I was given paperwork from my eSsEnTiAl job to show the police or national guard if I were to get pulled over going into work. There were at least a couple of weeks everyone was told not to leave their homes unless they were an essential employee, and almost everyone I know was an essential employee, except restaurants it seemed like. However, just because everyone was told not to leave their houses or they would get a ticket, I never heard of that actually happening to anyone. Once we realized it was all BS, life went back to mostly normal except having to wear a mask at work or to be able to buy groceries. 🙄