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Last time I checked going to the grocery store and pharmacy was essential. You know, stock up on food and all, it's not like I go there to hang out and socialize.
I thought this statement was really naive and indicative of how some people are so privileged they don't have a clue about real life.
Even for those folks that can afford to paying the extra cost of delivery, etc. for groceries, there is a problem with scheduling. Friends who are doing delivery only for groceries and medications are waiting days, and sometimes a week -- waking in the middle of night to book a delivery time for the cart full of groceries in their online cart. That's a privilege that many don't have. And some people can't afford the delivery fees or don't have delivery in their community.
But yes.....
There are some people who were using the Costco or Walmart run as a family outing and that should be discouraged.
My son works at Target and there was one woman who came with 2 kids and they were in the store for 2 hours. The kids were running around as if it was their playground. Target was doing the 'guest services' dance -- but they shouldn't have -- they should have made her leave the first time the staff had to talk to the kids.
I get addressing that. Encouraging people to see if they can get their medications delivered or try to get groceries delivered. But making people feel bad for running errands doesn't help anybody.
This whole mask thing to is a cluster @#$%. You can't find masks anywhere.......and people are judging those that don't have masks.
Yes, I get that....but it still doesn’t answer whether it’s better to have short “pop in” trips more frequently or longer “fill the cart up” trips less frequently. I’m thinking the former, for the sole reason that one can stick with self-checkout and keep distances better.
The reality is, it is almost impossible to fill your home with enough food so that you would not still need to pop into the store to supplement that inventory. When this thing hit the news we ran out to 3 different grocery stores (Costco being one of them) and we bought about $700 worth of food,paper products, drinks, etc so that we are in pretty good shape to survive. However, we still need to run out maybe twice a week to buy perishable things like fruit, and also things that were out of stock initially, but that are now starting to show back up on their shelves.
No matter how you try, it is almost impossible to climb into a cave and not go out occasionally, for things like I mentioned and things like presicriptions, gas, and a lot more. We just have to be quick about it and limit our exposure as much as we can.
Many grocery stores here are imposing one person per household rules on shoppers, to cut down on entire families coming to the store. Its a good idea, going to the grocery store at this time should not be seen as a social outing. People are weak and pathetic today, they cannot even handle being told to sit around the house!! LOL I hate to think if there was a major disaster and we needed to rely on the public for anything!
Yes, I get that....but it still doesn’t answer whether it’s better to have short “pop in” trips more frequently or longer “fill the cart up” trips less frequently. I’m thinking the former, for the sole reason that one can stick with self-checkout and keep distances better.
I don't know how you'd even begin to get a definitive answer to that question. For one thing, you'd have to know something about the infection rate in the community, and we currently know next to nothing. The one thing we think we do know is that virus load is a big factor in whether you get it or how badly you get it.
Personally, I just assume that everyone around me is an asymptomatic carrier, and I assume that I am as well. And I do my damnedest to act accordingly.
I sure hope that they don't forcible shutdown thru's and grocery stores. We'll really see the shelves get cleaned out. My Ralphs near me is still looking shabby with lots of things still not completely replenished. The paper products isle has been consistently empty for weeks now. The frozen food section is about 50 percent low, meats are much less too.
The reality is, it is almost impossible to fill your home with enough food so that you would not still need to pop into the store to supplement that inventory. When this thing hit the news we ran out to 3 different grocery stores (Costco being one of them) and we bought about $700 worth of food,paper products, drinks, etc so that we are in pretty good shape to survive. However, we still need to run out maybe twice a week to buy perishable things like fruit, and also things that were out of stock initially, but that are now starting to show back up on their shelves.
No matter how you try, it is almost impossible to climb into a cave and not go out occasionally, for things like I mentioned and things like presicriptions, gas, and a lot more. We just have to be quick about it and limit our exposure as much as we can.
I was doing that but learned to switch it up such as substituting longer lasting fruit like apples instead of bananas or putting the fruit to different uses like smoothies. Since this is a pandemic and we are reaching peak, it is a small sacrifice to temporarily make some adjustments to our eating habits. It isn't impossible and there isn't a lot more to go out for when most everything is closed. People want things to be normal and they are not.
The worst thing for my family is we have a second bathroom torn up, and need to renovate before installing toilet, so sharing one tiny bathroom now is not fun. (First world problems). Everything's on hold. Everything is different and nothing we can do but try be patient and at least try to do our part.
Some people are going there to hang out. They’re bored. Target and Walmart, which sell lots of things other than groceries, have shoppers looking at clothes, bikes, toys. People aren’t just getting what they need and getting out, some are browsing, just to kill time.
Same deal at Costco and Sam’s.
A whole lot more than “ essentials” are moving out the door.
Home Depot, Menards and Lowe’s are open.
Most big box seems to be limiting the number of shoppers inside the store at any one time and enforce social distancing outside, while people wait.
The garden centers/ nurseries are opening in my neck of the woods because they sell fruit/ vegetable seedlings.
Yeah I know because we have never seen people go to the store for soda and chips? Smokes? Chew?
I have seen people at the CVS buying hand lotion and candy during flu season.
So yeah we are talking about a society that needs a warning label put on a step ladder to not stand on the top step, make sure all feet are firmly on the ground, etc.
Yeah we absolutely need these warnings because you still have idiots gathering in mass in NYC.
As much as you would like to bash Trump on everything and anything, this is the reality about Americans. If he didn't issue the warning you would be complaining about that as well.
I can totally get why people would be buying hand lotion. Washing and sanitizing my hands 10, 15, 20 times a day takes a toll on my hands. I already had a good bottle of lotion, which I'm using, but I can totally see that being an essential with all the washing and sanitizing happening.
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