Supermarkets - the Megathread

iamwhoiam · 08-04-2020 09:33PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Of course there is no way that the child slipped it's mother's grasp?
I remember with my kids years ago by times it would have been easier to hold onto an eel.

The mother was far to busy examining the cereals . In this crises he either should have been at home or in a firm grip
My bet is he would have been in a firm grip if crossing a road .

Plumbthedepths · 08-04-2020 10:32PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

The mother was far to busy examining the cereals . In this crises he either should have been at home or in a firm grip
My bet is he would have been in a firm grip if crossing a road .

She could be a single mother with no support. They do exist. I shouldn't worry if I were you unless you are in the vulnerable age group or have underlying conditions your chances of a negative outcome from a brief encounter with a strange child would be quite low.

iamwhoiam · 08-04-2020 10:50PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

She could be a single mother with no support. They do exist. I shouldn't worry if I were you unless you are in the vulnerable age group or have underlying conditions your chances of a negative outcome from a brief encounter with a strange child would be quite low.

A single mother can still hold her childs hand in a supermarket during a pandemic

Nollog · 08-04-2020 10:59PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

She could be a single mother with no support. They do exist. I shouldn't worry if I were you unless you are in the vulnerable age group or have underlying conditions your chances of a negative outcome from a brief encounter with a strange child would be quite low.

The poster hasn't had contact with their own grandchildren but let's all make excuses for a woman letting a child loose in a shop where there are countless reminders to keep your distance to save lives.

Marymidlands · 08-04-2020 11:08PM

/\/ollog wrote: »

The poster hasn't had contact with their own grandchildren but let's all make excuses for a woman letting a child loose in a shop where there are countless reminders to keep your distance to save lives.

Agree with you. Shopping is stressful enough without having to deal with children running around the place. Shop shouldn’t have allowed in. I don’t accept this ****e re single mothers. If she had to bring child she should have to carry around shop. Otherwise leave in car. Met lady in Tesco last week with three teenage girls. I’d say they were friends and not triplets . Could she really not shop on her own? What’s the excuse for this?

iamwhoiam · 08-04-2020 11:18PM

/\/ollog wrote: »

The poster hasn't had contact with their own grandchildren but let's all make excuses for a woman letting a child loose in a shop where there are countless reminders to keep your distance to save lives.

Thank you . It actually upset me that I had not touched my own grandchildren for 4 weeks causing us all huge stress yet this woman allowed her child to touch me .
I am fully aware that it is highly unlikely that it caused harm to me but it was so frustrating for me .
My friend has a new baby grandson who she has not been able to hold , we are doing our best to stay safe and this mother just couldn’t even control her childv

Nollog · 08-04-2020 11:39PM

Marymidlands wrote: »

Agree with you. Shopping is stressful enough without having to deal with children running around the place. Shop shouldn’t have allowed in. I don’t accept this ****e re single mothers. If she had to bring child she should have to carry around shop. Otherwise leave in car. Met lady in Tesco last week with three teenage girls. I’d say they were friends and not triplets . Could she really not shop on her own? What’s the excuse for this?

I remember being on a lead when I was a child a few times. I was hard to keep an eye on...

We were told off at the register last week for shopping together as a couple so we both went in separately today, inside couples everywhere. Wish they'd be more consistent

elperello · 08-04-2020 11:41PM

Marymidlands wrote: »

Agree with you. Shopping is stressful enough without having to deal with children running around the place. Shop shouldn’t have allowed in. I don’t accept this ****e re single mothers. If she had to bring child she should have to carry around shop. Otherwise leave in car. Met lady in Tesco last week with three teenage girls. I’d say they were friends and not triplets . Could she really not shop on her own? What’s the excuse for this?

It's not xxxxe or whatever you mean about single parents.

If the kid is too heavy to carry ie. 4 or 5 "leave in car", a kid that age, seriously !

That's even assuming you had a car.

Plumbthedepths · 09-04-2020 12:18AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

A single mother can still hold her childs hand in a supermarket during a pandemic

If the child ran into you I'm assuming the child is toddler age. Rather large to carry around try and shop. Too small to be left alone in a car assuming she had one. If you are upset at meeting children would the elderly shopping times more appropriate for you?

Marymidlands · 09-04-2020 12:21AM

elperello wrote: »

It's not xxxxe or whatever you mean about single parents.

If the kid is too heavy to carry ie. 4 or 5 "leave in car", a kid that age, seriously !

That's even assuming you had a car.

My comments referred to the fact that we all have to make sacrifices at the moment. Staff at shop should be consistent and allow a parent with a child if they are kept in basket. Original poster said parent was too busy looking at cereals to notice child. I think people are too eager to come up with excuses for elderly/single mothers/ etc. Person probably doesn’t care about anyone else. If they really wanted to keep their child safe they would hold on to them.

Plumbthedepths · 09-04-2020 12:28AM

Marymidlands wrote: »

My comments referred to the fact that we all have to make sacrifices at the moment. Staff at shop should be consistent and allow a parent with a child if they are kept in basket. Original poster said parent was too busy looking at cereals to notice child. I think people are too eager to come up with excuses for elderly/single mothers/ etc. Person probably doesn’t care about anyone else. If they really wanted to keep their child safe they would hold on to them.

No eagerness to come up with excuses but life and what happens everyday is not black and white. You and I don't know the mother and child's situation neither does the OP.

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 09-04-2020 07:59AM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

I'd agree with that I went myself to do shop without my Mrs and spent a lot longer in the store as I had to keep ringing her about different brands that I couldn't work out from the list, if she is with me I'll go off and grab bigger goods like drinks frozen products while she is picking fruit and veg that she wants, I would park trolly at end of isles rather then get in other shoppers way and we are faster to get shopping back in trolley at the checkouts. I think I will be bringing her next week.

To be honest I don't think this is a time to be getting fussy about brands.

Living Off The Splash · 09-04-2020 09:03AM

Bigmac1euro wrote: »

We won’t have to go the shop now for 3 days at least. .
Making it safer for us and everyone else. Rather than doing the same trip again because running short on supplies.

We are both very aware of our surroundings though no messing.

Is this for real? Why would anyone need to go to the shops every 3 days?

odyssey06 · 09-04-2020 09:14AM

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

Is this for real? Why would anyone need to go to the shops every 3 days?

People who have to do their shopping on foot.
People with small fridges and no freezers.

iamwhoiam · 09-04-2020 10:34AM

Just been to Lidl Belgard for the 9-11 elderly hours .Well I got their at 8;55 and no queue , it was fine inside but no priority whatsoever given to the elderly .The worst offenders for not keeping distance where the staff who were stacking .I wanted frozen fish and had to ask the stacker to move away while I got it .I am fuly aware they have to stack of course but he needed to move so I didnt have to reach across him

As I left at 9;30 A queue had formed , as far as I could see no priority queue for the elderly .
It was fine though with plenty of stock , plenty of room and no checkout queue .But they could do better regarding the priority slot but all in all it was grand and stress free . Now just need to find room for it !!

Plumbthedepths · 09-04-2020 10:42AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Just been to Lidl Belgard for the 9-11 elderly hours .Well I got their at 8;55 and no queue , it was fine inside but no priority whatsoever given to the elderly .The worst offenders for not keeping distance where the staff who were stacking .I wanted frozen fish and had to ask the stacker to move away while I got it .
As I left at 9;30 A queue had formed , as far as I could see no priority queue for the elderly .
It was fine though with plenty of stock , plenty of room and no checkout queue .But they could do better regarding the priority slot

The people working in the store have to stack the shelves, they do not work on a 24 hour basis, they replinish as the shelves empty. People are doing their best. I suggest you cut others a little slack, or try and get a family member to shop for you.

Pa ElGrande · 09-04-2020 10:47AM

Farmers across Europe bank on improvised armies of pickers to save harvest

At this time of year John Greene is usually preparing to welcome dozens of Slovakian strawberry pickers for another harvest at his farm in County Wexford in south-east Ireland.

The work is arduous and repetitive and he relies on their experience and stamina to get the fruit picked, packed and sold.

Greene surveyed his fields this week with foreboding. “I look out my window and there’s no one to pick it. None of them are on site at the moment.”

source

A suggestion: There are lots of teenagers stuck for something to do at the moment, they are at very low risk of infection and I am sure there are many families could do with another income stream in the present circumstance. Why not get them to work productively instead of the work the devil makes for idle hands.

iamwhoiam · 09-04-2020 10:58AM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The people working in the store have to stack the shelves, they do not work on a 24 hour basis, they replinish as the shelves empty. People are doing their best. I suggest you cut others a little slack, or try and get a family member to shop for you.

Deleted , just not worth it ,.

Seamai · 09-04-2020 11:30AM

I've not grocery shopped on line. I feel maybe it should be reserved for those that actually need it, plenty of us (myself included) have much more time on our hands at the moment, so we can't use lack of time as an excuse. I'd be one of those people who would who'd be described as "a bit OCD". I don't use the term lightly but I would definitely have massive issues in the hygiene area, though it's nowhere near as bad as when I was younger, however I have no issues going to a supermarket at the moment. Bar Aldi all the local supermarkets have really stepped up to the plate when it comes to hygiene and protecting customers so I feel quite safe, yet I see many of our neighbours having their groceries delivered, one is quite preachy about it and practically told me that we SHOULD be doing the same. Saw one having wine delivered yesterday (called to us by mistake) by a high end wine store, I know for a fact they're normally happy to drink wine from Aldi. When buying groceries on line are there restrictions on alcohol?

zell12 · 09-04-2020 11:38AM

Rentokil person on local radio this morning:
food hoards at home attracting rodents
more food rubbish at home
less food rubbish at business locations

He said they are getting more call outs to residential areas than normal

Plumbthedepths · 09-04-2020 11:44AM

zell12 wrote: »

Rentokil person on local radio this morning:
food hoards at home attracting rodents
more food rubbish at home
less food rubbish at business locations

He said they are getting more call outs to residential areas than normal

The waste collection companies announced that organic waste weights ( brown bin) have increased by multiples of what they usually lift. The selfish panic buyers have thrown out the spoiled food they deprived others of.

odyssey06 · 09-04-2020 11:47AM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The waste collection companies announced that organic waste weights ( brown bin) have increased by multiples of what they usually lift. The selfish panic buyers have thrown out the spoiled food they deprived others of.

Please read the comments from 24 hours ago on this thread debunking this.
There's lots of reasons why brown bin weights could have increased that have nothing to do with panic buying.

s1ippy · 09-04-2020 11:48AM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The waste collection companies announced that organic waste weights ( brown bin) have increased by multiples of what they usually lift. The selfish panic buyers have thrown out the spoiled food they deprived others of.

Wow that is laughable and pathetic. We have absolutely no rubbish at the moment, we're producing absolutely none... which is great because we have loads of garden waste from keeping the place looking great. Come out yer back and tan, as the tabloids advise.

Harry Palmr · 09-04-2020 11:52AM

Went into Lidl this morning at about 10.30 quite busy, there was an elderly couple ahead of me both wearing gloves - one went straight past the sanitiser to the plants, she was told by hubby to get back and do the thing we all must do but they loitered while doing so, please dab and go, do not stand about like you're doing scrubbs.

Plumbthedepths · 09-04-2020 11:53AM

s1ippy wrote: »

Wow that is laughable and pathetic. We have absolutely no rubbish at the moment, we're producing absolutely none... which is great because we have loads of garden waste from keeping the place looking great. Come out yer back and tan, as the tabloids advise.

I'll leave this here.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/bin-collectors-link-household-waste-surge-to-coronavirus-panic-buying-1.4223318?mode=amp

Sam Hain · 09-04-2020 11:54AM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Of course many must bring kids but at very least they need to be controlled . Having a child hurtle into me in a shop yesterday made me angry . I haven’t touched my grandchildren for 4 weeks and a child let loose bumped into me which infuriated me
Not with the child but with his careless mother

Touched is probably not the best turn of phrase in this instance.

iamwhoiam · 09-04-2020 11:55AM

s1ippy wrote: »

Wow that is laughable and pathetic. We have absolutely no rubbish at the moment, we're producing absolutely none... which is great because we have loads of garden waste from keeping the place looking great. Come out yer back and tan, as the tabloids advise.

Same here almost no kitchen waste except peels .Our black bin was very full due to clear outs and garden rubble and old bits and bobs

iamwhoiam · 09-04-2020 11:56AM

Sam Hain wrote: »

Touched is probably not the best turn of phrase in this instance.

Only if you think like that , we dont

Harry Palmr · 09-04-2020 12:26PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Same here almost no kitchen waste except peels .Our black bin was very full due to clear outs and garden rubble and old bits and bobs

Don't throw out garden rubble - make a bee and bug hotel.

iamwhoiam · 09-04-2020 12:28PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Don't throw out garden rubble - make a bee and bug hotel.

Oh great idea !! Must look that up and see what we have . Thanks

Supermarkets - the Megathread

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