Original Date: 01 Jun 20 13:58:27
Subj: Re: Covid-19 was: Miss.RvrDam
Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 17-May-2020 09:15 <=-
And they are trying to have some sort of graduation ceremonies for the
Seniors. Videoconferencing just isn't the same. An audience of robots
with cellphone faces doesn't quite give the same feeling.
Not much comfort at this point, but when they get to be our age,Hindsight does tend to make most things less nasty. A big graduation ceremony and party is probably high on the importance list at the time
they'll look back and see that they had a unique place in history...
like others that missed out on certain things because of world wars
or other pandemics.....
but the importance level decreases as time goes on. I do think it
should be honoured in some way and am glad for the 'pop-up'
celebrations. The other advantage is there has been time to prepare:
not like "sorry Charlie, no graduation/birthday/etc. event next week".
I'm thinking maybe the ability to plan for/create an alternative
festivity helps: "I can do something".
That could help... :) And knowing that it isn't just them, but
everybody in their class, all around the world, could also be a
little bit of a, well not exactly a comfort, but at least a
mitigating factor...
Of course! Put the blame on someone else for their ignorance /
zealousness. Maybe Gov. Pritzger (IL) did overstep his authority; I
don't think any place in the U.S. has laws on the books for this
situation. Something had to be done, and sometimes overstepping is
required.
Yup. And even when it's necessary, there's still lots ofRight: no one _knows_, it's pretty much all scientific guessing and computer models. It acts similar to <other illness> which has a
second-guessing after the fact...
history. While I'm sort of of the New Hampshire 'Live Free or Die' attitude there are times to back down and follow.
Especially, if the "or Die" is a distinct possibility to follow
from Living Free as well....
For me it's more not open yet so can't do it, whatever the 'it' is. I
agree with the closures so no reason to fight it. I'm probably not
going to rush out as the various "its" re-open: give time for them to
settle into the new routine, plus others will be rushing out and I
wasn't a crowd person before.
Neither am I... crowds are mostly something to avoid for me, too..I'm also generally not a crowd-person: too noisy, sometimes too uncontrolled. OTOH some things just aren't right without an audience
or gathering.
Well enough controlled and not too noisy, yes, I'd agree... <G>
There's one "it" reopening that I will be in the forefront for,
and that's my massage, whenever my therapist gets the green
light... She's put me at the top of her list... It almost
happened Saturday, but then she found out she couldn't reopen
yet, after all...
And throw up there the "don't stop learning" thing. Everything is evolving, so changing, and one needs to change with it. Not
necessarily 100% go with the flow, but embrace, though maybe at a bit
of a distance. (That sounds like the set-up to a COVID-19 six-foot
joke!)
Well, there is the 'keep learning' aspect, and also the 'if it
works why change' part.... :)
Dunno... BJ's carts are much bigger, so they tend to crowd aisles
anyway...
Bigger carts tend to get people to buy more, though might also be more
practical as a 24-pack of toilet paper would fill if even fit in the
mini-cart I use at Hy-Vee.
I think the bigger carts at BJ's are mostly because things areRight. I like the smaller carts are Hy-Vee because easier to maneuver plus get items in an out: don't have to drop them in the void or dig
generally in bulk there anyway... I'm perfectly capable of only
filling up the child-seat area of the cart, if there's not much I
need there for that shopping trip... ;)
out the pit when checking out. There have been times when I should
have used a large/standard-sized cart.
Bj's only has the one size cart, which is larger than the grocery
large carts... At Wegmans, we use the large/standard cart for our
weekly shopping since we know we'll have room to put everything,
even when also shopping some for someone else... but if we're in
there for just a few things, I'll use the smaller cart... I'll
use some sort of cart in any case, just to have the support of
the "walker".... :)
And nothing all that new to report at Hy-Vee: still doing the
remodelling, still moving around some items though many seem to have
found their home in the remodelled sections. Still noticeable holes
in the stock, though less seems to be due to hoarding and more to no
supply available probably due to the manufacturing plant being closed.
Yeah, I think the days of the hoarding runs are past us now... :) ButYes - my guess is the hoarders have decided they have plenty
the supply train has been disrupted now in various instances... With
meat packing plants shutting down for COVID issues, that's disrupted
some of the meat supplies...
squirreled away, the supply may be low but not critical. As I've mentioned, the toilet paper and paper towels section at Hy-Vee is reasonably well-stocked. Yes, some holes and almost-empties; quite
sure the limit of one has helped but also thinking lessening of the hoarding.
Paper goods have pretty much gone back to normal, though not
quite fully stocked everywhere... still a lot of holes in the
cleaning supplies and things like gloves and sanitizers...
Spotty holes in tuna fish, pizza and frozen foods -- might be due to a supply issue or could also be people are eating at home: tuna
casserole, pizza, frozen meals.
Or that might be a form of hoarding, too... shelf-stable or
frozen, as long as one has room to stock, one can do some
stockpiling... I have twice now bought a Family Pack (10 cans) of
tuna fish to donate at church to a local food pantry that had
asked for help.... but at our store, there seems to be a pretty
good supply of tunafish... :)
Hy-Vee still has the long aisles with no mid-aisle cut-through so for
now I just walk quickly up the aisle I would normally skip -- less
confusing than skipping the aisle I don't want, go past an aisle I do
want but is the wrong direction, up the next one (correct direction),
then take a left to go down the aisle I had to skip, now skip the
aisle I was in previously......
We all make our accomodations to make the complications less
confusing in our own minds... ;)
At this point just easier to zip down (or up - depending on the
one-way) the 'unnecessary' aisle.
Indeed. :)Some things just aren't worth a fight. I haven't observed anyone
getting in trouble (by whatever degree from The Look to physical) by
going the wrong way. Most are following the directional signage, some have simply overlooked it.
I think it was in BJs recently, there was an older woman,
obviously distressed enough that she had to wear a mask to be out shopping, and pushing one of those big carts.... I think she
might not have seen the floor markings for the one-way aisles,
even though they are large red squares on the floor now...
A relatively large number of shoppers haven't noticed the directional markings; some are ignoring to get to an item they need.
A relatively large number of shoppers haven't noticed the directional markings; some are ignoring to get to an item they need.
They're doing that in Arkansas...not wearing masks or gloves,
either.
I sort of feel if I feel I have to wear a mask to feel safe then I probably shouldn't be there in the first place. If a requirement of
the site I'd put on the mask without a problem and the wearing of the
mask is something different.
I sort of feel if I feel I have to wear a mask to feel safe then I probably shouldn't be there in the first place. If a requirement of
the site I'd put on the mask without a problem and the wearing of the
mask is something different.
They said when going out, a mask and gloves were sufficient.
They lied...everyone else had clothes on. <G>
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