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Supermarkets - the Megathread
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Cash is King in southern Italy. Many workers struggling to prove they were working and having trouble trying to get emergency payments.
Groups organising to take food from shops.
If I were going to raid a shop I would be aiming a little higher than Lidl
Hopefully the emergency payments will stop this happening here.0 -
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Cash is King in southern Italy. Many workers struggling to prove they were working and having trouble trying to get emergency payments.
Groups organising to take food from shops.
If I were going to raid a shop I would be aiming a little higher than Lidl
Hopefully the emergency payments will stop this happening here.
If you were stealing from a shop, youd not get a better target.
The stock is sitting there by the pallet, no metal shelves on top and below the rustler burgers, jambons, toilet roll jamming them in there so you can't get them out without a big heave-ho.0 -
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If there are enough masks it's a good idea. If I had a sewing machine I'd be making them. We know it's good for people who have it to wear masks to prevent it spreading, so if we are supposed to pretend we have it (since we all might) it's a good idea to wear them (but not if it means a shortage for people who definitely need them). The S. Korea government gave everyone one.
The numbers suggest a lot of people end up catching it at the supermarket
, because infections in Italy and China kept going well after they had closed everything except supermarkets, China ended up closing supermarkets and delivering food to people. I'd say that was because so so so many people in the community already had it by the time lockdown came.
It's also crazy that thousands of people still have to go to the post office to collect their dole or pandemic payment, despite having an Irish bank account it could easily go into. That needs to change.
If you do wear a mask I'd suggest doing something to make it less scary for kiddies, draw smiley face or something on it0 -
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Cash is King in southern Italy. Many workers struggling to prove they were working and having trouble trying to get emergency payments.
Groups organising to take food from shops.
If I were going to raid a shop I would be aiming a little higher than Lidl
Hopefully the emergency payments will stop this happening here.
Read an article yesterday and things are really kicking off in Sicily, they reckon about 40% of the population there work cash in hand and have lost their jobs and cant get any government assistance as they're off the books. Politicians are saying the Mafia are looking to exploit the situation. They are going to distribute 400m worth of food vouchers to be but the problem is the poorest may not get them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/29/italy-sets-aside-400m-for-food-vouchers-as-social-unrest-mountsLeoluca Orlando, the mayor of Palermo, warned that if something was not done to help the poor, the Mafia could exploit the situation.
“Discomfort and malaise are growing and we are recording worrying reports of protest and anger that is being exploited by criminals who want to destabilise the system,” he told told Sky News.
“The more time passes, the more resources are exhausted. The few savings people have are running out,” he added. “This tells us socio-economic issues will erupt.”
Pope Francis raised the alarm over the socioeconomic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic during a mass live-streamed on Saturday. “We begin to see people who are hungry, because they cannot work, they did not have a permanent job, and for many circumstances,” he said.0 -
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Went to my local shop today.
They weren't practising social distancing.
They weren't limiting the number of people in the shop and it was absolutely packed when I left, no space to distance. (it was empty when i went in, that's why I thought it would be ok )
They didn't have a card reader and were asking everyone to pay in cash.
And the staff (presumably the owners) were elderly.0 -
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SuperRabbit wrote: »Went to my local shop today.
They weren't practising social distancing.
They weren't limiting the number of people in the shop and it was absolutely packed when I left, no space to distance. (it was empty when i went in, that's why I thought it would be ok )
They didn't have a card reader and were asking everyone to pay in cash.
And the staff (presumably the owners) were elderly.
If possible vote with your wallet and shop somewhere else.0 -
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RiseAbove4 wrote: »Recommended online pharmacies that will deliver antihistamines?
I believe Boots have a ridiculous online waiting time and wait in delivery
Thanks
Spooner's CareFirst pharmacy have a facebook ad saying they deliver if you are in that area... Check out your local pharmacies on facebook and see what they're saying
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You're right, it is crazy that with all the restrictions that we have, we still have people queuing up to go into shops and Post offices every day.SuperRabbit wrote: »The numbers suggest a lot of people end up catching it at the supermarket , because infections in Italy and China kept going well after they had closed everything except supermarkets, China ended up closing supermarkets and delivering food to people. I'd say that was because so so so many people in the community already had it by the time lockdown came.
It's also crazy that thousands of people still have to go to the post office to collect their dole or pandemic payment, despite having an Irish bank account it could easily go into. That needs to change.
There needs to be a big push to incentivise online shopping.
Bring in big subsidies for companies who provide it.
At the very least you should be able to go to your local supermarket and have your shopping put in the boot of your car with no contact.0 -
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