Is anyone still going out as a family

[yarncakes]

I've noticed now that supermarkets saying only one person per household to shop but can they stop you if there's more than 1 of you going together?

And before anyone asks if she could do the shopping - she is also a carer for her family members, and because of other issues we would want the kids to go out for a proper walk or a play with her, rather than asking her to do our shopping or anything and we wouldn't ask her to do our shopping anyway. So it makes the most sense that they get to go out for some time with her and we do the shopping together. My kids don't touch anything and are very good, and our local shop is next to always completely empty when we go so we really aren't affecting anyone

I work in a supermarket in South Yorkshire, there is a sign near the entrance asking people to shop alone if possible, no one will stop people who come in couples/families and I would say around 90% of shoppers are not alone. The only time they make customers queue is when as staff we refuse to go on the shop floor. Last Saturday there were that many people in the shop that we ran out of trollies. Many staff went off the shop floor and refused to work until it was dealt with so management reluctantly made customers queue for a short while. I actually spoke to the store manager and asked why they let it get so busy before doing something about it at the weekend and they said they have to follow the rules from above and they are to let everyone in regardless... it’s ok though as they play a message over the sound system saying they value us as staff members 🙄

I take the baby shopping with me even though DP is at home. DP has cancer, the baby has epilepsy and a brain injury and DP is often not in a fit state to look after the baby. Shoot me, judge me but I am doing the best I can in difficult circumstances.

I'm taking my adult autistic dd sometimes because she is going backwards in her ability to be in social situations. Hopefully today she will go there alone (it's very close) and fetch two things I need, we've been working back to this. She stayed inside pretty much until August and it's taken baby steps since then just to get her walking outside and now accompanying me. Remember not all disabilities are visible - the government doesn't deem herself disabled enough for esa so I need to get her back to the stage she can work

@bloodywhitecat

I take the baby shopping with me even though DP is at home. DP has cancer, the baby has epilepsy and a brain injury and DP is often not in a fit state to look after the baby. Shoot me, judge me but I am doing the best I can in difficult circumstances.

I wouldn't judge you in the slightest and think you should definitely take baby. Watch out though MN thinks you're borderline criminal if you don't go alone. Even if you have a reason - which you do.

@OverTheRubicon my 6 year old has asd and pica. He can't do the kind of walking that is allowed and he can't do social distancing. When the weather is better I might get dh to sit with him while I go for a walk on my own but to be honest walking up and down the main road on my own isn't much fun.

[quote elliejjtiny]@OverTheRubicon my 6 year old has asd and pica. He can't do the kind of walking that is allowed and he can't do social distancing. When the weather is better I might get dh to sit with him while I go for a walk on my own but to be honest walking up and down the main road on my own isn't much fun.[/quote]
Why did you @ me? I only wrote to say that as a single mum I need to take my children in sometimes, and then to ask if fizzybottle and her family had care / respite support?

@OverTheRubicon it was in response to this post on page 4. Sorry, the thread moved on while I was doing other things.

elliejjtiny

No. Dh has been on a weekly trip to tesco/asda. The rest of us haven't left the house/garden since Christmas day.

Why have you been locked in for other a month? confusedconfusedconfused