“We've been through the 2008 financial crisis, the year y2k, where everybody went crazy over that, and then the turn of the century, the Mayan calendar. I mean, I've seen it all down here. So we just keep calm and carry on.” Sid Keith stands in the front of his small business "Surplus Sid" on March 8, 2021. Small-scale but beloved business owners reflect on staying open amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.