Sainsbury's

[Diggingmyselfoutthehole]

I don't know if I am been a drama queen if I am I'm sure you won't hesitate to tell me .

Yesterday I went to Sainsbury's with my 5 year old. His dad was at work he's in the forces so a key worker. Before I got inside one of the blokes on the door stopped me and said they are asking for only 1 person per shopping trip. He then went on to say that rather than bringing my child in if I haven't got anybody to look after him, he could wait in the car...

After thinking about it I then messaged Sainsbury's on Facebook to say I didn't think it was an appropriate alternative to leave a young child in the car while I was in the shop and this is the response I got.

The second person is welcome to wait outside the store, at a safe distance, to support once the shop is complete. These measures are to protect as many people as possible. Thanks, Greg

So the question is am I over reacting?

It's illegal and dangerous. People need to use common sense.

Honestly just for their pure stupidity I would ask to escalate this .

Talk about jobsworth! Sure someone has posted something similar before not sure if it was Sainsbury’s though. YANBU

This is outrageous.

It's also a discrimination issue imo, as it will most affect single parents, 90% of whom are women.

Omg why would they even suggest that

Brilliant thank you @JemNadies I tried to look for an email on their website to no avail.

I’m nhs and I arrived at 7.30 last Friday to be faced with a make employee shouting at people, who then challenged me for not queuing when I didn’t have to because nobody else in the queue was nhs and the store wouldn’t open for them just yet.

Completely inappropriate, but couldn't you have waited to go until OH wasn't at work? I am not taking my 5 year old shopping atm.

but you could have gone while his dad wasn't at work - alone?

I think this is a big issue for people who have no options such as lone parents who are isolating but not so much for couples sorry

I wonder if I’ll get told to leave my baby outside or locked in the car when I have to do solo shopping when my husband leaves the country to work for 3 weeks? Ridiculous.

Sorry I should of been clearer when I say at work, he's currently staying on camp while he's on call.

So it was a case of needs must.

Get on Twitter, it's the only way.

Thanks Greg, guessing you have no kids. What an idiot.

Check the website for deliveries, I had a look on Monday just gone and spotted three vacant slots for yesterday Wednesday evening, but nothing else for the rest of the week it was totally random but I nabbed one!

Id put money it being a chat bot that sent the message to you.

Outrageous. Sainsbury's have a lot to answer for. Make sure you escalate this up. Dispicable.

The chat bot hadn't read your message properly I suspect

Twitter doesn't work. You just get referred to the website or told to phone them.

I gave up on trying to get a refund for a ridiculous substitution from a delivery I had scheduled when it was all kicking off. I couldn't get through to an actual human.

It isn't based on any specific guidance: other supermarkets like ASDA, Waitrose, even Pets at home aren't asking for just 1 person per shopping trip so I wonder why Sainsburys (and Tescos I think) are asking for just 1 person per trip. This isn't feasible for so many people.

I would escalate this if you can be arsed.

I have sent them an email so lets see if I get a reply

How did the person respond when you sent your reply?

Don’t see the issue as long as the 5 year old sits in the trolley, parent follows the route and distancing. Presumably trolleys are cleaned between customers?