People going to supermarkets in couples

Supermarkets have done brilliantly out of this, the ones who stock lots of non food items in particular. Clothes retailers forced to shut by government yet you can go and wonder round Asda or Tesco clothes sections.

 

she’s an interesting tea!

 

As have places like Wilko who for a month basically became the nation's only DIY and general store

 

True but Wickes and B&Q chose to shut didn't they?

 

Don't knock it till you've tried it.

 

(nothing to do with your post)

How are you getting on health wise?

 

Improving daily mate, I've just started to go to a quiet wood close to home to give the leg some exercise as walking endlessly from room to room isn't doing it for me, I can manage about 45minutes going steadily now but I'm knackered for rest of day, sleeping isn't great as the foot continually tingles, seem to spend hour a night sat in tub chair in bedroom bay window. Thanks for asking

 

are you having any other treatment? - that can be knackering.
Why not get advice form a physio - what you want is an exercise plan to deal with specific issues and it's important that you don't waste energy on an activity that isn't helping things. Possibly stretching exercises are as useful as actually walking??

 

I'll not know the next steps, if any until the 22nd when I'm back in to see the surgeon, I was given some excises to do for strengthening the dropped foot and I've looked other up on the internet but when I spoke to surgeon last he said it will take up a couple of months before they know which nerves have returned and how much function I'll have, so until then it's just about taking things slowly and carefully building up the strength again

 

Asda pleasure to shop in only about 20 in at any one time.when one comes out one goes in no probs at all.

 

Since lockdown I've been the one doing the weekly supermarket shop in our household and I've shopped at all the major supermarkets at some point. Asda by far and a way the worst of the lot, a free for all with folk not following the direction arrows or announcements and saw some folk clattering into each other and staff just stood around not saying anything. Aldi has been pretty good (you can get in and out quickly) and Morrisons fine too. Tesco at Penistone was very well organised / managed from queueing to get in the store to staff communication inside. On several occasions staff members pulled up people not following the direction arrows which was good to see.

Just a side note, this morning I took a
faulty item back to b&m bargains in Huddersfield and while there saw 3 families, (each with 2 adults / 2 kids) and lot of young couples out!!! Its so infuriating that these people think they can do what the hell they want! Clearly these idiots think lockdown is over or doesn't apply to them.

 

I don't think so, the number of people actually visiting compared to mormal is miniscule.

 

You really need two to do the shopping one to find the products on the shelf and the other to be on lookout for all the selfish barstards that think the rules aren`t for them. Going wherever they like against the flow trying to queue jump and trying to lean over the top of yer.

Shopping aint safe no matter how much gaffa tape they put on the floor, they let far too many in at once and just let em roam free once inside.

 

we have been a couple of times as a pair shopping, but I did our shopping and my wife did her 85 year old Mothers shopping. It might be that others are doing the same. But yes I too saw a whole family in Tesco...Mum Dad and 3 kids, no excuse for taking the kids as they all looked to be in their teens.

 

Some supermarkets have better measures in place than others but in every one the processes just fall apart once inside.

 

Direction arrows ignored.
Social distancing ignored.
People coughing without covering their mouths properly.

 

And even when people try to observe the rules there is always some berk that makes it difficult.

I went to Tesco for a change this week. People were queuing in the aisles to avoid overtaking but there were two incidents that meant it was impossible.

First there was a pratt on a mobile phone stood in the middle of the aisle chatting away. People waited patiently for a few minutes then just thought **** it I'm not waiting which caused a bottleneck.

 

Then secondly there was a 'I have all the time in the world bloke' who stood for an age reading the bloody labels. Picking one item up, reading it, putting it down then picking up an identical item and doing the same.

People just lost patience and went around him. Another bottleneck.

 

Part of the problem with the arrows in my parents medium sized local coop was I didn't know where anything was and I had a list that made me go backwards and forwards through the supermarket. I'll admit it was easier, and actually safer, to go across the end of one Isle rather than walking all the way back round following the arrows. To be fair they were managing the numbers very well and there werent that many people in there given the largish queue outside. Although the plank who queued for 20 mins for a bottle of Fanta needed a slap.

 

I think this describes the directional arrow problem perfectly and is, in most cases, the reason why they aren't strictly observed.