The ones that annoy me are those who bump into friends that they haven't seen for a few weeks and clog up the aisles while they gossip. You have to either squeeze pass them or ask them to move or what i do is turn round and exit that aisle until they have finished, because usually they are standing right in front of the shelf that you need to get to.
Our security ask couples if it's necessary , but if they insist, they're allowed in . No refusals to date.
Used trolleys are left at the exit door, where they're disinfected before being returned to the security guy at the entrance door. If a customer says they don't need a trolley, one is pushed to the side so we know we're not having too many in at one time. Our aisles are perfectly wide enough to keep 2m apart , even with a trolley each IF customers are minded so to do.Â
We went out in the car as a family for the first time since March today. Not far but we thought a different walk would be nice for once and there's a quiet stretch of canal not far away. Normally quiet anyway. Today it was busy with people who didn't seem to understand or care about social distancing, loads of cyclists who didn't care about the give way to people on foot rule and barely slowed down to give us time to drag a dog and toddler into the nettles to get out of their way. All to the soundtrack of a non-stop convoy of power rangers revving their motorbikes along every stretch of road in the area. The 'new normal' seems suspiciously like the old normal but with less excuse for everyone to be selfish now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
It's just about being reasonable isn't it? If you have two or more people doing a shop, the risk of one or the other of them contracting the virus goes up. So why increase risk anyway? Why do you need two people to push a trolley?
 Pairs do block aisles (and what's worse is when two trolley pushers go round in convoy - two people with two trolleys) - and yes I agree some single shoppers can also block aisles - and yes, stocking shelves is also an issue. But they have to stock shelves and the single shoppers 'tend' to block the aisle by leaving their trolley and one side and getting 'stuff' from the other and you can typically get past behind them or by moving the trolley. Watch when you're in the SM next.
I spoke to my daughter last night. They'd been to a park to socially distantly meet with friends . She said most folk there had no concept of distancing.Â
I think it's all changing. I'm not sure all people are aware of what the latest rules are - and when they apply: Can a bubble meet another bubble? Can a person belong to more than one bubble? Can a group of six meet another group of six? What's the biggest group that can meet and where? Can they meet indoors? Can they hug each other? What social distancing applies when? What is 'risk mitigation' and when does it apply?
People are then making up their own rules - what they think the rules are.
On top of that, people are bored with the lockdown anyway - and given that with 40,000+ deaths out of 66,000,000, then it is still unlikely that you know someone who has died - and if you don't have an imagination, you don't perceive the risk. All a bit like Brexit - 'people' just trotted out the 'just get it done' as they were bored of it being on the TV 24x7. But the risk is still out there.
All in all a bit of a mess at the moment. Especially as the worldwide figures are booming - 200,000 new cases a day.
The local SM that I use (Sainsbury's) now allows you to go straight in (or at least did yesterday when I was down there). No queuing outside - apparently because of the new 'social distancing rules'.
Frustrating really, as the much vaunted antibody test could have been a major player in this. But nothing really ever came of it. Going by the small sample of people here and the number that think they may have had it, maybe the total number who have been infected is vastly higher than what is currently assumed - but how can you now without mass anti-body testing?
My daughter said they still have people refusing to stand back when they put their goods up on the counter. There's a circle there for them to do so, so that they're 2 metres from the goods being placed. She moves back , they move in. I'm sure everyone here understands the scenario. Customers keep telling her she's not going to catch anything from them. I think she should tell them that it's how she probably got it in the first place....
@wild edges - I met three people today when I was out. Only one made the move to keep a distance. None of them were teenagers. The runner [what a surprise] could easily have stepped off the pavement, but instead, I had to jump into a driveway, which I don't like doing. Someone else's property. Every day is the same, and I go out early to try and avoid these twats. Hideous if I went out later.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If a runner is coming towards me on a pavement I plant my feet firmly and stand still making it obvious I’m not going to move  ... they’ve always stepped out into the road rather than plough into me ... so far .... I suppose it does help that this entire area consists of cul de sacs off cul de sacs off a No Through Road ... little passing traffic except at school times.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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If a customer says they don't need a trolley, one is pushed to the side so we know we're not having too many in at one time.
Our aisles are perfectly wide enough to keep 2m apart , even with a trolley each IF customers are minded so to do.Â
Customers keep telling her she's not going to catch anything from them.
I think she should tell them that it's how she probably got it in the first place....
@wild edges - I met three people today when I was out. Only one made the move to keep a distance. None of them were teenagers. The runner [what a surprise] could easily have stepped off the pavement, but instead, I had to jump into a driveway, which I don't like doing. Someone else's property. Every day is the same, and I go out early to try and avoid these twats. Hideous if I went out later.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.