Wellness

[candys mine]

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. 

[violann]

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@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.

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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.

[violann]

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@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.

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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. 

[PilatesLover]

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.

[pigletsmom]

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.

[heart of savino]

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. 

[heart of savino]

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.

[PilatesLover]

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.  

[Moonlady]

@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.