When a young woman in Texas learned that her dad's small business was bad during the pandemic(疫情), she made a request on Twitter asking for help.
"I wouldn't1do this, but my dad's taco(墨西哥玉米薄饼卷)truck business is2. He only sold $ 6 today," Giselle Aviles, 21, wrote in a twitter about her father's taco truck. "I would3it so much if you could retwitter!"
When the pandemic hit, the food truck's sales began to4. Like Aviles' father, many small business owners throughout the country continue to struggle through the pandemic. More than 100, 000 small businesses have5and that number is on the rise.
But Aviles' social media request6—by Sunday night, the post had gained around 2,000 retwitters. She told her father that he should prepare for many new7when the truck opened the next day. Her father didn't understand social media, so he didn't know what to8.
When he arrived at his food truck at 8 a.m. on Monday, a line of customers were there-some had been9as early as 6 a.m. Business was so10that the food truck had to close down twice-once to restock (补货) and again when they were11sold out. He even asked his daughter to help with the12.
Aviles estimates that her dad13more than 200 customers on Monday. She says she appreciates the14 for her dad's business and has since made an Instagram page for more customers to find his15easily.
