topic Re: STOP AND SHOP in Wellness

STOP AND SHOP

heart of savino — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:11:02 GMT

I got there at the early morning for the 6 00 to 8am opening for only senior citizens.I never saw so many senior citizens in my life lined up to get in.they had to call for the police for crowd control.it was a catrosophere.I know it was the first day will try again friday this time its normal hours with the regular people.I think everyone from new york was there.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:36:38 GMT

There's nothing meaner than a rowdy crowd of old people set on shopping for toilet paper. This is where angels fear to tread.

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tobes — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:43:43 GMT

@heart of savino @Kachina624 I got there for senior day an hour late because I thought the hours for seniors ended at 9 am. Guess what....no lines and very few people in the store. The lesson is clear.

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Spacrazy — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 22:03:56 GMT

Oh my, that sounds wild ! Sure hope you are able to get what you need.

Some of our stores here in Texas are offering early senior times but so far I haven’t had to do that. There are two of my favorite stores offering discounts for over 60 (bring your i.d.). One store offers five percent and one is ten percent for all items, all the time - I am taking full advantage of these offers and they are very helpful.

Good luck to us all...

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heart of savino — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:04:39 GMT

I think I will go the regular hours with the regular people.

thanks for the update....

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Reever — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:19:24 GMT

... Or even better stay home and use a delivery service. Wash what you can with soap and water. Thats what I am doing.

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Kabella — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:57:52 GMT

Wow! The older seniors I know are not rowdy. Best to have discribed as all people. Show some kindness & respect. @Kachina624 Stay Safe.

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heart of savino — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:06:16 GMT

update. went to tho store at regular hours and not busy all.

but food was limited. no paper goods and if you can beleive

NO CREAM CHEESE......

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Kachina624 — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:14:49 GMT

@Kabella wrote:
Wow! The older seniors I know are not rowdy. Best to have discribed as all people. Show some kindness & respect. @Kachina624 Stay Safe.

@Kabella Sorry to have to explain but that was an attempt at humor, especially since I am one.

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hckynut — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:37:35 GMT

My wife and I went to our regular Target store yesterday at no special time. Parking lots had very few vehicles and the store was the same. Very few people in the store so it took little time. Only thing they didn't have was big bags of sharp cheddar cheese. No line was kinda nice. Her 1st stop in the store? Those danged $6 cups of Starbucks whatevers. 😥

She is Pet Sitting for her cousin who is in the hospital with fluid in her lungs and around her heart. Negative for the virus. She lives in a small town about 40 miles from us. How long she will be gone?

I wore a pair of garden type gloves, ones I also use when ice skating. Didn't take them off till I got home and unloaded the SUV. Needed cat litter, we buy the 38# buckets. Anyways, washed everything I wore, and she headed back to Fremont to stay at her cousin's. Hoping to hear an update on her condition.

That was my outing experience. Now! Heading down to my gym for my workout, hate that the ice rink is closed, but my gym is lacking nothing to stay fit, just no ice! ;-(

hckynut

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candys mine — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:35:16 GMT

Now that the novelty/ scrutiny of early opening for seniors is over I wonder if grocery stores that are Not open 24 hours do a thorough cleaning overnight anyway and the place is as clean as it's going to be when the doors first open every day. Is there a benifit to joining the crowd of vulnerable seniors on their special hour vs being there on another day when they first open to everyone? As a general rule that's when I shop anyway and nowhere is as croweded as it was with the senior hours.

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violann — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:46:33 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
There's nothing meaner than a rowdy crowd of old people set on shopping for toilet paper. This is where angels fear to tread.

Previously, my prime example of old people "entitlement" was when an octogenarian attempted to trip me with her cane in he aisle of our Church, because she was afraid all of the Hosts would be gone if she didn't make it to the Priest in time.

This tops that.

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violann — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:53:19 GMT

@Kabella wrote:
Wow! The older seniors I know are not rowdy. Best to have discribed as all people. Show some kindness & respect. @Kachina624 Stay Safe.

Needn't be overly protective, and if that has been your experience you are fortunate. Many of my age peers are of the "I'll share everything I have with you, as long as I get MINE first" persuasion, many are not.

The "angry oldees" couldn't care less what anyone else thinks about their habits. That's what "entitlement" means.

Personally, I'd rather be judged on my conduct rather than my white hair and wrinkles.

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PilatesLover — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:26:46 GMT

I went to senior hour at my Big Y last week and everyone there was very courteous about spacing out - almost to the point we were fearful of each other.

Another afternoon I had to run in there to use the deli, which is not open for senior hour. I may get beaten up for gender bias but I'm just going to say it - most guys in the teen to 45-ish range will not maintain a distance. It's like they haven't heard of the pleas that we need to space out.

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pigletsmom — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:39:05 GMT

My area is two weeks into this situation. The announcement of our first case was on 3/12 and that's the day people started going nuts.

Now the stores are totally quiet. Most stuff is filled back up outside of paper and cleaning products and pasta. I'm in NY so maybe people are taking it a bit more seriously now.

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heart of savino — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:32:37 GMT

Glass barriers being put up around the cashiers checkouts and you must wait at the

beginning of each checkout line until the customer finishes theitr transaction.

requesting not to give cash or paper coupons.

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heart of savino — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:45:20 GMT

Went to stop and shop this morning and was quite stocked including all paper goods.

Recommendations included everyones face covered with a mask or scarp or bandana.everyone was great and complied.

I felt like a bank robber with my scarp around my face and gloves on. all I needed was a gun.

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PilatesLover — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:20:22 GMT

I went to my Stop & Shop yesterday and will not return until things are closer to normal. It seemed that masks were optional for employees - it seemed only 20% were wearing them. They had arrows on the aisle floors but nobody was paying attention to them. Patrons were getting too close, but what I found worse was that employees kept crowding near me too.

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Moonlady — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:18:18 GMT

@violann

Someone hasn't seen the multitude of videos revealing shoppers of ALL ages behaving badly; generalities are seldom true.

You do, however, have my sympathy that, for some reason, so many of the seniors in YOUR orbit are such hooligans.