Customers in supermarket queues buying 2 items

[justasking111]

After a week of emptying cupboards reluctantly went out this morning. Standing in Tesco queue, two over 70s ladies behind me. one had given the other a lift. What do you need the driver said, oh just some cheese and a newspaper. They were not switched on by social distancing either despite the clear marks on the pavement.

Now I do think if you are over 70 and determined to get out well on your head be it. But for two items, for christs sake.

AIBU I being unreasonable to think that if you go to a supermarket it is to seriously stock up not for 2 items?

They’re clearly special and you failed to spot that.

Perhaps they'd already been to another supermarket that was out of stock of those particular items?

You are allowed to go out to buy a newspaper anyway.

What has their age got to do with anything?

You don't get to make judgements on other people's purchases.

You can go to the supermarket whenever you want, to buy whatever you want, regardless of your age

And here is moi not using online shopping to protect others. I give up.

What does their age have to do with it?

Were they doing anything against the govt guidelines? (Am not in the UK)

I bought three things this am from the supermarket. Lynch me now.

moi

Surely online shopping has you protecting more people? Because you're not in supermarket queues judging others etc?

Get over it - people are allowed to go out. We get almost everything delivered via Hello Fresh right now but still need to pop out twice a week for milk and bread.

Their age is clearly relevant as over 70s have been advised to shield as they are a higher risk category, for those who seem to have failed to notice that!

And I agree, some people clearly just done get it. Darwinism.

Don’t *

Two weeks ago I shopped at Farm Foods. There was one item they didn't have. I picked it up at the Co op on my way home . How dreadful.

Yeah personally I don't see how popping out for a couple of items is worth it at all, I understand a newspaper because that might be someone's only chance to keep up with the news, no TV lisence or Internet maybe, the amount of people I see walking down my street from the shops with just a 2l bottle of fizz or a frozen pizza is crazy to me, but I guess if people feel okay risking going outside for barely anything then that's on them

We do our shopping online and then go to a different physical store to get the items the delivery didn’t have. So I might only be going to the store for juice (which I need for taking a medication) or eggs.

My brother was recently in a ship buying... Lemonade and lettuce. The lemonade as that was advised by the Nurse for some pills my mother was struggling with (being the blandest fizzy drink). The lettuce because he hadn't been able to get any when he did the 'big shop' a few days before, so tried whilst there.

You don't know the full story of people's shopping. Or who people live with.

all these people who insist on buying newspapers don’t seem to be getting much benefit from reading them

So ironic, I was shopping for over 70`s neighbours this morning as well as an isolated child family. So perhaps I am a little sensitive. But nowhere in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland has said crack on regardless.

I'll be going out soon just to get some bicarb - hope I don't get arrested by the lockdown police!

Yet more ageist shite.

Mind your own business.

You run out of 2 things that you need you go and get those- why would you be required to stock up on a load of other stuff just to appease a jobsworth?

I've just run out of bread. I don't need anything else. By your rules I have to wait? My friend is getting it for me as I'm isolating- should he have to buy other things to appease you?!

🤷🏻‍♀️ As long as they didn’t go rounding licking people and washed hands once home. I can’t really see the issue, they are unlikely to drop down dead due to this trip.

We have NO rules on what you are allowed to buy here in the uk
There is NO rule that says someone over 70 can’t go out

What has the age of this person got to do with anything?

The panic and hysteria has got to stop

Perhaps these over 70s (and the OP is just guessing their age ) don't fancy shielding and never going anywhere at all? Perhaps they feel the risk of isolation is greater? It's not the law that they can't go shopping.

There is no minimum number of items that means you’re allowed to go to a shop.