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In many areas schools are closed due to the coronavirus. I believe the idea was to keep children home to avoid spreading the disease. However I see school aged children in every store I have shopped. I have seen mothers with one, two, three, and even four children. Many of them sneezing, sniffling, coughing, etc.
What's worse is the local food markets are trying to set the early morning hours aside for seniors in order to avoid contact with the younger shoppers who are less vulnerable to the coronavirus.
If we really wanted to curb the spread of the disease wouldn't it be better to limit shopping trips to one shopper?
You're seeing kids in stores because (ironically, also due to Covid-19) if one spouse is lucky enough to be working they don't have anyone to watch their closed-school, closed-daycare kids while they shop. Other than a nice crowded public park there are few destinations/attractions to park them at. Where else do you want them to sit? In the trunk?
Last edited by Parnassia; 03-20-2020 at 02:01 PM..
You're seeing kids in stores because (ironically, also due to Covid-19) if one spouse is lucky enough to be working they don't have anyone to watch their closed-school, closed-daycare kids with while they shop. Other than a nice crowded public park there are few destinations/attractions to park them at. Where else do you want them to leave them? In the trunk?
^ This. It's an unintended consequence. Many households are single parent, or there's two parents, but one has to continue to work outside the home (that's the case in our house), so the kids have to come with whichever parent is out running errands.
I agree when young children are involved but I seen mothers with children ranging in age for elementary school to teens. Please don't tell us that teenagers are not capable of supervising younger siblings. I saw mothers with husband and children.
Secondly, if anyone watched any of the local news shows in my area they surely would have seen the announcements that food markets were trying to reserve early shopping hours for seniors. If their kids are out of school and they are out of work then why not shop in the afternoon?
I think it pretty much equates to the college students on spring break. They really don't give a damn as long as they are served and satisfied.
One person shopping is like a single engine plane, but when you add three or four children it's like that plane was converted to a crop duster spreading coronavirus.
Secondly, if anyone watched any of the local news shows in my area they surely would have seen the announcements that food markets were trying to reserve early shopping hours for seniors. If their kids are out of school and they are out of work then why not shop in the afternoon?
Because...umm...by the afternoon the high-demand items have disappeared from the shelves, even with a one- or two-item limit in place. Around here the stores are restocking as best they can every night, but if you want to have a chance at toilet paper, ground beef, eggs, etc., you need to get to the store as early as you can.
Many stores are letting just seniors in for the first 30 or 60 minutes. I was in line at Trader Joe's yesterday when they did this, and there were perhaps ten seniors (65+) who got to step forward and go first. Everyone was happy to see them get to go first, and 30 minutes is an adequate amount of time. They don't need to give seniors ALL the morning hours.
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Around here the stores are restocking as best they can every night, but if you want to have a chance at toilet paper, ground beef, eggs, etc., you need to get to the store as early as you can. 
