Interview 39

S: Okay. So Participant #39, can you tell us about your current role in your job?

S: Okay, so does your work require a physical presence in your office?

S: Are there any flexibility?

S: Okay.

S: Okay, great. All right. So can you walk us through a typical day of working hours and after work hours.

Essentially, I do a lot of prep work. It’s a lot going back and forth from different buildings on campus where we have stuff like stored. So it’s a lot of like physical labor, of setting up gathering items, taking them to different spots on campus, just preparing for the event. And then, when the event happens, just, you know, overseeing the logistics of the event, making sure it’s running smoothly. And then, after the event, taking down, doing basically everything again. Just reverse putting everything away. And then another part of my role is every day I do some variation of admin work. So I do a lot of the billing free events. I do a lot of support work for my team, just admin in in my team. So yeah, there’s a lot of paperwork that I also do as well. So my jobs kind of divided up in half of event work and admin work. And then After work. I usually work out a gym indoors, and then I come home and I make dinner, and then I go to bed, and then it start all over again.

S: Okay, that’s great, But do you work out outside of the building? Like outside. Like charging. Yeah. Charging in the river walk.

S: How long you have you lived in San Joaquin Valley, including Bakersfield.

S: Which state that school is located.

S: Boise state. Okay, I know that. Yeah, it’s a good school.

S: Yeah. I’ve considered working there, too. And. I once applied the job over there, but I landed here in Bakersfield.

S: Okay, how do you feel about air quality in Bakersfield? So I think you’re the perfect person. Because you could, you know. You know. Compare between the area around Boise State and Bakersfield.

but yeah, I I don’t think it’s the best with. Compared to Boise. Boise was a great place, very, it felt very clean, has 4 seasons. So that was really nice, I think. That helped with, you know, like the way you feel in outside here. Obviously, there’s like 2 seasons, it’s hot, and then it’s just cold. So I think that. But yeah, I would say the air quality here is not the best, but I’m just kind of used to it, I guess. S: So since you had lived in Bakersfield for quite a while, has your perspective on air quality has been changed during that time.

S: Okay, do you think that air quality has been improved? across time?

S: So I think your awareness about the air quality and the knowledge, about the air quality has been, you know, increased you were born and raised here, and were there any specific moment or event or conversation that really, you know, increase your. The awareness of the air quality.

I started realizing the impact that it has on people’s health. So I think during that time, probably right after college, when I came back to live in Bakersville. I started realizing that the air is worse than I, I guess, growing up because I didn’t really experience anything bad to me for the air.

S: Can you elaborate more about how people people’s daily activities is affected by the air quality in Bakersfield? I think you are more knowledgeable than us, because you have been grown here, and also you have, you know, friends in Bakersfield.

S: Yes.

S: Since you are scared about having valley fever, have you ever modified your work, or personal activities or schedules due to the air quality concerns.

S: Do you think that air quality affects your team’s work, productivity, or attendance.

S: Okay? So what actions have you took to deal with the air quality issue?

S: So but sometimes people feel hesitant to wear a mask, because there are some stereotype among people, so have you ever felt hesitant to wear a mask. But even though you want to take it.

S: Among the people? Which demographic, do you think that they have those kind of stereotypes, like men, or female.

S: Why do you think?

S: How comfortable are people in your workplace with discussing error quality concerns.

S: If the newcomers, newly employed in your team and if they talk about that air quality in bakersfield as a peep as a person who, born and raised in Bakersfield. Do you think that they are too overreacting.

S: Hmm! Have you ever shared personal or family concerns about the air quality issues with your colleagues?

S: How about your colleagues? Did they share their personal or family concerns with around air quality issues with you?

S: Do you think that your colleagues are also comfortable? Talking about error quality concerns.

S: Okay. The reason why I ask this is that there’s some people hesitant to talk about air quality issue because they think that it always lead them to talk about the political, you know, issue. I’m not. I haven’t experienced this. Maybe because I’m from South Korea. They don’t talk about political issue with me, but from your standpoint have you ever observed, or feel something like that.

S: Sometimes people feel a sense of connection with others when facing common challenges. So in Bakersfield, we all know that we have a poor air quality. So when you learn that others share similar environmental concerns like, you know, pollutions from the air and dust from everywhere. How do you feel?

I haven’t heard, I guess somebody say the air pollution is great, you know. So yeah, I feel like a yeah, like, we come together on a common ground.

S: Okay, have you ever thought that sharing your experiences with aero pollution? Or you know understandings? Others talk about their concerns about the air pollutions. Do you think those lead to you and your colleague feel more connection connected with the you know connected with each other?

S: Have you ever felt isolated, due to the environmental health concerns.

S: have you ever felt like your concerns about the air quality issues might be dismissed as overreacting or being, too, sensitive.

S: Okay, let’s talk about the organizational effort. So what steps has your organization? Cs to be taken to address air quality issues?

But yeah, I don’t know what steps they’ve taken. Obviously, I’ve seen like steps of when it comes to the heat, you know, of course, but I haven’t seen steps in regards to air pollution.

S: what kinds of support or initiative do you think that your organization can provide to better address air quality concerns.

S: Have you ever request your manager to stay that you want to stay inside when the air quality out outside is specifically worse.

S: Okay, how about the other coworkers?

S: How about manager? Did they voluntarily ask you to stay inside? Because because today we have a bad weather.

S: No. Okay.

S: Considering the current air quality issues, do you see yourself continuing to live and work in Bakersfield for long term?

S: Just curious. What was the main reason you choose, Boise, state In California. There are lots of good school as well with the ower tuition.

S: Okay, I understand. I heard that nowadays. I doubt the living cost is really expensive.

H: Participant #39. Just a quick question about Bakersfield being a bad place. I have been. I’ve been to Bakersfield like once, so I’m not as knowledgeable as you do. You mind elaborating on that stigma or on that point right.

But now, as I get older, I see the good qualities right. You know Bakersfield is one of the cheaper places to live in California, you know, and it’s a growing city. It is a place to raise a family, you know there is community here, but you don’t see that when you’re younger, you know you just you don’t see that. You just see the bigger picture. You don’t see all the small things that come.

H: yeah, thanks for sharing. So and going back to the our the beginning of our interview, I think Dr. Park here, he asked you whether your job was flexible, so can you elaborate on that part on what terms it is flexible.

H: So in large part, I mean, I guess it is having a supportive. Boss, right. does she allow that I mean for your other teammates as well.

H: Department, okay, okay, makes sense.

H: Oh, okay. Right? Okay.

H: Okay. Alright. Thank you.

S: Okay, let’s go back to your long term plans. So what the factors most influence your decisions about staying and or live in Bakersfield.

S: So always stay close to our mother.

S: what changes would make you feel more optimistic about living and working in Bakersfield for long term.

yeah, just better. Pollution would help. Obviously, of course, the weather’s not gonna change. I don’t think Bakersfield is. Gonna get 4 seasons anytime soon, but it did snow here in 1999. So you never know. But yeah, I think, just yeah, just the way our community has is growing and improving. I think that would keep continue for me to stay.

S: So we are continuing this interview research. And do you have any recommendation that we can have a questions to the future interviewee.

S: Okay, I think I have consumed all the questions I prepared. Dr. Lee. Do you have any question for Participant #39?

S: Nope.

S: okay, Participant #39, thanks for participating in our research, and I will soon send you the $40 gift card for your valuable perspectives. Yeah, I hope you have a great day.