was asked to leave store after DH and me have been in store for 10 minutes

[okeydokey]

I will never get over the need of people to argue a point to death, again and again. Ha ha. Thanks for the daily entertainment.

 

[cabanafrau]

I ask and ask and ask, but I get no response: where the heck are you people getting all this Lysol?!?!?!

It's on a need to know basis.

They could probably tell you, but might have to kill you.

 

[kaytieeldr]

No one is having to wait until the next day unless they are shopping at a tiny store.

Here the bigger stores are all staying open until 9 or 10. And like I said, here, these lines stay moving. No one is waiting for any length of time. Less than they have to wait to check out before all this.

Your state and mine have about the same population (although mine is much, much smaller.) As of today, MS has a whopping 6,094 COVID19 cases. MA has 56,482. That's over eighteen times as many cases. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/
Of course restrictions and conditions are going to be different. Erroneous thinkig, and ascribing one's own specific situation to the entire country doesn't help anyone.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Why go to the store at all if all you need is a can of soup? We would have just chosen something else to cook and the can of soup could wait until the next big shopping trip.

Or substitue a Cream of soup the store did have. Theyre relatively interchangeable.

 

[kaytieeldr]

It's on a need to know basis.

They could probably tell you, but might have to kill you.

No worries. I was thinking of spraying into my mouth.

 

[CarolAnn856]

Here we haven’t had those kinds of waits. The line keeps moving pretty good. And everyone get in. Perhaps in your area people are spending more time in the store than necessary whether it’s one or twenty in a group.

We have only gone to one store together so neither here or there to me but y’all keep changing your reasons.

It wasn’t about waiting it was about exposure.

Again, wow. Nobody is spending more time in the stores than necessary. Perhaps our stores are imposing stricter limits on how many people are allowed in. And threads here evolve all the time, so yes, we can discuss wait times.

Regardless, exposure is increased when more people per household shop. Period.

 

[cabanafrau]

No worries. I was thinking of spraying into my mouth.

As one does these days to keep the menace at bay.

 

[sam_gordon]

No one is having to wait until the next day unless they are shopping at a tiny store.

Here the bigger stores are all staying open until 9 or 10. And like I said, here, these lines stay moving. No one is waiting for any length of time. Less than they have to wait to check out before all this.

Either someone is not going to get to shop (because there's a limit on how many people can get through the store in a day) OR more people are going to go through the store than necessary, meaning employees are exposed to more people than necessary. It's one of those two.

 

[lynxstch]

duplicate

 

[lynxstch]

I've been doing all of the shopping alone for a long time. I even bring everything into the house by myself! AND put it away!

You and I both. I don't think hubby has been in a grocery store in almost 9 months!

 

[Wendy31]

I’m so tired of the people moaning about their freedom & constitutIonal rights - it’s the same people, who while knowing it‘s “best practice” right now for just one person from each household to shop insist that, since their state/city/community doesn’t currently have that particular “rule” in place they can shop however they want to & refuse to see how living a certain way right now is the best way to help their communities & country.

It‘s not about freedom. It’s not about haircuts & family shopping excursions. It’s about living a certain way & doing things (like wearing masks or shopping solo) for the good of your fellow citizens & our entire country.

It‘s not permanent. This is a temporary situation, & some people are exhibiting very little perseverance & patience.

Some of y’all would have had a hard time during WW2.

 

[luvsJack]

Again, wow. Nobody is spending more time in the stores than necessary. Perhaps our stores are imposing stricter limits on how many people are allowed in. And threads here evolve all the time, so yes, we can discuss wait times.

Regardless, exposure is increased when more people per household shop. Period.

If you are waiting 45 minutes then there is more to it. Either there is an enormous amount of people in line or too many are spending extra time in the store. Our’s move at a a constant pace. Something is making a difference.

 

[;-)]

It's on a need to know basis.

They could probably tell you, but might have to kill you.

Lol can’t find it anywhere. I just have these things in my house already BEFORE the pandemic panic because I consider myself normal, I washed and cleaned Before anyone telling me I had to!!

 

[;-)]

If you are waiting 45 minutes then there is more to it. Either there is an enormous amount of people in line or too many are spending extra time in the store. Our’s move at a a constant pace. Something is making a difference.

OR you live in NYC!

 

[luvsJack]

I’m so tired of the people moaning about their freedom & constitutIonal rights - it’s the same people, who while knowing it‘s “best practice” right now for just one person from each household to shop insist that, since their state/city/community doesn’t currently have that particular “rule” in place they can shop however they want to & refuse to see how living a certain way right now is the best way to help their communities & country.

It‘s not about freedom. It’s not about haircuts & family shopping excursions. It’s about living a certain way & doing things (like wearing masks or shopping solo) for the good of your fellow citizens & our entire country.

It‘s not permanent. This is a temporary situation, & some people are exhibiting very little perseverance & patience.

Some of y’all would have had a hard time during WW2.

Constitutional rights? About shopping? Who said anything about rights? And what on earth does any of it have to do with haircuts?

So because YOUR area or store has a particular rule that one must be the best so we should all follow it?

No one has been instructed to do that here. They are instructed to reduce the number of people in the store and they do. Besides exactly how are they supposed to know that any one going in the store has an issue that requires them to need help? You do realize that they can’t ask, right?

The fact is the reasoning changed because there is no more danger to the employees or other shoppers. It MIGHT get people in and out quicker and it xmay make it so there are LESS people in line. It isn’t about exposure.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Some of y’all would have had a hard time during WW2.

My grandmother was born in 1933 (passed away last year at the age of 86). Yes she was young during WW2 but if she were alive now all she would be upset about is her inability to go to the casino and no one visits her (because long-term care facilities aren't allowing visitors) and where's her booze (because they wouldn't want them to be bused to the liquor store due to their risk level).

I think a lot of people underestimate how time has changed us.

Today isn't WW2; I get the sentiment of trying to look back to how things were back then and say "it's not that bad" I really do and don't discount a lot of differences to that life they had to live and the life we are being asked to live now but we are all different including people who may have experienced it. Who's to say that they wouldn't be upset that they can't just go shop whenever they heck they want or that they wouldn't proclaim their liberties are more important. How many people spoke on various threads that their elderly were the ones that just didn't understand the situation and weren't taking it seriously and these are people that had a chance to experience WW2 at least to a degree depending on their age.

 

[Wendy31]

Constitutional rights? About shopping? Who said anything about rights? And what on earth does any of it have to do with haircuts?

So because YOUR area or store has a particular rule that one must be the best so we should all follow it?

No one has been instructed to do that here. They are instructed to reduce the number of people in the store and they do. Besides exactly how are they supposed to know that any one going in the store has an issue that requires them to need help? You do realize that they can’t ask, right?

The fact is the reasoning changed because there is no more danger to the employees or other shoppers. It MIGHT get people in and out quicker and it xmay make it so there are LESS people in line. It isn’t about exposure.

I didn’t say constitutional rights had anything to do w/ shopping (or haircuts). I said the same people that are moaning about their constitutional rights are the same people refusing to understand why shopping a certain way right now is better - no matter whether your community has a rule or not.

You missed the whole point of my post but also kind of proved my point as well.

 

[sam_gordon]

Some of y’all would have had a hard time during WW2.

I'm curious what restrictions were put on citizens during WW2 that is applicable to what we're seeing now. Sure, you were limited in specific products you could purchase (gas, butter, rubber, steel, etc), but were you limited from going into a store? Limited from enjoying nature (beaches, trails, etc)? Were people laid off in mass numbers?

So how does WW2 compare?

 

[Wendy31]

My grandmother was born in 1933 (passed away last year at the age of 86). Yes she was young during WW2 but if she were alive now all she would be upset about is her inability to go to the casino and no one visits her (because long-term care facilities aren't allowing visitors) and where's her booze (because they wouldn't want them to be bused to the liquor store due to their risk level).

I think a lot of people underestimate how time has changed us.

Today isn't WW2; I get the sentiment of trying to look back to how things were back then and say "it's not that bad" I really do and don't discount a lot of differences to that life they had to live and the life we are being asked to live now but we are all different including people who may have experienced it. Who's to say that they wouldn't be upset that they can't just go shop whenever they heck they want or that they wouldn't proclaim their liberties are more important. How many people spoke on various threads that their elderly were the ones that just didn't understand the situation and weren't taking it seriously and these are people that had a chance to experience WW2 at least to a degree depending on their age.

I get what you’re saying, &, to a certain extent, I agree.

The WW2 generation is/was a proud, independent, hardworking group of people, & there’s a reason they are called The Greatest Generation.

The WW2 generation was asked to sacrifice, & they did.

And, yes, I believe if a lot of our WW2 generation had the same attitude that a lot of people do today then, yes, there would have been a lot of complaining & griping then. But there wasn’t.

I also think a lot of us, because we haven’t lived through harder times as a country, are finding pandemic living uncomfortable & we‘ve grown to enjoy our comforts.

 

[CarolAnn856]

If you are waiting 45 minutes then there is more to it. Either there is an enormous amount of people in line or too many are spending extra time in the store. Our’s move at a a constant pace. Something is making a difference.

It’s a Wegmans in a heavily populated suburban area in NJ outside of Philly. Nobody is spending ”extra time” inside. No clue why you keep harping on that falsehood. It’s simply a different situation than you have.