COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

"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."

It doesn't happen!!!!, soft drinks , cereals, washing liquids would seem to me to be very much in demand, but lets not labour the point.

Good to see we are cracking on with the vaccination programme, and although of little consequence, we have now vaccinated more people in England than the whole of Europe, and it is a positive, full marks to that lady Epsom in charge of the vaccination centre, so positive

Sorry only just come on here today been busy.

I agree, using LA in some circumstances just doesn't make sense,  that's why I put 10 or 15 miles, I suppose I should have made it clear that it was just an example not a definitive distance. 

Under the first lockdown we were told 5 miles from home. Like you we live further than that to the shops, so of course that was useless to us.

However if taking exercise then 5 miles would have been sufficient as we live on the edge of a village we can walk for miles on a circular route no more than a couple of miles from the house. 

Under the tier system then it made sense as your area could be in tier 1 but the next tier 3 so it worked ish  of course anything only works if folk stick to the rules and not make them up as they go along. 

One rule for exercise, a different one, maybe, for shopping, does not help, does it!

We are only about 2 miles from the Glasgow  boundary, and depending on which shop we need to visit, our nearest one will frequently be in Glasgow.

We would not drive into town for exercise, plenty of countryside very close to home, but for shopping we would if it was the closest.

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

Indeed they are although it is not necessary to do so if I wish to step a few feet into an aisle where folk  are not close to grab tommy puree or on another aisle parmesan. Same for scotch which are all at the end of an aisle., a metre away. If you were to attempt that on a meat aisle there would be folk either side at shelves and you could not maintain distance passing between as those are popular aisles. I don't use them as I dislike Asda meat. Exception being some lamb products which are not in the aisles but on one end and Haggis which is a metre into one aisle and I enter in correct direction without trolley and step out again. As long as I can maintain space I am happy.

For M - aisles are generally over 60 feet but have not measured.

Sounds a similar size store to ours.

Our main supermarkets all had one way systems back in March, they didn't work. The staff with the big shopping trolleys were the worst offenders.

They have all now gone back to normal, there are still markers on the floor at 2m distance when you get to the tills.

I prefer to go through manned tills rather than self service as no one is pushing past you to get to the next till. 

We don't do online food shopping or click and collect.

Giving a glare while wearing a mask isn't easy but I must have perfected it now  while in Aldi the other day someone got just a bit to close for my liking, so I gave her a 'look' Oops sorry she said I keep forgetting. 

It’s got to be said.........male shoppers definitely do things differently to female shoppers🤣 My experience is based mainly on observing my OH in action I add. He’s had a year off, so hopefully he will have unlearned a lot and I can restart his training when it’s safe. 😂

For M - aisles are generally over 60 feet but have not measured.

Wow that must be a super super store 60 feet wide aisles ???

Not that i am an authority on supermarkets but OH says she has not seen any that wide but if they are then social distancing should not be a problem which is good

It doesn't happen!!!!, soft drinks , cereals, washing liquids would seem to me to be very much in demand, but lets not labour the point.

Strangely they are not much in demand. Maybe because washing liquids are not on every shop list unlike veg and meats. How often do you actually buy clothes wash and conditioner? not that frequently I suspect. for us probably 4 or 5 times a year. Cereals, for me is probably once a month for porridge and I suspect many must opt for toast as cereal  aisle is very quiet too unlike the bread aisle. The footfall in our large Asda superstore does not seem great at all these days. May be different on a Friday or Saturday. 

I suppose that it might seem strange that fizzy drinks are not in demand but they are not in our store. It is rare that I look up there and there are folk in it. If there are I either wait for them or go around. I know that it is rare for my grandkids to have pop. In the past when I have been out with them they might get to share a diet coke at the car out of the boot. They may also get a sugar free sweet out of the front dash locker. The do get porridge and 'horses bedding' type cereals and other low sugar ones. 

As i said " lets not labour the point"