COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

Sorry, but doesn't that just illustrate exactly the problem? Who decides when it is sensible not to adhere to a one-way system which the supermarket have, presumably, gone to great lengths to establish for the safety of all customers? 
 

No it doesn't M. Folk are entering these isles the wrong way when they are empty as far as I observe and therefore are passing nobody. 

Little point there being a one way system in the first place then I'd have thought.  

Until somebody comes round the corner and who is GOING the right way.

but whoopee 2.5 million vaccines delivered so far

Well yes there is as some isles, such as meat get footfall. Some aisles such as soft drinks and kitchen products are often empty. The one way system is observed on aisles that attract foot fall. If there is absolutely nobody using an aisle and somebody goes a third of the way down and turns back with a product they meet nobody. 

It doesn't happen however as people tend to only go a short distance the wrong way on soft drinks, maybe cereals and washing liquids. And in fact these aisles are pretty wide. In fact, in our local Asda they are wide enough to pass somebody shopping at a shelf travelling in the marked flow direction whilst maintaining distance if it should occur. You would not see it happen on many of the aisles which are much more populated. Strangely aisles that I do not use in Asda purely because they are items that I very rarely buy there such as tins or meats. If I and ,from what I observe, others are in those areas of the store they are travelling in the right direction

But how long are those aisles? How much more effort would it involve actually going the indicated way? It does seem to me that you are trying to justify making your own decisions, and, as I said earlier, that is a major part of the problem currently, folk deciding that particular rules don't apply to themselves. 

But I'll leave that particular point there,  no desire to make it a personal criticism. 

In the first lockdown, our Asda also had a one way system marked out, but it did not look like they had gone to great lengths when doing so!

The direction of the arrows made no sense at all and the customers were baffled, so as a result nobody was following it.

Fortunately, as in ET's store, the aisles are very wide, so plenty of space to pass another customer safely.

Some of the smaller supermarkets have cleverly blocked off the ends of aisles, meaning that you have to follow a one way system for most of the way round. I doubt the larger ones could manage because of fire regs and getting more people out quickly. 

Aisle rage is quite funny when you encounter it, although it pays to keep a blank face so as not to escalate things. I got caught up in an incident with a shelf stacker, another woman shopper and me. We were all politely waiting to pass an unmasked trio hell bent on locating that night’s vodka of choice. We all got called “stupid effers “ because we chose not to push past. Ranted at for being polite🤷‍♀️

In the 1st lockdown we used Click& Collect until early August.  Since then I go to our local Tesco once a week, usually around lunchtime on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and it's fairly quiet then.  They had a 1-way system for a while, not everybody kept to that however.  They stopped that, but do have 1 entrance and 1 exit, separate.

I do see 2 or 3 people most weeks without masks, last week saw someone with a mask, but round the chin!  Fat lot of use that is.

I do get the feeling that a few people think that if they're wearing a mask it's ok to come close, and even lean across you to get something off the shelf.

They also say this Kj

You can travel for local outdoor sport or exercise such as meeting another person, walking, cycling, golf or running that starts and finishes at the same place (which can be up to 5 miles from the boundary of your local authority area), as long as you abide by the rules on meeting other households.

That's the problem I think there is to much conflicting information even on the official site.