Customers in supermarket queues buying 2 items

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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?

Maybe offer to get some stuff for your older neighbours instead and stop moaning about other people on MN. Win-Win

Lets not forget that 95% of people that get infected recover. Sadly 5% die. A lot of those deaths were recorded as covid19 when in fact they died 'with' covid 19. Of course we have to be sensible and follow the hygeine rules if we don't want to get infected. But imho I think the aftermath of this will have far worse consequences for millions of people. Every day the media is bombarding us with death and destruction, it's causing mass hypnosis of millions by repetition. How do you think advertising works , that companies pay thousands for. The media has done a great job of scaring people to the point that when they are allowed out, they won't want to go. I have felt from the begining of this that the numbers just don't add up, and I still feel that way. Our lives are going to be very different for a very long time.

My 82 year old dad has been doing his own "big shop" every Tuesday for the past 3-4weeks. He's yet to get the letter saying that if he steps out of the house for more than 10 minutes it will result in instant death. His thinking is, if being the sole carer of my mum in the weeks before she contracted and died from covid, left him with not so much as a sniffle, standing in the queue at Sainsburys is a breeze.

trapped, I am so sorry about your mother (and good luck to your father - of course he can go out shopping)

My 82 year old dad has been doing his own "big shop" every Tuesday for the past 3-4weeks. He's yet to get the letter saying that if he steps out of the house for more than 10 minutes it will result in instant death. His thinking is, if being the sole carer of my mum in the weeks before she contracted and died from covid, left him with not so much as a sniffle, standing in the queue at Sainsburys is a breeze. Well if he was caring for your mum there's a good chance he's had it, it is very infectious so hard for a sole carer not to get it I would have thought.

One of my aunts, nearly 90, had it very mildly, if carers hadn't been taking temperatures and decided to get her tested she wouldn't have known. She had a slight cough but that isn't that unusual for her.

I hope your dad is OK, it must be tough for you all.

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If he has had it then it's been so mild that he's not noticed. He's not had a temperature, a cough or even a slight head-ache. The man's a machine.

@thirdwheel you have my utmost admiration for working in a supermarket. I’m sure the people who frequent your store are extremely grateful to you.

However, you sort of hit the nail on the head with your last comment ‘turn it into a family day trip’. Older people mainly shop on their own. I’ve seen people queuing outside supermarkets and there will be mum, dad and two or three children. Surely the old lady buying cheese is less of a threat than the whole family gathering? That’s another reason I would never shop in a supermarket because kids wander all over, picking things off shelves with the usual whiny ‘can I have’. Mum or dad then respond with a ‘no you can’t’, snatch the offending item from child’s grubby little hand and put it back on the shelf, just ready to infect either the store staff or the next unsuspecting shopper.

There is currently a lot of research ongoing into ‘silent carriers’ of coronavirus- those who are hosting the disease and are asymptotic and, sadly, children are particularly high in that group.

How do people who think we should only be doing a big supermarket shop feel about the cafes opening for takeaway coffee?

Is going into a coffee shop okay to buy a single coffee then?

Is going into a coffee shop okay to buy a single coffee then?

Not at all! You must first phone everyone you know and ask if they also want one, knock on to neighbours who you think might not be able to get one for themselves, immediately set up a WhatsApp 'coffee shop' order...if you don't get at least 10 people to take you up on this you'll be arrested!

Is going into a coffee shop okay to buy a single coffee then?

No. Despite the fact that they are open for the sole purpose of selling coffee, you must buy a full trolley full of ‘basic essentials’ while you are there too. Except milk apparently isn’t a basic essential, as you can do without. Or bread. So a trolley of gruel.

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!

NO THEY HAVE NOT UNLESS IN THE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE CATEGORY WHICH IS NOT DETERMINED BY AGE

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

Lucky you getting an online slot.

@trappedsincesundaymorn, they made them tough in those days! He could have had it though, as I said my aunt only found out as carers took her temperature and it was slightly raised, she wouldn't even have noticed if they hadn't said. Obviously at their age they are vulnerable but it isn't an automatic death sentence like lots seem to think.

I agree with OP you are supposed to shop for essential items and limit the number of trips you make.

How many times? You are not supposed to only shop for essential items, if the shop sells it you can buy it!

I think you should only go out in desperate need.

Feel free to only shop when the cupboard is bare but please don't expect any rational thinking person to agree

Talk about missing the point. We are all supposed to stay at home and go out as LITTLE as possible to protect others. To most people with a brain, that means go out as little as possible.

I agree with OP you are supposed to shop for essential items and limit the number of trips you make

Come on then, so what’s ‘essential’? Obviously not anything like crisps/sweets/cake/chocolate. No drinks, as we have water in the taps. Plenty of vegetarians around so meat isn’t essential. Cheese apparently isn’t essential according to this thread. So ‘essential’ means ‘enough to sustain your life’ I guess.
Gruel.

What's your point @missmouse101?

not an excuse to get out the house and turn it into a family day trip.
2 women is not a family outing. We had a family outing in ours the other day. Gran (youngish) 2 parents and 3 kids. Why on earth they all needed to be there i dont know. Sd is hard enough without a family of 6 in one aisle.

I wish our door staff were allowed to say you cant all come in. Other branches in other areas do it why cant we?
I dont mind anyone else coming in i do mind that many customers seem to forget all about sd once they are in though. Its like staff are invisible.

Wine is essential.

It does seems crazy to risk your life for some cheese and a newspaper.

Evidence is that you need about 15 mins. close contact with an infected person to get the virus. Unless you shag the shop worker whilst French kissing them, your chances of getting it from nipping into a shop are slim.

Unbelievable the level of fear and doom over this.

Using your brain means using your common sense, missmouse.

It's not house arrest, this lockdown.

I'll be SO glad when this is lifted, although don't know what all the doom-mongers are going to do with themselves then, no one to police or report or peer into their shopping basket or judge them.

Birdie you obviously missed the KFC thread. . That was legend. Should be in Classics.

I'll be SO glad when this is lifted, although don't know what all the doom-mongers are going to do with themselves then, no one to police or report or peer into their shopping basket or judge them. Will they all stay in forever or will they be the first to rush out as obviously they will be safe as soon as Boris says they are. I suspect it will be a 50/50 split, what do you think?

I went to a supermarket yesterday for 1 item, ive not done it before but to me it was important, I abided by the rules, im late 50s, should I of not gone because you dont think I should?
By the way it was a 40th birthday cake for my daughter!!
you dont know the circumstances there are LOADS near where I live with children NOT following the rules, unless it affects me directly, its none of my business!

And how do you know how often those women have been out Missmouse101?

I just went for a walk to get a takeaway coffee. I except the Stasi are “literally sobbing and shaking with fear” now. Or something.