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I just returned from an early-morning trip to my neighborhood grocery store, and there were TWO cashiers checking people out. Each person had enough in their cart to feed a family of 6 for three months, hoarding galore, and the self-checkout (which I ultimately ended up using, despite my "normal" full cart), had a wait as well, with people checking out full grocery carts because the "service" lanes were closed.
I complained (loudly) that the store is making a ton of money off the selfish hoarders, and they are buying up so much that it takes 20 minutes to check them out (yes....I said this in front of a hoarder), then why did they bring in only two cashiers to run the check-outs?! The answer came: we don't have enough cashiers because people are not applying for jobs.
Now, there are two possibilities:
1) That was a lie, and the major chain grocery store is just too cheap to staff the lines, even though they are making a fortune, or
2) All the out-of-work waitresses and retail store checkers know they will get their full salaries for four months, and so why should they work?
If it's the latter, it is insane that 3 million people claimed unemployment compensation, and jobs can't be filled because people know they will "earn" more doing nothing.
Or three, workers don't think it's worthwhile to put their lives on the line for a minimum wage job that could get them sick or killed. How incredibly selfish of them to inconvenience Rachel by making her wait for 20 whole minutes because they didn't want to risk their lives so her line would be shorter.
I imagine shoppers who loudly berate the very people who are still on the job are the bane of these poor people's existence. Shop online. Everyone would be happier.
Yup. It was a 24-roll double pack, so the equivalent of 48 rolls, and she had 10 packages. So equivalent to 480 rolls. And by the time I left the store, they were out of toilet paper again. Selfish, selfish, selfish.
That's crazy. It's a respiratory virus, y'all! It doesn't give you the trots!!
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Also, to posters suggesting senior hour, thank you, but I did try that the first time I went to the grocery store. There were people waiting outside the store, and it was crowded. Thus I went after 7 this morning. The advantage I see to the senior hour, though, is that there were no hoarders, possibly because it would be difficult for them (us) to manage all those crates of food. So....more people, but a faster “pass” through the checkout.
Thank you to the posters suggesting various ordering/delivery options.
My daughter is a manager at a Pa. restaurant where the servers are paid $2.90 an hour and the law allows that because they are "tipped" employees. They are ineligible for unemployment compensation and will collect nothing.
Don’t they report their tips as income and file taxes like the rest of us working stiffs? Or do they just skip that part and keep non-taxed tips? The waitresses at my fave restaurant make really good tip money- not sure why they wouldn’t qualify?
It’s not selfish to complain you had to wait a few minutes longer at a grocery store during a global pandemic, when many people have to shop sick people under quarantine. Not selfish at all.
Also, to posters suggesting senior hour, thank you, but I did try that the first time I went to the grocery store. There were people waiting outside the store, and it was crowded. Thus I went after 7 this morning. The advantage I see to the senior hour, though, is that there were no hoarders, possibly because it would be difficult for them (us) to manage all those crates of food. So....more people, but a faster “pass” through the checkout.
Thank you to the posters suggesting various ordering/delivery options.
After the first panic weekend the line outside just became the 6 foot limit social distancing line. Instead of lining up at the check stand to get out you line up before getting in and zoom through the checkout. We had some light rain during week 1 so I wonder how long the public will continue to cooperate if we get bad weather
It’s not selfish to complain you had to wait a few minutes longer at a grocery store during a global pandemic, when many people have to shop sick people under quarantine. Not selfish at all.
Huh? Are you being sarcastic? Yes, it is concerning when someone in the vulnerable group such as myself has to stand 40 minutes in close contact with others, increasing risk of infection, because selfish hoarders have slowed the lines and there are only two cashiers open.
I was in a long line at 7:45 a.m. today at the grocery store that opened at 8 for seniors
only. A young man came from the parking lot and tried to cut in front of the
line, but an old lady beat him back into the parking lot with her cane.
He returned and tried to cut in again but an old man punched him in the gut, then
kicked him to the ground and rolled him away.
As he approached the line for the 3rd time he said, "If you don't let me unlock the
door, you'll never get in there".
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