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My Grocery Store Trip

shaggygirl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:44:43 GMT

Got to Stop & Shop by 6:00 am to shop with the rest of the oldies. Wore a mask with a coffee filter inside (cut it to fit) and gloves. Not very many others in there. Pretty well stocked except for toilet paper They had zilch. I could barely breathe and my glasses kept fogging up.

The arrows on the floor. Why not put signs at eye level instead of on the stupid floor where you aren't looking and anyway you're pushing a cart in front of you that covers them as you're turning the corner. Had to back up (beep beep) more than once.

I used one of the do it yourself lanes and was so exceedingly anxious to get out of there and to the outside where I could rip that coffee filtered face mask off that I forgot to pay! Halfway to the car is when it hit me. Back in I went. Of course the lane number light thing was flashing away and the helper person saw me and said "I went outside looking for you". I guess she was going thru the Out Door as I was making my way back through the In door. Got that squared away.

Came home, wiped everything down (except how do you wipe down an onion) and washed my hands for 30 seconds.

Up till this morning only ventured to a small neighborhood grocery store but needed quite a bit of stuff this time. Hope it was the last time I have to hit the big one for awhile.

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Latonya — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:48:19 GMT

You made me smile.

Glad you survived and won't have to endure another trip for a while.

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AuntG — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 11:49:00 GMT

I'll go early tomorrow for Easter supplies.

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Laura14 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:01:40 GMT

LOL! Stop thief! I'm so sorry it's that unpleasant. Hopefully you are set for a while.

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on the bay — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:09:05 GMT

@shaggygirl -

It does sound harrowing.

I think a lot of us feel the same way about going to the grocery store!

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tends2dogs — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:24:22 GMT

I laughed to myself, @shaggygirl , when I read about your experience. I can relate to the not being able to breathe and the glasses fogging. I wear readers and had to keep lowering them because I can't see distance with them on. I had on gloves,but I know that by touching my glasses I was canceling my protection. I did pay before leaving lol, but my experience was tense. I had two carts full and I can tell you, it better be enough to get us by for awhile. I don't plan on going back anytime soon. I had my DH back our pick up into the garage and I methodically unpacked everything and wiped it down, put it away.

It was not a fun experience and I usually like grocery shopping.

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CalminHeart — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:33:43 GMT

People might check around. One of our chains is now delivering for free to people over 60 or at risk. All but one chain here offers online ordering and people drive up to have them loaded in the trunk. No contact.

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Laura14 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:39:55 GMT

There are also some cities around me where the police department is also delivering free of charge for city residents over a certain age.

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FlowerBear — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:55:25 GMT

@shaggygirl I just saw some tips online yesterday for anyone that wears mask and their glasses fog up! I wear my sunglasses but they dont seem to fog up.

The tips were to wash your glasses with soapy, shake, let air dry, then wipe lightly with a tissue.

The other one is to put a folded tissue inside the top of the mask, folded into thick rectangle and have it lay atop bridge of nose.

Hope one of these works for you!

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shaggygirl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:52:58 GMT

@FlowerBear wrote:
@shaggygirl I just saw some tips online yesterday for anyone that wears mask and their glasses fog up! I wear my sunglasses but they dont seem to fog up.

The tips were to wash your glasses with soapy, shake, let air dry, then wipe lightly with a tissue.

The other one is to put a folded tissue inside the top of the mask, folded into thick rectangle and have it lay atop bridge of nose.

Hope one of these works for you!

@FlowerBear

Ahh, thank you for those tips. That was very nice of you to pass those along.

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PilatesLover — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:55:24 GMT

I agree with the arrows on the floor! Who looks at the floor, we're all looking at the shelves.

I like the way Costco did it, tables with a ONE WAY sign on them so you don't accidently roam in the wrong way.

I am happy you survived I'll be going to senior hour on Friday.

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Grouchomarx — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:58:29 GMT

This post made me laugh so hard! Thank you! I too feel a bit crazed and rushed while shopping and I did a whole trip through the store and only noticed the arrows as I checked out! Oops. My bad.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:59:11 GMT

The thing about the one way signs is if you forget something do you have to go back through the whole store again?

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sunshine 919 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:36:51 GMT

I am watching GMA and there are so many people depending on food banks. They are showing lines and lines of people waiting for food, in different states and cities. I guess people who can still afford to go to a grocery store are blessed. Seeing this has made me more thankful for the little things.

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Mominohio — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:12:41 GMT

Don't feel bad about the not paying thing.

Both my husband and my best friend, in much better times than these, have gone into the gas station, pre paid for the pump, came out and got in the car and drove away, forgetting to actually pump the gas!

Minds elsewhere, and used to things a certain way (we come from the generation where you pumped first then paid), and it leads to doing silly things!

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PINKdogWOOD — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:22:28 GMT

@shaggygirl I went to a local kroger's yesterday. Not, many shoppers, it was around 930A. I didn't need many things, many soppers had both gloves & masks of some sort as did I. Like you, what a hassle with one of DH's work hankies over my face. I too wear glasses, they kept steaming up, I kept needing to adjust my mask.

Many employees working, stocking shelves wh ich were already pretty stocked including toilet paper, not much but it was there with no limit sign either.

There were no 'one-way' arrows so shoppers were sort of willy nilly. Few were observing the 6ft spacing, others not, some blocking the aisles like they owned it. It was annoying for others of us.

Got to the checkout line, there were plexiglass shields in front of the cashiers but none had gloves nor masks on. NONE of the baggers had gloves nor masks on. After my bagger touched my green onions that were also alrady in a bag, I politely said that I'll bag my own groceries. Bagger said 'but I washed my hands', to which I politely said but you don't have gloves nor a mask on. All of a sudden an apparent female store manager said to bagger "it's okay, it's okay. While I'm still bagging, she came out to all of the baggers and passed out masks to them, STILL NO GLOVES.

I left, I was p*ssed off that NONE of the employees had gloves nor masks on especially the baggers. Why are they not wearing protective gear that we're ALL told to wear, though our leaders say they won't wear them.

I also wiped down everything I bought before I put my items away. I also wipe down all my mail and packages I received BEFORE I bring them into the house. I wipe down my mailbox, the handles, the inside, my door handles. everything.

My mailman never has gloves nor mask on either. Wouldn't you think for their own safety they would want to wear at least gloves?

I'm beyond trying to understand any of this of humans.

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PINKdogWOOD — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:27:40 GMT

Harrowing just trying to get through the stores with one cart let alone two. Did someone go with you? @tends2dogs

I used to enjoy going to the grocery store along with DH. He does not go, I will not elt him as he's a 4time cancer survivor. I go to the store with list in hand and buzz through as fast as I can just to get out and be alone and away from others.

I can't stand to be out among people anymore in this mess.

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shaggygirl — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:40:32 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
The thing about the one way signs is if you forget something do you have to go back through the whole store again?

@CelticCrafter No, not the whole store. You go back to the begining of the aisle, where all the aisles start (either end) where the item you forgot is located and if the arrow is pointing the way you have to go your good, forge ahead. If it's not pointing the way you need to go just go to the next aisle over, make the trek to the end and hang a turn to head down the aisle where your item is located. Hope that made sense.

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shaggygirl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:34:40 GMT

@Mominohio

Bwaahaaahhhaa, that is funny. The worst thing I did was a couple of months before this whole thing started was at the same Stop & Shop. I was so busy yapping to the person using the do it yourself one that was next to mine that I finished up and kept talking to her as we walked out.......guess what, I got all the way to my car without noticing that I had an empty cart. Yep, left all my packed bags at the end of the belt. Now that was embarrassing!

@Mominohio wrote:
Don't feel bad about the not paying thing.

Both my husband and my best friend, in much better times than these, have gone into the gas station, pre paid for the pump, came out and got in the car and drove away, forgetting to actually pump the gas!

Minds elsewhere, and used to things a certain way (we come from the generation where you pumped first then paid), and it leads to doing silly things!

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shaggygirl — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:46:07 GMT

@PINKdogWOOD

Well the helper girl, ya know how at the self checkouts there is always an employee close by in case you screw something up......the one who had been looking for me.....had neither on. I didn't take notice of any of the other employees wearing them nor if they had the sheilds.

Geez I haven't been wiping down mail nor packages. Guess I should start. One of my sons is a mail carrier and he's never mentioned to me that I should. Maybe he's giving me too much credit assuming I do that. He does use a mask and gloves himself though. In fact he came and cleaned me out of about 90% of what I had here at the house. My own mail carrier and every package delivery person, UPS or FedEx who has delivered here has been wearing both mask & gloves.