What will happen to supermarket queues when it starts raining?

[SunnyStroll]

I know lockdown had been a different experience for different people but the sunshine must have made it a bit more bearable for everyone. Apparently it's going to be wet now for quite a few days.

What impact will that have on the queues? Yes, I know there's nothing to stop people queuing in the rain but will they? Will the usual quiet/busy times apply or will everyone shop in the dry spells?

How desperate would you need to be to queue for, say 40 min, in the rain?

Will good humour be maintained or might this be the tipping point?

[ThatWasThat]

and this is your cheerful constructive post toward keeping up morale?

[Runningfar]

We will just queue in the rain and wear a coat.

However if lockdown has taught me one thing, it's that I don't need to go to the shops nearly as much as I used to.

[tillytown]

Can’t stand the British attitude to rain.
Anyone know what the this means? What attitude to rain do we have? Genuinely amused/confused

[tillytown]

No idea where the random 'the' came from

[Sparklingbrook]

I think some Brits get all worried when it rains and think they can't go out
. The same people that huddle in shop doorways looking bewildered when it's raining because it started while they were in the shop.

Or have to drop their children as near to the school gate as possible when it's raining, and won't let them walk home in it.

[GabsAlot]

i'll take my brolly-im glad its gong to rain might keep some idiots in for a while and yes i reckon the queues will be shorter

[Mistymonday]

Thankfully I am waterproof and getting wet won’t harm me.

[Aesopfable]

Haven’t you seen what happened to the wicked witch of the west?

[RedToothBrush]

I think some Brits get all worried when it rains and think they can't go out
The same people that huddle in shop doorways looking bewildered when it's raining because it started while they were in the shop.

Or have to drop their children as near to the school gate as possible when it's raining, and won't let them walk home in it.

God, these people piss me off.

I can't say I'm a huge fan of umbrellas either. Just get a bloody water proof coat and save poking everyone elses eyes out ffs!

[Vintagehearts]

"Can’t stand the British attitude to rain. It barely rains anyway and you won’t melt in the wet."

Erm, it barely rains anyway? Has the 6 months of pretty much non stop rain in most parts and flooding escaped people's memory already?

[RedToothBrush]

Has the 6 months of pretty much non stop rain in most parts and flooding escaped people's memory already?

We've had a couple of weeks of nice weather. Everyone's currently suffering from sunstroke if they haven't got covid-19 or are not a key worker.

[ErrolTheDragon]

I can't say I'm a huge fan of umbrellas either. Just get a bloody water proof coat and save poking everyone elses eyes out ffs!

But at the moment no one should be anywhere near close enough to have their eye poked out unless you're carrying the parasol from your garden table around instead of a brolly.

(Normally I would agree... Goretex walking coat with a proper wired hood)

[RedToothBrush]

But at the moment no one should be anywhere near close enough to have their eye poked out unless you're carrying the parasol from your garden table around instead of a brolly.

I'd agree with you, if people were not such menaces with umbrellas and looked where they are fucking going!

You can't carry a brolly and push a trolley/load a car/carry lots of bags at the same time either so brollies are a stupid idea in place of a coat, cos what are you going to do when you come OUT of the shop anyway?

In fact, how DID people manage going to the supermarket on rainy days before?

[ErrolTheDragon]

I'm in the NW ... there's only a day and a half of rain forecast for the coming week, I'm sure that's less than usual.

I've never noticed a drop of rain putting people off from going about their business - sensibly clad - hereabouts. Is the problem not 'brits' but 'effete southerners' (and with memories of West Country holidays, make that 'south easterners' ) that some people are mocking?

[onlinelinda]

My Berghaus goretex is absolutely storm proof.

[ErrolTheDragon]

You use the brolly while queuing to keep your coat dry so you're not damp in the shop. Furl it on entering. Then when you leave, up,with the hood of your coat and dash back to the car with your trolley.

Obviously.

[RedToothBrush]

I'm in the NW ...

Nuff said.

Life continues in the NW drizzle without riots most weeks.

[AvalancheKit]

I blame the government for not ordering enough Personal Waterproof Equipment (PWE).

[managedmis]

What we can guarantee is that someone will start a thread about it

Whinging

[woodencoffeetable]

Can’t stand the British attitude to rain.

(in the se/london ar least)

• dc getting driven to school instead of walking/public transport absolutely packed because waiting 20 min fir a bus to go 3 stops is preferable to walking this half mile
  
• dc no allowed to play on school playground (this on really pisses me off
  
• pe indoors instead of out in the field
  
• umbrella eye poking
  
• broken umbrellas in bins

[Staticelle]

I love the sound of the rain- pop on a coat with a hood, grab a brolly, you won't get wet. I am always surprised by the amount of people whose shoes let loads of water in mind, but the solution to that is to get some actual shoes that don't leak! DS likes the sound of the rain under his pram cover as well, so he's more content, probably provides a useful barrier at the moment as well from people's germs.

[Greenpop21]

I haven’t queued more than 10 mins at Aldi. I’ll wear a coat and bring a brolly this week as that’s what I normally do in the rain. Daily dog walker here. I see what you’re saying though Op and I expect some will curb their extraneous shopping trips .

[Dinosaurfood]

Lol at the rain (in Britain) causing a tipping point for people queuing to get into a shop. It's just rain what's the big deal...

[SoupDragon]

One advantage of social distancing is that you won't poke anyone's eye out with an umbrella.

[SunnyStroll]

Haha, only the Brits could do five pages on how pointless it is to discuss the weather

I'm a go out in all weathers type too. I was hoping there would be as much rain as promised this morning so I can have the woods to myself for my run, which kind of demonstrates most Brits don't carry on regardless of the weather. I really don't think the family strolls will be out.

I've been going to the supermarket at c.4pm mid week about every 10 days. I've never queued more than a few minutes but there are still long snaking queues every morning here, I wonder what it was like today?

Of course I don't think the rain will bring rioting but I do think it will increase the discontent and when every decision made is a political one, that can (should in a
democracy?) affect decision making. The nice weather has made lockdown far less difficult than it might have been for most.