Finally supermarkets are being stricter!

[Nicknamegoeshere]

Re the Shop Alone rule.
It felt safer shopping in-store yesterday.
They should have toughened up earlier but st least they are now!

Please shop alone UNLESS you’re a carer or with children.What's so hard to understand?

Agree completely.

It's not fricking rocket science - and no I'm not the Covid police. FFS

@MissLucyEyelesbarrow how f*ing dare you describe me as selfish, all you know about me is what I've written about my dd and unlike others you have so little compassion, you can't even offer your sympathies.

DD is crippled with anxiety at the moment, I leave her while I'm at work but by the time I return she's deteriorated so much, and simply cannot leave her again.
I'm a frontline worker and because of this, my cev dh has to live elsewhere to shield, so at the moment I'm the only support she has. My life is bloody hard and your shitty comments haven't helped.

We wear clinical graded masks, shop when it's quieter and always keep our distance from others. So I sincerely doubt we will be responsible for any transmission. I'm also tested twice a week because of my job.

I suggest you dig deep and find some empathy.
Be kind, instead of making sweeping judgements and ridiculous comments.

So happy for you op , you truly are amazing

@Nicknamegoeshere

My OH has just spent half an hour queueing at Tesco. The good news is they were saying no to couples and families and tbf those being sent away weren't questioning it.

Did you have a little party op? You sound so uncaring, I feel for anyone in your life looking for empathy or kindness. I presume they go elsewhere?

Getting sick of these “poor me” posts where people always think their situation is worse than other people’s and that somehow makes them a special case.

@Littlefluffyclouds13

I'm taking my 20 yr old dd with me every time. Guess what? She's had covid in October and in the period since then, has developed acute anxiety and is currently medicated and living at home instead of living the life she should be at uni.

Op, I bloody can't wait to win the argument when you start on me in the supermarket or are you more of a keyboard 'warrior' and only keen to share your shit hidden away?

Why does she need to accompany you shopping?

I don’t mean the original post which I totally agree with, this should have been tightened up ages ago...

@Sparklingbrook

I think all the crying and shaking and possibly a bit of frothing on MN has contributed to transmission of this virus definitely.

You're so right!! My dh says he thanks his lucky stars he found me and not a curtain twitching, pearl clutching, frothing mumsnetter! I often share threads with him but I think I'll spare him from reading this one

Not round here. There was a couple with 3 children in the shop I went to yesterday. The kids were racing round the shop with the trolley. Hardly anyone shopping alone - mostly young couples and families. The roads were also only slightly less busy than a normal Saturday.

We’re going to be stuck in lockdown for ages at this rate.

@PerveenMistry I suggest you read my update but really I don't know why I'm bothering to respond.

@Watermelon999

Getting sick of these “poor me” posts where people always think their situation is worse than other people’s and that somehow makes them a special case.

You poor thing. Are you ok hun?

I was fuming in Asda the other day at all the bloody families shopping together. Fwiw I’m pregnant and struggling with my leg/back currently having physio. Shopping is hard and often painful but If I want to go instead of sending DH (useless at food shopping) then I accept I have to manage alone as the world doesn’t revolve around me and I don’t have the right to endanger others!

Off topic but, your DH is bad at shopping for food so you struggle round the shop in pain? Tell him not to be so bloody useless.

@Watermelon999

Getting sick of these “poor me” posts where people always think their situation is worse than other people’s and that somehow makes them a special case.

Who are you referring to exactly?

Why does she need to accompany you shopping?

Open your eyes and read

[quote Littlefluffyclouds13]**@MissLucyEyelesbarrow* how f**ing dare you describe me as selfish, all you know about me is what I've written about my dd and unlike others you have so little compassion, you can't even offer your sympathies.

DD is crippled with anxiety at the moment, I leave her while I'm at work but by the time I return she's deteriorated so much, and simply cannot leave her again.
I'm a frontline worker and because of this, my cev dh has to live elsewhere to shield, so at the moment I'm the only support she has. My life is bloody hard and your shitty comments haven't helped.

We wear clinical graded masks, shop when it's quieter and always keep our distance from others. So I sincerely doubt we will be responsible for any transmission. I'm also tested twice a week because of my job.

I suggest you dig deep and find some empathy.
Be kind, instead of making sweeping judgements and ridiculous comments. [/quote]
Honestly don’t even react to these sort of people - they’re not worth it.

Thank you to the lady few kind, compassionate posters!
That's the Mumsnet I remember (and miss!)

My life is bloody hard, I'm at work (teacher) all day and I hate that I'm having to leave my poor dd alone. I miss dh terribly and there is little chance of him returning home anytime soon.
The thought that dd & I are being judged by the type of people that have posted on here, makes me feel like giving up!!
The lack of empathy is shocking.

last not lady

Off topic but, your DH is bad at shopping for food so you struggle round the shop in pain? Tell him not to be so bloody useless

@Meredithgrey1

My bad I should have expanded on this but didn’t want to write an essay. When I say ‘he’s useless for shopping’ I didn’t mean ‘just standard male incapable of reading a list or buying the correct cheese’ like I see a lot on MN atm. He’s also having physio due to an injury and simultaneously working 60+ hours a week as an intensive care Dr. He’s pretty much mentally and physically at breaking point and due to being home very little doesn’t know what brands baby is used to or what alternatives to buy if stuff isn’t available. That’s why I’d rather struggle in pain myself than force him in. He usually naps in the car whilst I go in then helps me load into the car when I’m done.

I’d happily ask him to pop in quickly for a few essentials if needed but the big fortnightly shop is too heavily depended on in our house to do without.

@Pumpertrumper And that's the thing. Both of you recognise it's about collective responsibility. You make sacrifices and work together, even though it's hard, for the sake of others.

I guess as an intensive care doctor your husband sees the damage Covid is doing and I can't begin to imagine.

@Pumpertrumper
Fair enough, I absolutely apologise for my “bloody useless” comment! I was envisaging the kind of man you described who can’t be trusted to buy the right milk.

@AllMyPrettyOnes

No one post in particular, just a general feeling when I read posts on here.

It’s almost like some people are desperate to prove that the rules aren’t fair and that they are special or exempt etc without seeming to take any personal responsibility or thinking of how they could do things differently.

@Nicknamegoeshere your dh clearly went to the supermarket at a busy time if he queued for 30 minutes, sounds hideous and unless he was 'policing' the queue, potentially very unsafe.
In his shoes I would have made the sensible decision to come at a better time, not stand in a line for half an hour to enter a potentially crowded shop. Madness.

Dd & I shop very late and rarely pass anyone in the aisles.

[quote Watermelon999]@AllMyPrettyOnes

No one post in particular, just a general feeling when I read posts on here.

It’s almost like some people are desperate to prove that the rules aren’t fair and that they are special or exempt etc without seeming to take any personal responsibility or thinking of how they could do things differently.[/quote]
And equally some people are absolutely desperate to do the opposite.
Which results in people sadly having absolutely zero empathy or understanding that other people's lives might be complicated or just different to their own.

@Littlefluffyclouds13 Does this apply to all night shift workers too?

[quote Nicknamegoeshere]@Littlefluffyclouds13 Does this apply to all night shift workers too?[/quote]
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about?
Does your dh work nights?
My df works nights as a nurse, she certainly wouldn't shop during the day at peak times!
Hope that helps?