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Confused: we can go to the supermarket but not the local independent coffee shop?
LaureBerthaud · 18/03/2020 12:25
I'm not talking about the over 70s here.
We can go to supermarkets for essentials but can't pop to the cafe to stop me going stir crazy have a flat white.
Is that right?
TedsFederationRep · 18/03/2020 14:23
You are interacting with every customer and every member of staff in there at the time, Smiley, and every customer and member of staff who follows you in that cafe for several days afterwards.
That hand sanitiser - is it there for you to use before you even open the door to go in? Using, you know, the door handle?
Those poor people in Salisbury were poisoned because the poison was put on their own front door handle. You do know that, don't you?
TotesGodsWill · 18/03/2020 14:24
With people like this we have no chance. Supreme selfishness in action
Food = essential
Coffee shop = not essential
Supermarket staff (at all points in the supply chain) are putting themselves at risk to keep essentials available. Coffee shop staff shouldn’t have to put themselves at risk so you can have a fancy coffee.
Graphista · 18/03/2020 16:05
As you are fit and healthy, maybe you could go shopping yourself and leave the delivery slot for someone who really needs it?
THIS!
I am disabled and housebound and not able to get a delivery slot with my usual supermarket abc struggling to get supplies from others. Incredibly stressful, I also know of several friends/family that are HAVING to self isolate as they are high risk, a couple may already be infected.
So please leave online delivery slots for those who NEED them.
Such a goady thread
“Mum (who lives nearby) and I share the delivery slot.” But if YOU are fit and healthy surely you can shop in person and take things to her? Thereby freeing up a slot for someone who does really need it?
Like me, or my parents one of whom is very high risk, or my friend who’s daughter is high risk...
The selfishness of too many at the moment is utterly staggering!
LaureBerthaud · 18/03/2020 19:10
God some of you are acting like total arseholes. This is a chat forum where we can ask questions. Some of you are clearly way overinvested in this board and should take a break for your own mental health. If you're like this now, God help you when/If we go into lockdown.
@Graphista - you don't know anything about my personal circumstances so stop mouthing off about online delivery and accusing me of being goady. Mum and I live rurally, it's made sense to share an online delivery up til now.
Graphista · 18/03/2020 22:34
I'm only booking slots I definitely need I'm not booking loads of slots to reserve them.
I've largely prepped too so I'm ok for food & drink & toiletries I'm only ordering fresh food and cleaning products which I couldn't build a stock of because I have ocd and get through a lot usually and that's causing me some stress and anxiety.
In addition to the mental health stuff I also have a physical disability and other conditions that put me at high risk with this particular virus, so even if I weren't already housebound I'd need to be self isolating at this point anyway.
If everyone were being sensible. If fit & well people weren't ordering online deliveries as they're currently ok to go to the supermarket in person, if people weren't panic buying (which is not the same as prepping) then things would generally be easier for everyone.
My parents are at risk but are generally organised people, plus they're also rural more so than me where they live can't even be called a village! They're used to having stocks in just in case they get snowed in or something (we're in Scotland).
They're both in their 70's and high risk for this, my sister is getting their shopping for them (she is fit and healthy) and leaving it in the garage then texting my mum it's there. But it's really only fresh she's getting them as they've long life stuff in plus they get a regular delivery from local farm of potatoes and other veg.
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