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I always shop (at Wegman's) at 8AM every Sunday morning because it's less crowded. But, believe me, there are plenty of people there. Guess it depends where you live. Also, in my experience, at 8AM the shelves are not stock and still fairly empty from the night before. No grocery store in my area is stocked well between 6-8AM because I don't think most stores run overnight crews that much anymore. When I am shopping, they are just rolling out their stock to refresh the produce aisle. The rotisserie chickens don't get finished until about 9:30. So while I enjoy the early shopping, I often don't get the best choice of goods.
I'm a morning person so I grocery shop between 6-8 A.M. The only benefit for me is that I don't have to deal with too many other people shopping at the same time and waiting to get checked out. It's just a personal preference. I don't go at night or afternoon because the meth heads and beggars are out in full force and I prefer to avoid them.
One more reminder before the thread gets closed. This is about elders staying away from crowds. Not bananas, bidets, or what's happening in China. There are other threads where you can discuss these things.
I shop when I have to during off hours. I use the self checkout as well.
I will continue to go down to the beach because there is plenty of separation room.
We live in a community of 80% retirees. So far there has been no cancellation of church services or such yet, but we are preparing ourselves for the eventuality of a self imposed restriction if we get cases here in our village. I've always said I could live for a month on the contents of my pantry and freezer...so now I might just get to prove that. Thank goodness we are Costco shoppers, we just got an enormous pack of TP last week!
I think it's sort of funny that people are saying they would go crazy staying home for 2 weeks. I have plenty to do at home, and would never get bored. I might get a little lonely for people other than my spouse though. I guess I'll just have to make do with long phone calls if we end up locked down.
I have stopped going to the YMCA 4 days a week but I am exercising at home. I also have withdrawn from senior center activities (day trips) and have stopped attending my wonderful Master Naturalist's meetings and volunteer places. I will probably go insane staying home. I do plan to take myself to every nature park for some serious birding over the next two/three months. Plenty of space outdoors!
We live in a community of 80% retirees. So far there has been no cancellation of church services or such yet, but we are preparing ourselves for the eventuality of a self imposed restriction if we get cases here in our village. I've always said I could live for a month on the contents of my pantry and freezer...so now I might just get to prove that. Thank goodness we are Costco shoppers, we just got an enormous pack of TP last week!
I think it's sort of funny that people are saying they would go crazy staying home for 2 weeks. I have plenty to do at home, and would never get bored. I might get a little lonely for people other than my spouse though. I guess I'll just have to make do with long phone calls if we end up locked down.
“Staying home” is a lot different for someone who lives in a high-population-density environment such as a condo/apartment or urban or suburban neighborhood than it is for someone in a rural home with lots of uninhabited private land between residences.
While I would chafe at not being able to go anywhere else for two weeks, I could and would still go for our long daily walks, which already are done right from home anyway. I’ve been more literally stuck in the house or immediately outside it, for 5 days during an epic snowstorm (the 100-yr storm that was actually at 99 yrs, LOL). The only thing I went outside for was the Sisyphian job of keeping a tiny percentage of our driveway and a pathway between two buildings clear. NOBODY in the area was going anywhere in that time, not even the people who had snowmobiles.
Also, consider what human labor supports infrastructure people take for granted, such as phone service. Other utilities and municipal services. Online banking...how long would it function without some human work force behind it somewhere?
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