When will people realise the supermarket is NOT a place to have a lengthy chat in?

[LovelyLips]

Every bloody lockdown I see the same thing.

Just come back from Waitrose which is pretty civilised because they keep numbers down.

BUT the same as before- a couple ( youngish maybe 30s) - standing chatting to another woman (same ageish) for ages and ages at the end of an aisle.

Don't they realise that a) they should shop alone unless there is some reason they can't and b) it's not a place to catch up for a 30-minute gossip?

Other people might be queuing in the cold to go in and can't other shoppers to come out.

I see this at every lockdown and it's always 'yummy mummy' types who hang around talking, yes, they wear masks but NO they are 2 metres apart. These 3 today were not from the same family and were standing very close together.

In my Waitrose, the staff are the worst for it. They hang about in 2s and 3s at the end of an aisle yapping. How are we suppose to social distance with them In the way, drives me mad!

I hate being in supermarkets at the moment, just want to go in do what I have to and get out.

@LovelyLips

TBH I'm shocked, saddened and sickened by the posts here- most of them.

Isn't it great after the biggest number of deaths ever in a day, to see such solidarity between women who are supposed to look out for each other.

I wasn't in the shop for 30 minutes. I was there for around 15 but they were still talking when I came out. So that's too long when older people are queuing outside to go in.

And they were not social distancing.

AND the supermarket has an announcement every few minutes asking customers to shop as quickly as they can.

You can come back with snide, nasty comments as much as you want and I don't care.

I'm making a valid point.

If you can't see it, or want to be nasty, bully for you.

If you want to chat, go outside.

And for those who say 'oh but it's not allowed' well fuck you because it's definitely not allowed indoors even in a shop.

Solidarity between women who are supposed to look out for each other? How does calling other women ‘yummy mummies’ fit into that?

Your temper tantrum doesn’t really do much to demonstrate that you’re a concerned citizen rather than just using an excuse to be a brat.

Isn't it great after the biggest number of deaths ever in a day, to see such solidarity between women who are supposed to look out for each other

@LovelyLips does your 'solidarity' extend to the 'yummy mummies' and 'old dears' you've denigrated on this thread?

Also, you definitely said the women in Waitrose were gossiping for half an hour. How could you have known that if you were in there for 15 minutes? You can see why people think you're just plucking figures out of the air, can't you. Y'know, to be a bit goady.