To be annoyed at people shopping in families/couples?

[Nicknamegoeshere]

So I went to the supermarket to do my weekly shop today. Left the baby and my OH at home as I understand the current rules re Covid to be shop alone where possible.

Now I totally respect that in certain circumstances there has to be exceptions to this rule e.g. for lone parents, shopping with a vulnerable person etc.

However, there were a huge number of large families (with both parents) shopping today, lots and lots of couples (young/middle-aged) etc.

Why are so many people blatantly ignoring the guidance?

@Aragog But that doesn't mean we can rule out the possibility of Covid spread within a supermarket? Even with the majority (hopefully) wearing masks. More customers = more likelihood of transmission surely?

Why can’t people mind their own bloody business it actually baffles me. People can’t innocently do their food shopping without judgement! The sooner this shit show is over the better. Look what we’ve become

@PersonaNonGarter I didn't say anything about being "creepy", think that must've been someone else?

I needed to get a coat for my littlest after his old one split and as sizing is useless he needed to be there to hold them up against. Couldn’t drive as my eyes were playing up due to a migraine so dh had to. We have a toddler, obviously he can’t stay home alone. I wanted to browse the dairy free options for weaning. We weren’t within twenty feet of most people at the supermarket. Stop trying to police people. All these people have a reason for doing it and the risk of spreading anything there is so minimal! Maybe concentrate on those having parties all weekend, meeting in groups in the park (went yesterday, everyone in groups with several adults from different households having a coffee and chatting) and what seems like every person I know round their parents house and carrying on as normal.

i work in a large supermarket on the checkouts ,and yesterday the amount of times i looked up couldnt work out how many are people are in queue ,whos with who ,people moving further down the checkout cos the ones behind are breathing down their neck and starting to put their shopping on ,think everyone has forgotten about distancing which would be easier if there wasnt whole family days out. At one point i counted four trolleys in my queue with 11 people only one trolley was one person

You should go work for the PIP people op, with your ability to see invisible disabilities.

@Rosadela Ah the classic line to trot out when incapable of reasoned debate!

@Rhine 😂

" If only one of us went we'd be going more or less every day."

Yes, but only one of you would be going every other day so no more shopping than before.

Was my post re tagging also invisible? What about the one when the poster asked you why you couldn't see your bf?

@iwishiwasonhol

i work in a large supermarket on the checkouts ,and yesterday the amount of times i looked up couldnt work out how many are people are in queue ,whos with who ,people moving further down the checkout cos the ones behind are breathing down their neck and starting to put their shopping on ,think everyone has forgotten about distancing which would be easier if there wasnt whole family days out. At one point i counted four trolleys in my queue with 11 people only one trolley was one person

It's good to hear from someone that has to deal with this, it must be very difficult to get a queue like that effectively distancing if you can at all.

Some people don't have anyone to have their children. When Dh worked away a lot years ago , I had to take them with me

I know the signs are up and Dh and I went round separately to shop, but for others it cannot be done for many reasons

Which is it?

I am with you. It drives me mad when I see a family with screamIng children. Why on earth doesn’t one parent go it alone. I never took my DS shopping when little. Today I saw my neighbours shopping - mum and dad plus 2 children. They both drive. They both looked miserable and kids were clearly unhappy 🤷‍♀️

The virus has brought out the worst in people. I went to Sainsburys today with my 2 children, just to get out for an hour. Myself & my daughter wore masks & kept our distance. I did not break the law. I didn’t even notice who was shopping with who because it’s none of my business & neither is it yours. You have no idea what people are going through, be kind & get a grip.

I replied to that poster. Perhaps you’d like to read where I did so?

I am on the thread. There is no need for you to tag me

I have answered you. You don’t like it. Perhaps you should have posted in the correct topic?

I work in a supermarket, I've been working all through this pandemic and I caught covid despite all the protective measures in place. I have barely seen my parents through this as I am so scared of passing on the virus as I am exposed to so many people all day. Every able bodied couple that comes through the door, or two parent family or gaggle of teenage children with a parent feels like a smack in the face. By coming in your pairs you are doubling our exposure. You may feel you are being so careful and what difference does one more person make, but we are there all day every day. Trying to manoeuvre stock through crowded aisles, handling cash that's passed through so many hands, helping customers who come right into our personal space. I do all this with a smile under my mask and a belief that our service is necessary to people's lives. So when I see you browsing through the books, or letting all your children rifle through the toys or see you stroll around casually picking up earrings or whatever I do feel insulted and I hate you a little bit.

@Sparklingbrook Agreed.

@iwishiwasonhol Thanks for everything you do. It can't be easy for you at the moment.

[quote Nicknamegoeshere]@Aragog But that doesn't mean we can rule out the possibility of Covid spread within a supermarket? Even with the majority (hopefully) wearing masks. More customers = more likelihood of transmission surely?[/quote]
But it isn’t more people and therein lies the problem as people have to queue because the shop is up to capacity. You are not more likely to get Covid because it’s couples and families as it will be the same amount of people in the shop when you are in there

@MissMatty2hats Same to you

Not something I get worked up about, I have no idea what their circumstances are so I wouldn't judge. I am also too busy doing my own shopping to notice tbh.

We went in to the local town centre today and I was honestly shocked at how many shops were open. No different to a normal Sunday

We'd gone for a walk and you go through the town to get to the park. Hotel Chocolat was open, how the hell is that an essential shop!

I can see why this is called a mockdown. I reckon if we could fast forward twelve months we'd be on mockdown number seventeen and in exactly the same situation

This isn't going away people, it's time to face up to it and stop starting the economy. You just know that they'll be another mockdown early next year as rates will rocket over Christmas

Oh well, my company have put me on furlough til April and I'm on 100% so let's all let some fireworks off, sing happy birthday and wash our hands

I agree OP.

If the circumstances are that everything bar shopping for essentials is discouraged, taking extra people to a shop is, in many cases (I.e. excluding those who require assistance), unreasonable. Not least because many shops are limiting the number of people, and if you take your kids for a jolly it means people waiting outside in the cold.

@WhentheDealGoesDown But as someone has previously argued re couples and families, if one member of the household has the virus they may well have passed it to the other household member(s). Whereas this is not the case with two people from two separate households?

Best get a delivery then, I have all my slots booked for the next month and Christmas