Supermarkets need to get real!

[Justa47]

When will supermarkets stop being a day out and only allow single parents in with kids and not families and couples?

Why doesn’t one parent wait in the car?

[quote Parkperson]@peak2021. Really? You really believe most women would not trust their husband to do the shopping. Most of the couples I know it is the man doing the shopping.[/quote]
My DH does the shopping (I would happily do it online but he likes choosing stuff).

But there do seem to be a lot of women out there who don't trust their DH, or because he got the wrong thing once, he must be incapable. Maybe just give him a list and tell him to get on with it? You may be surprised at the (positive) outcome!

@peak2021 so what if it's not perfect?

Shopping in pairs
Families having a day out
People faffing over which quinoa to buy

Ffs one person shop , write a list , pick up product move on !

There are always exceptions to rules. Of course it’s ok to shop with another person if you are disabled or a single parent but some of the excuses on here are really quite feeble.

I think ppl where I live follow the rules in the supermarkets. I've never seen any alterations.

When i was at my fathers i could not believe the difference. Whole families, couples and groups of friends ( I'm not talking about cases where a person needs help).

Supermarket staff have been amazing working through all this. We should minimalise their risk by only going alone where possible, or with the least ppl possible.

God help grown, able bodied adults who can't shop alone. Pathetic. How anyone can find that attractive I'll never know.

My partner is able bodied, he does however have a traumatic brain injury and needs help with shopping. I find "that" attractive because he a wonderful person with a heart of gold. Plus he wouldn't dream of being a judgemental cunt.

@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst

Also, my DH is a ninja packer. He packs with an eye to where each item is going to be put away. Plus while he's packing the last few items I am paying the bill, so we're actually getting through the checkout faster too. We make a great team . The whole exercise takes as little time as possible.

We prefer to choose our own items in the shops, so we're not hogging an online slot that a vulnerable person could use.

But as I said, rant away if it makes you feel better.

Oh well that's all OK, you crack on.

I hope you're both OK if you get it, genuinely I do.

Let's hope that you're not in a hospital where they are actively rationing the oxygen as they have been today.

Fingers crossed you're not one of those that my DSIS has to treat with bed sores on their faces, or one of the covid patients that had ulcerated faces where their skin had broken down whilst they were prone and tubed.

As I say, hopefully you don't get it that badly.

As long as you're under 40, you'll likely not be tubed, hopefully you won't be the 1 in several hundred that receives in intubation injury either.

Good luck

Astonishing the number of people who assume everyone has a car and drives to a supermarket. Which is better - several trips a week to carry the shopping home, or one trip with two people?

Is it ok with you op if I go in with my 2 year old? Dp works Mon to Fri so I have ds then. I would wait until the weekend when dp is off but thats when I work so he has ds. And I know you'll probably say I should go in the evening but by the time he's home I really don't feel up to going after 8pm after being on the go since 5am. It takes me no more than 30mins to get my full shopping & that's my only visit for the week.

@daisypond I don't think people are judging people that must have someone with them (or at least I'm not), but honestly unless my life depended on it, I'd be staying at home. I wish others would too.

The things I've been told by friends and family who work in ICU is horrifying.

I was diagnosed with covid at weekend and i cannot get a slot for over 2 weeks. I even tried Icelands 😭

Anyone else go to the supermarket alone purely because it's the one day a week you can get some time away from the husband and kids.............no, just me?

@Minniem2020

Is it ok with you op if I go in with my 2 year old? Dp works Mon to Fri so I have ds then. I would wait until the weekend when dp is off but thats when I work so he has ds. And I know you'll probably say I should go in the evening but by the time he's home I really don't feel up to going after 8pm after being on the go since 5am. It takes me no more than 30mins to get my full shopping & that's my only visit for the week.

That's a bit lazy really isn't it if you are honest ?

@wossgoinon

I was diagnosed with covid at weekend and i cannot get a slot for over 2 weeks. I even tried Icelands 😭

I got a Tesco slot today for tomorrow . Check regularly . Don't you have anyone who can go for you ?

[quote Weirdlynormal]@daisypond I don't think people are judging people that must have someone with them (or at least I'm not), but honestly unless my life depended on it, I'd be staying at home. I wish others would too.

The things I've been told by friends and family who work in ICU is horrifying.[/quote]
You can do both.

I’m hardly out of the house. Neither is DH apart from his daily walk in the evening. I mean it’s lockdown after all.
But we go together to the supermarket once a week. Because that’s the one and only time I’m out of the house. And I physically need him with me.

I hadn't been bothered by this until last I went when there was a couple in front of me with 3 kids, two in really bulky pushchairs. I cannot see any reason one parent shouldn't have stayed home with the kids.

I'm totally ok being judgemental about this. Of course there are medical/other exceptions. But if my comments make just one perfectly capable couple/family not insist on going to the supermarket all together for a jolly trip to cough over my 62 year old mother and her colleagues, its a win. Less people in the supermarket means less virus exposure for the likes of my mum.

For anyone who cannot get an online slot and they are isolating - have you any friends who can help or your local COVID support or some of the small order online facilities Co op, Sainsburys Chop Chop, Deliveroo groceries etc.

Obviously if you need support when shopping you will be allowed but there are too many people shopping in groups. Less people in the shop means easier social distancing and less likelihood of queues outside.

Please support everyone who works in food shops by making their environment safer, shop alone if you can, wear a mask, stay away from them where possible don’t lean over them to get stuff from shelves, just say excuse me or ask them to pass to you.

When food shops have to close because the colleagues are sick or isolating you will be banging on about how the companies are letting you down. Personal responsibility is what will get us all through this.

Be kind.

@ExhaustedGrinch

God help grown, able bodied adults who can't shop alone. Pathetic. How anyone can find that attractive I'll never know.

My partner is able bodied, he does however have a traumatic brain injury and needs help with shopping. I find "that" attractive because he a wonderful person with a heart of gold. Plus he wouldn't dream of being a judgemental cunt.

Good for you @ExhaustedGrinch > This pandemic really seems to have bought out the worst in those who love being judgmental.

@BananaPop2020

Just putting it out there - if you are getting a big or heavy shop, and don’t drive, what are you meant to do then? Surely going once with a partner is better than multiple shops in the week?

Your partner goes on his own?

I love being judgemental on my supermarket trip. It's the highlight of the week.

Sainsbury’s have announced they’re getting their security guards to make sure people are shopping alone.

@MrsWindass my mate is going to go for me. Luckily i have no appetite atm so doing ok so far

@UghNotThisAgain36 and if your posts/comments affects someone who has an ‘exception’ into thinking they can’t afford to go out anymore because they’ll risk abuse from righteous people like you
Is that ok too?