That sounds so much fucking safer than the grocery store I work at. I want to fucking cry.
Why would you change gloves after every transaction?The workplace I work at doesn't give a FUCK. I still have to fucking handle a customer's debit card or cash and there aren't nearly enough gloves (or time/employees) for Me to be able to change them after every transaction
A customer came in saying she was at the hospital over the weekend with a fever of 106 but she's better now
Lol
She tried handing me things but I literally said I don't want to touch it
I DEFINITELY have it in my system now
Well if you are wearing a mask people might think yiu are sick, it's been said numerous times wearing a mask if you aren't sick is not helpful
(France)
You're guaranteed at least two persons yelling at each other at your local supermarket.
and we've got at least two more weeks of this shit
Sorry let me laugh..(France)
You're guaranteed at least two persons yelling at each other at your local supermarket.
and we've got at least two more weeks of this shit
Oh yeah I'm sure it'll be longer, I was just repeating the official announcement. And in two weeks we'll get another "Welp, please stay home for two more weeks"
Jesus Christ no waySounds nice. Over here in Brooklyn I walked around the block earlier.
You would not know we have a pandemic. Tons of people out, families out together (lots of kids).... was too annoyed to even check the park. We're doomed here. The baffling part is that these aren't teens being out, these are adults with families.
Yeah I think the message is that it does linger in the air because it's in vapours, but that it quite quickly falls. Still, if someone has a coughing fit in front of you in a queue then you walk straight into the space they occupied, that's probably the only context where it's really a problem.I think some may be confusing airborne with the ability for it to spread from a cough or sneeze.
I can throw a ball thru the air at you, but that doesn't mean baseballs are inherently airborne. They don't hang out in the air when not being thrown.
My understanding is it isn't airborne, but someone could throw the virus onto you or a nearby surface if they cough or sneeze.
Edit: I wouldn't be surprised if this is wrong though, considering the back and forth misinformation has been spreading lately, like the ibuprofen thing. Apparently that's now false. 🤷🏻♂️
Christ thats like something out of a movieBeing inside a grocery store is scary as fuck now IMO. Last time I went, I walked around a corner and nearly bumped into someone who was coughing up a storm.
I went to my local HEB (it's a Texas-based chain that's also available in Northern Mexico).
We needed supplies, so I decided to go. They are not allowing kids to enter the store, and they are only allowing one person per shopping cart. They give you hand sanitizer at the entrance (and they algo put sanitizer on the shopping cart handle). The mini food court was closed, the deli counter was closed, the meat counter was closed, and even the bakery counter was closed. Some shelves were completely empty (I couldn't get eggs).
There are X on the floor on the registers every 1.5 meters and everyone needs to stay there. No bag boys either.
All the employees and customers looked worried and miserable. It was an eerie experience.
How has been your experience doing grocery shopping? I wanted to stay home, but we needed supplies.
This is the line of thinking that helps spread the infection so rapidly. A large percent of infected are asymptomatic (up to 50%, in my country with hilariosuly low number of tests the number is 18% which more than large enough too), you can be "sick" and not know it.Well if you are wearing a mask people might think yiu are sick, it's been said numerous times wearing a mask if you aren't sick is not helpful
You joke but my Costco run was the most pleasant time I've been at a Costco ever. Waited maybe 5 minutes outside, then go in and there's just the right number of people. People are keeping their distances. Some things were still sold out but not a big deal. Also no wait at the registers and sanitized carts. Not too shabby. In Socal
I've only been in lockdown since last Wednesday, but it feels like a lifetime. Since that time I've ordered groceries for pick up twice (the first time I've ever done this). The only thing I have noticed is that they have to replace a lot of things with other variants (a minor issue), and the expected items like hand sanitizer and thermometers have been out of stock. I haven't been inside a store in almost two weeks and that feels crazy. The last time I was I don't remember there being any issues with milk and eggs, but considering how fast things have escalated it could be very different now.
I'm hoping that we're nearing the point where the initial hysteria dies down and people settle in and buy supplies at a more reasonable load.
I took this photo at 21:24 on Thursday night to show to my family the lack of social distancing in my local supermarket in Sweden.
I'm originally from the UK and my Mother had been telling me about all the changes there, which is basically what everyone else here is describing. In Sweden (and in the one other supermarket I have been to) all of this is being ignored. Social distancing simply isn't a thing. Apart from the plastic shields in front of the cashiers literally everything else is business as normal.
(France)
You're guaranteed at least two persons yelling at each other at your local supermarket.
and we've got at least two more weeks of this shit
That's just not true. Any protection from droplets is better than none. I guess you think all the doctors and nurses wearing them at work wear them for fashion.Well if you are wearing a mask people might think yiu are sick, it's been said numerous times wearing a mask if you aren't sick is not helpful
Woah. Which locations?Three Trader Joe's locations in Manhattan closed due to employees testing positive for COVID19. That means there will be longer lines at the other Trader Joes locations. Fuck.
NY here..
I always go to the supermarket around 6-6:30am (don't like lines and I'm up anyway). We get the paranoid shopper in the early am. Masks, gloves etc and standing outside the store before it opens. Usually 5-6 of them and they get what the need and gtfo before anyone else wakes up. Inside the supermarket, some shelves are bare pickings. Milk, egg, water, paper products etc are noticeably empty compared to the others. Haven't been there in a few weeks, so I'm not sure if there are any prep or supply changes since then.
At our store, the floor around every register is taped off telling you where to stand. They installed plexiglass in front each register so you have a shield if someone coughs at you. There's an opening at the counter level so you can hand the cashier your items, but they still have to come around it if they have to scan big items, so *shrug*. They have taped X's on the floor telling people where to stand while in line.. and they've reduced the hours we're open to the public so they have 2 hours to clean & disinfect nightly. Add to that, they have multiple a-frame signs in all the main aisles telling people to practice social distancing. On the donation front, any PPE (gloves, masks etc) that come to the store is separated and donated to local hospitals.)
Heard the local Home Depot was limiting how many people could come in the store by having an associate keep everyone outside and making sure they were 6 feet apart. I don't know what the target amount is, but they wouldn't let someone else in the building until someone else left. Same story at the local BJ's and Costco, but I haven't been to either personally.
I went to my local HEB (it's a Texas-based chain that's also available in Northern Mexico).
We needed supplies, so I decided to go. They are not allowing kids to enter the store, and they are only allowing one person per shopping cart. They give you hand sanitizer at the entrance (and they algo put sanitizer on the shopping cart handle). The mini food court was closed, the deli counter was closed, the meat counter was closed, and even the bakery counter was closed. Some shelves were completely empty (I couldn't get eggs).
And that's around a couple of blocks away from the Whole Foods I work at. Welp...Chelsea Trader Joe’s Also Closes Temporarily After Staffers Test Positive for COVID-19
It’s now the grocery chain’s third store to close in the city after staffers tested positive for the novel coronavirusny.eater.com
To HEBs credit though, they're maybe the only grocery store in the US that saw this coming. Their response has been incredible.
Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic
The grocer started communicating with its Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)www.texasmonthly.com
I really like HEB.Interesting and relevant, OP: How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic
I was at Costco yesterday. There were not a lot of people there. I have never seen so many package of bottled water. It was everywhere. The entire place was very strange. I was one of the few people not wearing a mask. I don't know where everyone is getting them from?