I'm currently stood waiting outside a supermarket. I'd say I'm roughly 25 back in the line in terms of postion. I would also say roughly half of those in the line are couples (also a group of 4). Now i can understand the elderly couples, or people with medical and support needs. But beyond that it's just selfish, it means everyone has to wait longer to get in. This isn't parents with children it's a lot of couples aged 20-40 I would say. Idiots!
Pairs are great. They can split up inside and get home sooner so they aren't out as long. It's when you see the whole families out with kids or as I saw earlier three adults together which is too much.
If only they did that instead of one standing in the aisle with the trolley on one side giving instructions on what to pick to the companion on the other side of the aisle rendering it impossible to pass, then moving slowly down the aisle in the same formation. Just my experience of the ones I've seen in Tesco
When that happens staff should get involved. But if you treat it like Supermarket Sweep it's a lot quicker.
To be fair the missus has sent me out to do all the shopping, collateral damage and all that. The problem is l was in there for an hr and came out with some butter, a fire pit and beer. If I'd gone with the missus we'd have done the big shop in half hr.
Supermarkets have definitely relaxed the rules. Morrison’s weren’t letting couples in to start with. So couples were just going in as singles then joining up inside. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
A couple in Hayes, appear to think they are being discriminated against because of their sexuality. https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/06/gay-couple-told-werent-allowed-shop-together-sainsburys-12657293/
I know, and I don't blame the supermarkets as you say people will just do that. Just underlines how selfish some people are. Not to mention stupid. They will complain about waiting to get in then just make the problem worse by going in pairs.
Supermarkets are selfish too with their obvious price rises, products made smaller and no offers. They have well and truely taken advantage of the pandemic.
I've been in a shop for the first time in nearly 7 weeks, and WOW what an eye opener, what's the point in the 2mtr queuing outside when it's just a free for all inside, at one point I counted 8 people jostling around the cold meat fridge, there was oldish couple who'd got a trolley each which they were just leaving everywhere and anywhere and going wondering off to get what they wanted from where ever they wanted no regard for anybody else, then suddenly when you get to the counter everybody goes back to following the 2mtr rules, why are people so bleeding stupid.' I couldn't get out of there fast enough and won't be going back again any time soon
Wife send me to the supermarket for some parsley sauce and some dog food. I spent 46 quid. Sending me to the supermarket is fatal to our finances. I am an impulse shopper
Depends on the supermarket. Morrison’s have no direction arrows, once inside, only to checkouts. People more or less falling into one another. Going back and forth. Aldi. 2 mtr markers and controllable aisles. I’d feel more safe as a couple walking round there . than as single walking round Morrison’s. Less people appear to be wearing masks. I do as it makes more sense to me. Also mentioned before. But happened again yesterday. Handsworth driving past. Asda queuing for hundreds of yd’s. Aldi 2/300 mts away no queue. mind boggles. If your just going for basics. Why ?
Not my experience to be honest. I’ve had multibuy offers and reduced items etc in all of Asda, Morrisons and Iceland. Didn’t see any offers in Aldi (to be fair I only went there once as I was told they had flour. They didn’t...) but they haven’t noticeably put prices up. Haven’t been to tesco or anywhere else. But I don’t think they’re profiteering at all. A lot of multibuy offers are instigated by the manufacturers anyway. Certainly the %age extra free things are too. I’m all for calling folk out if they’re out of line but I’ve seen nothing but supermarkets trying their best in very trying circumstances. And a lot of pond life with jelly for brains shopping in them. I’ve been to Asda in Carcroft, Donny this morning. Arrows on every aisle and at least one person going the opposite way up pretty much every one of them and looking at everyone else gone out when they aren’t going the same way as them; and, similarly to an above comment, an old couple shopping together, with two small trollies side by side. Completely blocking the aisle I was unfortunate enough to be behind them on, one of the fridge ones, for ages whilst they debated, either side of the aisle and over both said trollies, which yogurts he should get whilst she wanted his input as to whether to get grated cheese or a block. This genuinely took them two or three minutes to decide, only for them to turn around and walk back up the aisle the wrong way anyway through the several waiting people behind them. None of this is Asda’s fault. I was actually impressed by their dvd offers today, got loads for a fiver or two for £8. I got the kids all 8 Harry Potter films for £32, thought I’d done ok there.
The arrows are a complete waste of time firstly people don't follow them. Secondly if you do follow them everytime you get to the bottom of a ailse where the tills are you have someone waiting at the bottom the ailse to get to till. So you have to walk within 2M of them anyway. The supermarkets are trying hard but they just weren't designed to keep people 2M apart.
Supermarkets should have been forced to remove none essential items from sale which would have freed up huge amounts of space in the store. I don't blame the supermarkets themselves for not doing so but had our government had any actual plans in place they could have quickly implemented them removing the clothing sections from stores, the bathroom sections etc and allowing them to move everything around slightly to either spread out the aisles more or remove the first bay from aisles around checkouts. With proper planning and the correct staffing levels this can comfortably be done in one night while the store is closed.
That’s what got me garden centres forced to close but supermarkets allowed to sell plants compost etc