Should we allow separate transactions from the same family?

[UserXRay29]

So I work in a small supermarket and we're limiting essential items to two per customer. But daily, we're getting excuses and justifications why that's not enough for people.

Some people are shopping for large families, others are shopping for neighbours - and it really causes problems for staff because we don't know whether we should be letting people rejoin the queue to do a second shop. Where do you draw the line and how do people prove they're shopping for neighbours? As far as I know, they can't, and we'll just get more abuse for asking for proof anyway.

On the CV board, people are advocating DPs paying separately so they can get twice the amount whilst a post on AIBU is threatening to report a worker for flouting the restrictions and putting things through as separate transactions.

I'm usually easygoing - I don't ID people for booze or scratchcards when they're with their children. But this isn't really about loopholes, it's about making sure there's something for everyone.

So, back to my topic question, are we unreasonable NOT to allow this?

This is fascinating. Son in law went shopping early to the large local Nth london Sainsbos this morning . There was 200 yard queue round the corner.

The large local good quality Greek grocers had indoor full shelves of veg, bread etc etc. (only sheepsheads left in the butcher's dept. though !!!)

Well, if anyone is curious, today was mostly okay, except for my first customer...

She wanted to buy TEN packs of babywipes. When I told her she could only buy two, the person behind her piped up and offered to buy two more for her, smiling and laughing like it's all a joke.

"It's not about finding FUCKING LOOPHOLES," I didn't say...

So, she leaves with her four packs and comes back less than an hour later to try and get the other six, hoping there'd be someone else to serve her. There wasn't.

This was the only person today to take the piss. Most people seem to have worked out that the limits are the limits.

I speak from Fr. where we need a new form issued every day to go out and there are only 5 reasons why you can go out. (A large fine for not having one) Our local spmkt is allowing 15 people in at a time.