OK, let's see if anyone can beat this. I went down to my local Sainsbury's this morning and the queue went out of the car park, along the main road, down the next side street and round the corner into the next road.
Total queuing time: 2 hrs 25 mins!
Still, I did get pretty much everything I needed and there was no queue at the checkout.
I thought my one-and-a-half hours in the rain, around-the-block queue for Trader Joe’s was a record. 😮
At least mine was in the sunshine.
The rain was nice actually. Would’ve been better if I’d brought a brolly, but I’m not complaining.
Here in Kansas City, some grocers are only allowing 40 into the store at one time. Everyone else need to wait.
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We’ve got something similar here where a certain amount of people are allowed in at a time. The larger the establishment, the longer the lines outside of it. Haven’t gotten the hang of it quite yet. Obviously, avoid the big stores at the weekend.
I went out to do a food shop on Thursday (2 weeks since our previous shop).
We live in a village (quite a large one) and there are 2 'supermarkets', Heron and the CO-OP...One in/one out at Heron, with around 15-20 people in store, and I walked straight in, no queueing...went to the CO-OP as well (also to get an elderly lady who lives near us some food items) and was queueing for only around 5 minutes to get in.
One thing I noticed on this trip though, was that things seemed a bit edgy...the atmosphere seemed edgy, in comparison to the last shopping trip.
A bit of edginess here as well, but it’s to be expected with the distancing. I have to switch on to ‘calm mode’ when I start feeling myself giving in to impatience.
I wouldn't queue to go into a supermarket if my life depended on it, saying that folks were well behaved in Northampton today - the queue did go on a bit more than is in the pic so I'll get my vodka & fruit later!
Careful what you wish for.
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there are 4 supermarkets on one road all within walking distance here so if one is busy there is always another, there is even a nice park between them so in this weather I'm happy to exercise there and then go and get my booze!
... and fruit
I'm not kidding, Asda do a great bag of frozen berries for a couple of quid and mixed with Greek yoghurt = delicious breakfast!