Went to Sainsbury's at lunchtime rather than Friday evening as I had to take my son to uni to collect stuff so he could work from home (a student work?) - so was there anyway.
Chatting (as I do) to the staff down there, it seems that the plague of locusts descend at crack of sparrows now, so the store is thinking (no it isn't, some faceless person is) about closing early as they have no stock left come the evenings.
Isn't that the problem.? The SMs have their back warehouse to shop floor algorithms wrong for this period. I would assume that normally they work to a 'keep replenishing empty shelves' as that makes sure they make the most money - that's grand and works for all in 'normal' times. But now, isn't it more sensible to replenish by time? IE - I can see via the web when the popular times are for my SM - by hour and if I can see that, the SM has the data. So why not replenish in line with the old footfall at two or three hour intervals? At the moment the plague descends and they feed the plague until they run out of food - then the normal shoppers are stuffed (well, not quite as there was still plenty of food there - you just have to adjust your diet for a bit). And even vary the intervals so the plague can't simply adjust their feeding habits in line with the replenishment.
Maybe it's already been thought of, but for staffing and stock holding reasons (maybe its lorry-to-floor with not enough holding space) it's just not practical.
Tried my new face mask to go into newsagent (OH declined to wear his as he's too embarrassed but I don't mind making a fool of myself!). Completed the outfit with black latex gloves to pick the plastic cover up over the newspapers. Went inside, a queue today of 3-4 older ladies, all stood very close behind each other, totally oblivious of the 2 metre space advice! I got some funny looks too, much as I expected.
Went to the GC today, last trip for compost, there were people about but not many. I had to twice pull the hubby back from queuing too close at the tills. As we went past the SM they were packed with people and when we reached the co op in the village it was packed too, mainly with oldies standing very close, they just don't get it.
Just seen two senior gentlemen walking down our road carrying what looked like snooker cue cases. And the children of several neighbours are running around in the street and in and out of people's gardens to get their football just the same as usual. Some people seem to think that social distancing is for other people.
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I dont get why people wear masks. They dont protect you. They just stop you from spreading it to other people. You'd do as well to wrap a scarf around your face.
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As we went past the SM they were packed with people and when we reached the co op in the village it was packed too, mainly with oldies standing very close, they just don't get it.
Once again, I say this not to scare people, but to try and persuade people to do everything they can to avoid catching it.
Is that trip really necessary?
When you don't even know who's in the team
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