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?

My elderly neighbour who was over 100 when she died used to have cornflakes for breakfast, a couple of prawn or turkey sandwiches for lunch with a glass of wine and the same, minus the wine, as her evening meal. Then a piece of chocolate and a bit of cake in the afternoon. That was her diet for 20 odd years.

So if she ran out of bread or turkey slices she wouldn't have anything else in.

Added to which not every pensioner has a pension that can stretch to adding extras to a shop to 'bulk it up' to an acceptable level. My late mum used to live in a tight budget - if she needed milk she'd get milk. Nothing else. She couldn't afford to add items she didn't need that particular week.

What are you lot going to do with your lives when all restrictions are eventually eased and you can no longer police the contents of shopping baskets and the reasons for leaving the house? It's going to be so hard for you to come to terms with it once again not being socially acceptable to be like this

I dislike these Judgy posts. Who cares what or how little they bought. Maybe they haven't had cheese for 7 weeks?! People are allowed to buy a newspaper from the shop you know. Its down to people to judge for themselves. If they feel that something is worth going to the shop for, then so be it.

@papercraftninja
I’ve been frowned upon from neighbours because of the fortnightly online shop being delivered
What do these neighbours do and how do you know. Serious question, do they say anything to you?
We see delivery vans in our street and never give it a second thought!

If you want to go and buy a newspaper and some cheese (or any of the other things people have listed) feel free to do so, but please consider whether a supermarket is really the appropriate shop to be going to for such purchases. On the whole smaller shops are coping much better with the volumes of customers they are facing than larger shops and it is beneficial for everyone if the larger shops are left for those who actually need to be there rather than those who could easily obtain what they are after elsewhere. So those wanting a newspaper or a small amount of other widely available products like milk, bread and cheese would be benefiting everyone if they opted to purchase it at the local newsagent or corner shop rather than visiting a supermarket.

Fuck's sake. It's a national sport on here. Competitive lockdown judging. Extra points for smugness.

Can’t wait for people to stop being so fucking judgmental, I know casual ageism won’t go away though.

You can't win:

Buy 2 items and you aren't taking rhe pandemic seriously
Get deliverers and you're a selfish wanker taking a slot from someone more needy
Fill your trolley, and you're a greedy bitch

I work in a supermarket and the only things that bother me are:

A) people not social distancing
B) people taking too long to choose each product

These threads really need to stop, it's so pathetic.

I'm just back from the supermarket i bought
Ice cream
Fab ice lollies
Bottle of wine
20 mayfair for my neighbour
I was in and out in less than 10mins.

Exactly Gandalf. On another thread someone said people who were non shielding but had supermarket deliveries were cunts. Now people over 70 who dare to go out are cunts.

Up to our ears in cunts.

I just went to the local shop to buy wine, cigarettes and stamps. Judge away.

I went into a shop to get just a coffee the other day. Shoot me now!!

Surely it’s the number of times you go to the shop nor the number of items you buy when there. Without knowing all their shopping habits YABU.

ParkheadParadise You devil.

You say to protect others...I'm doing stuff to protect myself. What others do as long as they are keeping their 2m distance from ME I couldn't care less. There are too many people constantly policing everyone. Facebook area groups are full it.

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

This
Are people making their own rules up again?
Over 70s if no underlying problems are allowed out!
MIL well into her 70s is still working most days.
None of your business what people are buying either.
Maybe had already been into a shop and hadn't got the items they need?
YABU.

familyof4boys
Over 70’s have not been advised to shield.

I couldn't give a shit what you think of me and my shopping habits. I don't give a shit about yours! Ok?

Haven't people gotten over judging shopping baskets yet ?

I had a delivery today but there was no soft light brown sugar available so I'll be going out for that later.

There are no rules for shopping bar the social distancing. You are advised to go to the supermarket as infrequently as possible but you can go once a day if you so wish.

If you're going to get angry focus on the lack of social distancing or people shopping in groups. I don't mean lone parent and children I mean groups like adult couples or 2 parents with kids.

I think it’s crackers. Unless you’re getting a trolley full, just go to the nearest little shop. My nearest shop is Lidl, why would I wakj a 2 mile round trip when I can go on a short walk to Lidl, apart from anything else the little shop is expensive.

I also took my disabled son who lives alone to the supermarket this morning. He isn't vulnerable health wise and hasn't been outside for a week so I picked him up and we went with the other vulnerable/elderly people . So I was with another person. So ducking tough shit! 😏

And really, no-one cared about the over 70s in care homes and nursing homes - pretty much corporate manslaughter caused by the government's negligent policy over care homes and COVID-19. Over 70s in nursing homes were hardly shielded - quite the reverse. It's a national scandal.

@tinytemper66
The local branch of Aldi have specifically asked that those who are unable to shop by themselves should get the person who would usually accompany them to shop for them in order to reduce the number of people in the store. It is also selfish to be going during the elderly and vulnerable hour if he isn't vulnerable from Corona as this is meant specifically for those identified as vulnerable from the virus.