Some shops going ott for lockdown

Long_Wave

Some shops are refusing to serve people who come in just to buy the lotto or a bottle of wine saying that these aren't essential

Your Face

Good god.

Rodney Bathgate

Fair play to them.

Be right back

Long_Wave wrote: »

Some shops are refusing to serve people who come in just to buy the lotto or a bottle of wine saying that these aren't essential

Fair enough!

marvin80

One big shop and maybe a midweek very small shop to pick up fresh bread, milk etc.. is the absolute maximum any family needs to be doing.

We can't have people going to the shop every second day - it makes the shutdown pointless.

Rodney Bathgate

People going out for a scratch card should be locked up, for everyone else’s sake.

Lotto can be done online. Wine can be stocked up on during the big shop.


Then again, I can't recall any online winners of the jackpot.

Ten of Swords

In the current circumstances anyone who ventures out to the shops just to pick up a bottle of wine or a lottery ticket is an absolute idiot

Trigger Happy

It's great too see them taking it seriously. Maybe the muppets who think a lotto ticket is essential might eventually get the message.

tdf7187

Ten of Swords wrote: »

In the current circumstances anyone who ventures out to the shops just to pick up a bottle of wine or a lottery ticket is an absolute idiot

or an addicted gambler & alcoholic. oh sorry i forgot, the national lottery is socially responsible and no-one ever gets addicted to their products (sarc)

Leg End Reject

It's now the equivalent of rocking up to an A&E department with a grazed knee demanding to be seen.

This current crisis is really highlighting all the idiots.

tdf7187

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Maybe the muppets who think a lotto ticket is essential might eventually get the message.

being the board of directors of PLI?

tdf7187

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Maybe the muppets who think a lotto ticket is essential might eventually get the message.

being the board of directors of PLI?

TheValeyard

Trigger Happy wrote: »

It's great too see them taking it seriously. Maybe the muppets who think a lotto ticket is essential might eventually get the message.

I dunno, after a week locked up with a baby and a 3year old, a bottle of wine could become an essential item pretty quickly

Pauliedragon

Off licences are deemed essential. Why not a trip for a lotto ticket? Alcohol is actually harmful when it comes to the virus lotto tickets aren't.

Long_Wave

Ten of Swords wrote: »

In the current circumstances anyone who ventures out to the shops just to pick up a bottle of wine or a lottery ticket is an absolute idiot

Ffs get a grip. Over 99% of the population don't have covid 19 and don't know anyone with it

Trigger Happy

TheValeyard wrote: »

I dunno, after a week locked up with a baby and a 3year old, a bottle of wine could become an essential item pretty quickly

In most US states Gun Stores are deemed essential!

the_syco

Ten of Swords wrote: »

In the current circumstances anyone who ventures out to the shops just to pick up a bottle of wine or a lottery ticket is an absolute idiot

To be honest, they sound like excuses to get out of the house, either to have a smoke on the way, or just for the walk itself.

Strumms

If somebody ‘needs’ wine because they are an alcoholic they will only buy a loaf of bread too in order to ‘validate’ their journey to the shops.

Like someone addicted to smoking cigarettes, they’d buy 20 and a sliced pan.

Not going to the shop though for fags !

Victor

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Off licences are deemed essential. Why not a trip for a lotto ticket? Alcohol is actually harmful when it comes to the virus lotto tickets aren't.

In fairness, hospitals don't need all the serious alcoholics going into withdrawal all at the same time.

Leg End Reject

Victor wrote: »

In fairness, hospitals don't need all the serious alcoholics going into withdrawal all at the same time.

And I'm sure the government would rather we stay at home sozzled than be tempted to go out through boredom.

Handy tax generator too when a lot of businesses are closed and the cost of all of this will be astronomical. I don't mean that to be as cynical as it seems.

Marcusm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

It's now the equivalent of rocking up to an A&E department with a grazed knee demanding to be seen.

This current crisis is really highlighting all the idiots.

ED attendance is running at 47% of normal usage so guaranteed to be seen quickly!

freshpopcorn

If shops are doing this they should just make sure its advertised in the window or online.
I take it they are the same about cigarettes, cakes, etc if people just wondering for them.

Doctors room ghost

How’s the smoker managing? Buying in bulk or going in every day?

Feisar

We sat down on Saturday, checked what we had, decided what we were going to be eating for the week and off they back of that wrote a list. It wasn't that hard. Beer and prosecco were added. Checked toothpaste, shampoo, cleaners as well to see if we needed to get anything. Then one of us went to the shop.

Popping out for a few bits is needless, however if a shop takes on a holier than thou attitude and doesn't allow someone buy a bottle of wine then they need to do the same across the board.