a
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k
,
DHA) a
nd i
n I
s
l
a
ma
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(
pop-
up i
ns
i
de t
he US Emba
s
s
y
) a
s wel
l a
s our
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na
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l
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o del
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er or
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ed v
i
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t
e.
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he pa
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/
a
r
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s
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n end,
we
ha
v
e ha
d t
o ha
l
t a
l
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fiel
d t
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k
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hops a
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ne
w pr
oduc
t de
v
el
opment
.
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pment
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or t
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w
s
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on a
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e a
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s
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l
ment of
t
he t
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t a
nd l
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t
i
c
s i
ndus
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.
Wha
t a
r
e y
ou doi
ng t
o k
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a
t
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ons up a
nd
r
unni
ng dur
i
ng t
hi
s t
i
me?
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s
t c
ons
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der
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t
i
on wa
s obv
i
ous
l
y f
or our t
ea
m
a
nd pa
r
t
ner
s – whet
her s
ma
l
l bus
i
nes
s
es or
Pol
l
y & Ot
her
St
or
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es i
s a
pl
a
t
f
or
m t
ha
t
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s on a mi
s
s
i
on
t
o c
ha
nge t
he
na
r
r
a
t
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v
e
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ound
ha
ndma
de,
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k
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s
t
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ni c
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t
a
s wel
l a
s
mor
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ont
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r
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c
ul
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l a
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a
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t of
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ngs
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r
om t
he
c
ount
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y a
nd
s
how t
he
wor
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d t
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gni
fic
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pot
ent
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l of
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k
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s
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a
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whi
c
h bel
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es
t
he
s
oundbi
t
es on
t
he news
a
r
t
i
s
a
ns
.
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n t
he r
un-
up t
o t
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k
down,
we i
ns
t
i
t
ut
e
d
f
l
e
xi
bl
e WF
H ope
r
a
t
i
ons (
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ol
l
e
d out Ma
r
c
h 4) a
nd
ma
de s
ur
e t
ha
t e
s
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nt
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s
t
a
f
f me
mbe
r
s ha
d e
v
e
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y
t
hi
ng
t
he
y ne
e
de
d t
o k
e
e
p t
hi
ng
s g
oi
ng
.
Mos
t of our c
or
e
t
e
a
m i
s c
ompos
e
d of wome
n a
nd ma
n
y ha
v
e be
e
n
i
n
unda
t
e
d wi
t
h a
ddi
t
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ona
l
c
a
r
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-
g
i
v
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ng a
s we
l
l
a
s ot
he
r
dome
s
t
i
c r
e
s
pons
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bi
l
i
t
i
e
s
.
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s
e v
a
r
y f
r
om
home
s
c
hool
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ng c
hi
l
dr
e
n t
o ma
na
g
i
ng t
he ne
e
ds of t
he
e
l
de
r
l
y
.
Our WF
H da
y k
e
e
ps t
hi
s i
n mi
nd a
nd we ha
v
e
t
r
i
e
d t
o be g
e
nt
l
e a
nd mi
ndf
ul
i
n our de
ma
nds a
nd
wha
t we hope t
o g
e
t done
.
We a
l
s
o us
e
d t
he r
e
duc
e
d c
ons
ume
r
-
f
a
c
i
ng hour
s i
n
e
a
r
l
y Ma
r
c
h t
o t
r
a
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n s
t
or
e a
nd wa
r
e
hous
i
ng s
t
a
f
f on
s
t
r
i
ng
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nt ne
w h
y
g
i
e
ne a
nd pa
c
k
a
g
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ng pr
a
c
t
i
c
e
s s
o t
ha
t
a
s s
oon a
s we c
a
n g
e
t ba
c
k t
o mor
e nor
ma
l
i
z
e
d
ope
r
a
t
i
ons
,
we c
a
n e
ns
ur
e t
ha
t c
us
t
ome
r
s c
a
n s
hop
onl
i
ne or c
ont
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n
ue t
o c
ome t
o t
he s
t
or
e wi
t
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