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?

@WhentheDealGoesDown

Some don’t like to be tagged in threads as you get emails I believe, I have tagging switched off anyway.

Yes me too. If you don’t like being tagged switch it off-easy.

I shopped yesterday with my 2 teenage dds and you may have assumed we were out on a jolly. In fact I was shopping for my family and also 2 vulnerable households so 3 trolleys in total. I have the choice of going in 3 times in a row therefore spending 3 times as long in the supermarket or taking my 2 girls and they take a list and a trolley each. I deal with quite severe anxiety as well and it's better for me to get 3 shops done at once than sit in the car for half an hour after doing one list trying to calm down enough to go back in for another set of groceries.

Not everyone in family groups are doing it for a day out!

Get a life and stop policing other people's.

I love how living your life is now seen as being 'entitled' 😂

Like someone above said, we went out for a walk earlier and popped into Aldi, me DP and DS in his pushchair as there were a few bits we needed for the dinner I was making tonight. I can't bring myself to get worked up about it. There's people in all the shops that go in alone that seem to forget to socially distance so it doesn't really make much difference. As I saw someone say on another thread earlier- if people got as worked up about poverty, Mental Heath and women's rights as they do about who's going into shops and what they're doing in there, the world would be a much better place.

Lots of complaints about couples shopping. If there's two of you it takes less time to pack your shopping, and one of you can be packing while the other unloads the trolley to the conveyor belt. So you get through checkout more quickly.

Loads of threads about shopping now, it must be the new thing to moan about

I agree Op. It's a blatant disregard for the rules and guidelines and will push us ALL into further lockdown. Do people still not get it?

Regardless of switching tagging on or off, it is rude to continue to tag someone when they have asked not to be and also to continue to lie about what someone has said in particular saying they haven’t answered points they have answered more than once.

@Jaxhog Clearly not. Let's hope they're not the ones complaining when Mr Johnson has no choice but to extend the lockdown further.

I am quite frankly amazed at some of these comments......if i want to i will...It's not the law etc .. what about effing common sense & a bit of respect FFS

@Bytheloch

So pleasant to see supermarket employees expressing a little bit of hate for shoppers Change jobs if you really don’t like the people coming in. Or be grateful that those shoppers are enabling your employer to keep you employed. Many people shopping for food with their families have no choice and no jobs right now. This thread is a shameful reflection of how covid is enabling others to pass judgement under the guise of ‘following the law’, urgh

i dont hate people coming in i love my job ,i would just like a bit of understanding when i politely remind you to step back and keep your distance and stand on the correct markers, and dont have a go at me when i refuse to take your money when you have just licked your fingers ,which i am allowed to do ,but dont get upset if there is a out break in your local store and there isnt enough staff and you have to wait even longer

Kcar
you know you can just ignore the tags, the poster and not reply to the posts don't you?

It is annoying, why the need for a whole family To all go shopping together? In Tesco on Saturday, a mum and dad plus 4 kids? Why? Kids fighting one crying, running around. Taking up more room. Why not one sit in the car with the kids?

Not when she keeps hectoring me to call me back to the thread and accuses me of not having answered her.

Why are people getting so hysterical? It’s obvious to anyone with a shred of common sense that less people in the shops lessens the likelihood of spread. No one is taking a pop at individual people who seem to take a perfectly reasonable point as an affront. If you need assistance, if you have no childcare, if you can’t get a delivery slot and can’t drive (ad Infinitum), then fine. Why can’t people agree though, that perfectly healthy, able bodied people, can go to the shops alone and not treat it like a trip to the funfair? I suspect these are the same people that take their whole family to A&E (runs and hides!)

@Strawberryplum Agreed. Well if there are two parents then it may be easier for one to stay at home with the kids rather than sit in the car with them? Especially if it's a big shop?

@Roundtoedshoes You have summed up my argument succinctly 😊

Yes, more people in shops increase risk because the distance between people become smaller but that’s why shops are restricting how many people can go in.

People might go shopping together for various reasons, very often shopping in pairs is quicker and more efficient.

I ve not been in a supermarket since the first lockdown started, I was 9 weeks pregnant at the time and DH can drive and calls me if he's not sure about which thing to get on the list so there's no need for me too.

I got admitted to hospital on Wednesday during early labour and couldn't have my DH there with me when I needed them which didn't help that I had a high blood pressure, so I wouldn't decide not to follow guidelines for the sake of going to Asda to know I was adding to someone else's potential suffering needlessly like I did, I m still in hospital now with my baby and will be keeping minimal contact with other people on discharge ,just incase I ve gotten something that I could pass onto another person whilst being admitted.

So sick of people moaning about this.
We have always shopped together as it’s quicker , my dd has never run around the supermarket ever and wears a mask and keeps her distance from others as do we ..
there is no “rule” as you call it to say we can’t go shopping as a family , that’s down to the individual supermarket.
I’d just love someone to come up and say something to my face about this as I’m fucking fed up of everyone trying to be the covid police .
Get your shopping and go home. Stop worrying about everyone else .

@Teabag37

I am quite frankly amazed at some of these comments......if i want to i will...It's not the law etc .. what about effing common sense & a bit of respect FFS

Respect for who?! Self righteous pricks telling others what they should and shouldn’t do? If it bothers you that much then don’t go to the fucking supermarket , shop online

I shop as a family (Me, my mum and my son) because she does her shopping on that day and I can't drive and its very hard to do the 1 hour round trip walking with my weeks shop and a 2 year old! You never know someone's circumstances

I know there are some exceptions but Christ people need to use their common sense. It was so bloody annoying during the first lockdown when the queues were massive, the shops were letting large families in at a time. Can’t one parent wait in the car with the kids?

Of course, people shouldn’t treat shopping like a trip to the fun fair. However they are allowed to be relax and even happy while shopping. As long as they are wearing masks, keep distance, follow the one way system, not mixing households and use sanitizer regularly.