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coppice:

--- Quote from: rdl on April 10, 2020, 04:58:38 am ---I had to go to the grocery today, been 10 days since the last trip. I wasn't really out of anything, but there's not much food left that I really want to eat. I stayed up extra late so I could get in just as the store opened at 7:00 am. There were already several dozen people there. I was surprised to see over half were wearing masks. I have no idea where they got them. One older guy was wearing a bandana, desperado style, as he drove around in a powered cart. I felt pretty icky just being there and it was difficult to keep any distance from other people. I grabbed a bunch of stuff and got out as fast as I could. I think the odds of catching anything were pretty low but it's still worrisome.

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The queue outside our local supermarket looks long. Then you allow for the people in the queue being 3m apart, with a trolley between each person, and there really aren't that many people there. It only takes a few minutes to get into the store. Within that store they have put a lot of yellow tape markers on the floor, to try to make people flow in particular directions, and help them to maintain some distance.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: coppice on April 10, 2020, 12:56:01 pm ---The queue outside our local supermarket looks long. Then you allow for the people in the queue being 3m apart, with a trolley between each person, and there really aren't that many people there. It only takes a few minutes to get into the store. Within that store they have put a lot of yellow tape markers on the floor, to try to make people flow in particular directions, and help them to maintain some distance.

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And still you get both parents out shopping, with the children running around uncontrolled. And to top it off, one of the parents will walk up right next to you and shout across the store at their completely uncontrolled petri dishes.

coppice:

--- Quote from: Monkeh on April 10, 2020, 01:01:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on April 10, 2020, 12:56:01 pm ---The queue outside our local supermarket looks long. Then you allow for the people in the queue being 3m apart, with a trolley between each person, and there really aren't that many people there. It only takes a few minutes to get into the store. Within that store they have put a lot of yellow tape markers on the floor, to try to make people flow in particular directions, and help them to maintain some distance.

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And still you get both parents out shopping, with the children running around uncontrolled. And to top it off, one of the parents will walk up right next to you and shout across the store at their completely uncontrolled petri dishes.

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Our local stores won't allow more than two people in a group right now. So, you see a small number of kids with a parent, but no bigger family groups.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: rdl on April 10, 2020, 04:58:38 am ---I had to go to the grocery today, been 10 days since the last trip. I wasn't really out of anything, but there's not much food left that I really want to eat. I stayed up extra late so I could get in just as the store opened at 7:00 am. There were already several dozen people there. I was surprised to see over half were wearing masks. I have no idea where they got them.
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Yes, I noticed the same over here. I guess many are getting them from online shops. You can find masks on Amazon currently. They may not be good masks, but some are available.


--- Quote from: rdl on April 10, 2020, 04:58:38 am ---it was difficult to keep any distance from other people. I grabbed a bunch of stuff and got out as fast as I could. I think the odds of catching anything were pretty low but it's still worrisome.

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Yes I agree, it's pretty difficult to keep reasonable distance from other people at all times inside the shops, even when there aren't many people in there.  The sections in most shops are just too narrow for that. I admit I get a little paranoid too.

Now it's probably unreasonable since (at least from official medical opinion) the odds of catching any significant viral charge is pretty low this way. I think this is really making us paranoid.
I'm worried about the days after the crisis...

Red Squirrel:
I guess being single helps for me. Been enjoying working from home.   I could get used to this.  :D


 
Now if I can get my cat to face the monitors and watch the alarms for me, I could just go for a nap.   :-DD

I don't know if I would want to do this 100% of the time though, I feel I would fall very complacent and never get out of the house.   We had some nice weather for a bit though so I was going for short walks on my breaks, and then a longer walk after my shift, now that we have light after 5.   But in winter it would take a bit more effort to get out.   Saving on gas though, my truck has not moved for at least a week!  Of course gas prices are at like 89c a litre last I checked.  Have not seen gas go down that low since before 9/11.  I think it do go below a buck a few times at some point but it lasted like a day.

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