Familys shopping together

[Amira19]

Went to my local Morrisons yesterday and it was crazy, family's of 5 plus shopping together despite the schools closing to prevent spread , groups of people blocking aisles gossiping to each other trying to get past whilst keeping distance. I thought the whole point was to reduce the number of people going into the shops. I heard the staff getting frustrated with the situation. ( single parents of course should shop with dc but this was groups of families, seems like its going to be never ending)

My OH is better placed to do the shopping than I am as he also does all of the cooking in our house. He's a man.
Should I be worried?!!

It’s so frustrating, just back from Tesco and I nearly abandoned my trolly and left. Lots of families, kids running up and down the toy isle picking up toys, putting back. It dosent take a family of 6 with teenagers to do the shopping. Large groups of people standing talking blocking isles. Lots of people not wearing masks. One women, no mask and coughing. No distancing. I’m in my 40s healthy, haven’t been frightened before but today I felt stressed. What’s the point for schools shutting if this is happening?

What annoys me is last time they were really strict on it especially whole families and didn’t even let DH come in with me when I was pregnant. Now it seems the norm for mum dad and 4 kids to go as something to do. Yesterday 2 unmasked parents were yelling across the store to their unruly kids and the staff can’t do anything about it (not that they should have to) but I doubt both mum and dad were mask exempt and if they were why do they both need to shop.

'Surely if her dh drives he should go and she stays with the kids. What was the point in closing all the schools to prevent the biggest spreaders going to the supermarket obviously it can't be helped if they are single parents or disabled'

Pre school children are actually the smallest spreaders apparently hence nurseries being open or are you labelling families with them aswell? Kids are with their families not woth their classes and mixing with other kids so wouldnt be super spreading. They wouldnt spread it any less than adults.

'Yesterday 2 unmasked parents were yelling across the store to their unruly kids and the staff can’t do anything about it (not that they should have to) but I doubt both mum and dad were mask exempt and if they were why do they both need'

Hmm..ifanything all parents have been the ones with the masks on where I live! It is single older people I've seen without masks (higher risk) amd assumed they are exempt. One older lady without a mask thought nothing of reaching across coughing in my baby's face and getting some sweets off the shelves with no excuse me or social distancing. Good and bad everywhere! Before you say anything op I was alone with my baby and not with an army

What’s the point for schools shutting if this is happening?

There isn't any point. And what pisses me off is that the situation in supermarkets will mean that Covid infections will carry on rising and schools will stay shut (or rather semi shut) so that all the kids in school and those out will be getting an inferior education for the foreseeable future.

UpMy you're dh sounds like a manchild an adult can do a food shop madness. The fact people are making excuses when schools have shut just shows people lack common sense. I feel for the supermarket workers who have zero control over their working environment.

@UpMySt

I went in yesterday with DH and toddler as I don't drive and DH was with toddler pushing the trolley while I was grabbing bits. When I shop alone with toddler it takes longer but when dh is with me, he occupies the toddler and we don't have to enter every isle as I run back and forth to the main middle isle with the essentials where they hang around and it takes less time and less time with packing at checkout too and of course I live on the 3rd floor of our flat with no lift so it means I don't have to leave toddler unsupervised in the car or in the house while I grab shopping bags.

Yes why doesn’t your husband drop you at the shop then take your toddler to a park or just wait in the car with a tablet.

We do both of these options

It would never enter my head to cart the kids in while there’s another able bodied adult there to look after kids ! This just is the height of idiocy sorry to say.

Are whole classes from different households shopping together or am i missing something? Def a point still in schools being closed!

StickTheKettleOnAlice More people going to the shops more likely to spread the virus especially following the Christmas get together. The new strain is now in my local area and far more infectious.

Well the point I was making was that if whole families insist on going shopping it is inevitable that Covid cases will rise and schools will stay shut to the majority of kids (and even those in school aren't getting a great education). I think anyone who is shopping with their partner or family when it is not necessary basically thinks that education is not important or is thick.

The supermarkets need to be more strict, I know personally 2 people who have caught covid in the past few days and they are adamant they caught it at the supermarket. They of course can’t be 100% but they haven’t been anywhere else.

I couldn’t think of anything worse than taking my kids shopping with me, but needs must when buying shoes etc.

I’m not particularly fussed by others doing it, each to their own.

Let’s take a China approach. Failing that, tie your offspring/partners to the bollards outside

I say we close the shops and make people forage (provided they stay locally and don’t sit down).
The great and good on MN could boast about how long they could make a grub last.

My point is that it isn't just families it is couples and twos as well. I don't think a couple with a baby are any more guilty than a couple without kids and it annoys me when people always target parents.
One adult only but this isnt the rule so let's face it thos won't change.

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So I guess I think that if people don't give a shit about it spreading in supermarkets why give a shit about it spreading in schools?

No one wants to live like this, no one wants their children's education to be hindered, not see extended family members but its a case of reducing and limit the contact as much as possible to reduce the numbers whilst the vaccine is rolled out.

People should care about both but schools have a higher rate of spreading supposedly as people don't spend 6 hours in a supermarket in a small room right next to others.

Totally agree op but it is everybody's responsibility and any adult that has company including couples.

Thankfully our local Sainsbury's have a staff member counting how many people are going in/out of store.

Majority of shoppers are on their own

I think people are also annoyed with couples going to supermarkets, it's just that little kids tend to also run around touching stuff. And in my experience because families do tend to view it as a trip out, they spend longer in their own little world mooching about browsing, picking stuff up, chatting etc.

@Funkypolar

There is no need to go food shopping at all. Not eating for a few days won’t harm you, most of the country is obese. COVID will.

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I work in supermarkets and its driving me demented. The number of people who think their children can play, a man was chasing his daughter round Tesco today, jumping out on her from behind aisles and generally just creating a bloody nuisance of himself, as well as being a danger to those he was crashing into. Security told him it was not a playground, could he please shop quickly and leave. The abuse he gave was incredible, to the point the manager was called and he was asked to leave immediately without completing his shopping. We very rarely intervene now because the abuse isn't worth it. In lock down 1 the police were being called on a near daily basis. I give up with the bloody lot of customers, they should just pick each others face and catch the bloody virus as they seem so determined that they're not at risk and those of us working are just collateral damage