Shrimpbox
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Today we left the boonies to go to Tallahassee to buy a dishwasher and groceries. It was after lunch and the 60 mile journey saw what I would call moderate traffic, certainly not light. on the way to town we heard gov. Desantis was going to have us stay home starting Thursday night so good move on our part.we arrived to a parking lot at Lowe’s that was 2/3 full. We had heard rumors that they were only allowing one person of a group in the store at a time but that proved to be false. The store was fairly crowded and the only different takeaway was that people were wiping down pretty consistently and a significant amount of customers were wearing masks and some gloves. Service was good and the store seemed to be functioning normally. There are a lot of good deals to be had. 200 was knocked off dishwasher. At checkout there was a piece of plexiglass between clerk and customer, my wife wiped down the pen we used to write a check with and she thanked us. In a piece of dark humor she appeared to be the oldest person in store. On exiting the store I wondered how all these people got masks if they were in such short supply?
On to Publix. We went to a very busy Publix and very well run. Except for paper products all the shelves were full. No employees were wearing gloves or masks and no protective windows at checkout. Once again a lot of wiping down and maybe half of them wearing masks. It did seem like the older people were taking more precautions than younger ones, but business was brisk. Back out on the road and we stopped in at a northern tool store in a large strip mall that had about 80% closed businesses, including Ross, a big gym, and a half dozen restaurants. The tool store had a novel way of protecting their employees. They got two huge cardboard boxes at the counter that forced the customer to keep their distance from the clerk. Worked pretty well. Girl never touched the credit card. Man outside the door bummed 5 dollars from me.
on way home we stopped at what must be the worst run Walmart in the state. Not enough cashiers as usual, no precautions installed, and hopeless inventory. Granted this is in a county that has only single digit infection but this Walmart has always been just nasty.
all in all we were conscious of spacing and the wife had Clorox wipes ready at every turn. People were going about their business as usual with a heightened awareness, keeping their spacing at checkout counters. We are supplied for another week and so can practice staying at home like everyone else. It sure was nice to get out for awhile.
On to Publix. We went to a very busy Publix and very well run. Except for paper products all the shelves were full. No employees were wearing gloves or masks and no protective windows at checkout. Once again a lot of wiping down and maybe half of them wearing masks. It did seem like the older people were taking more precautions than younger ones, but business was brisk. Back out on the road and we stopped in at a northern tool store in a large strip mall that had about 80% closed businesses, including Ross, a big gym, and a half dozen restaurants. The tool store had a novel way of protecting their employees. They got two huge cardboard boxes at the counter that forced the customer to keep their distance from the clerk. Worked pretty well. Girl never touched the credit card. Man outside the door bummed 5 dollars from me.
on way home we stopped at what must be the worst run Walmart in the state. Not enough cashiers as usual, no precautions installed, and hopeless inventory. Granted this is in a county that has only single digit infection but this Walmart has always been just nasty.
all in all we were conscious of spacing and the wife had Clorox wipes ready at every turn. People were going about their business as usual with a heightened awareness, keeping their spacing at checkout counters. We are supplied for another week and so can practice staying at home like everyone else. It sure was nice to get out for awhile.
