COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked
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It doesn't happen however as people tend to only go a short distance the wrong way on soft drinks, maybe cereals and washing liquids. And in fact these aisles are pretty wide. In fact, in our local Asda they are wide enough to pass somebody shopping at a shelf travelling in the marked flow direction whilst maintaining distance if it should occur. You would not see it happen on many of the aisles which are much more populated. Strangely aisles that I do not use in Asda purely because they are items that I very rarely buy there such as tins or meats. If I and ,from what I observe, others are in those areas of the store they are travelling in the right direction
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But how long are those aisles? How much more effort would it involve actually going the indicated way? It does seem to me that you are trying to justify making your own decisions, and, as I said earlier, that is a major part of the problem currently, folk deciding that particular rules don't apply to themselves.
But I'll leave that particular point there, no desire to make it a personal criticism.
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In the first lockdown, our Asda also had a one way system marked out, but it did not look like they had gone to great lengths when doing so!
The direction of the arrows made no sense at all and the customers were baffled, so as a result nobody was following it.
Fortunately, as in ET's store, the aisles are very wide, so plenty of space to pass another customer safely.
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Some of the smaller supermarkets have cleverly blocked off the ends of aisles, meaning that you have to follow a one way system for most of the way round. I doubt the larger ones could manage because of fire regs and getting more people out quickly.
Aisle rage is quite funny when you encounter it, although it pays to keep a blank face so as not to escalate things. I got caught up in an incident with a shelf stacker, another woman shopper and me. We were all politely waiting to pass an unmasked trio hell bent on locating that night’s vodka of choice. We all got called “stupid effers “ because we chose not to push past. Ranted at for being polite🤷♀️
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In the 1st lockdown we used Click& Collect until early August. Since then I go to our local Tesco once a week, usually around lunchtime on a Tuesday or Wednesday, and it's fairly quiet then. They had a 1-way system for a while, not everybody kept to that however. They stopped that, but do have 1 entrance and 1 exit, separate.
I do see 2 or 3 people most weeks without masks, last week saw someone with a mask, but round the chin! Fat lot of use that is.
I do get the feeling that a few people think that if they're wearing a mask it's ok to come close, and even lean across you to get something off the shelf.
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They also say this Kj
You can travel for local outdoor sport or exercise such as meeting another person, walking, cycling, golf or running that starts and finishes at the same place (which can be up to 5 miles from the boundary of your local authority area), as long as you abide by the rules on meeting other households.
That's the problem I think there is to much conflicting information even on the official site.
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"it doesn't happen however as people tend to only go a short distance the wrong way on soft drinks, maybe cereals and washing liquids."
It doesn't happen!!!!, soft drinks , cereals, washing liquids would seem to me to be very much in demand, but lets not labour the point.
Good to see we are cracking on with the vaccination programme, and although of little consequence, we have now vaccinated more people in England than the whole of Europe, and it is a positive, full marks to that lady Epsom in charge of the vaccination centre, so positive
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Sorry only just come on here today been busy.
I agree, using LA in some circumstances just doesn't make sense, that's why I put 10 or 15 miles, I suppose I should have made it clear that it was just an example not a definitive distance.
Under the first lockdown we were told 5 miles from home. Like you we live further than that to the shops, so of course that was useless to us.
However if taking exercise then 5 miles would have been sufficient as we live on the edge of a village we can walk for miles on a circular route no more than a couple of miles from the house.
Under the tier system then it made sense as your area could be in tier 1 but the next tier 3 so it worked ish
of course anything only works if folk stick to the rules and not make them up as they go along. 0 -
One rule for exercise, a different one, maybe, for shopping, does not help, does it!
We are only about 2 miles from the Glasgow boundary, and depending on which shop we need to visit, our nearest one will frequently be in Glasgow.
We would not drive into town for exercise, plenty of countryside very close to home, but for shopping we would if it was the closest.
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Fortunately, as in ET's store, the aisles are very wide, so plenty of space to pass another customer safely.
Indeed they are although it is not necessary to do so if I wish to step a few feet into an aisle where folk are not close to grab tommy puree or on another aisle parmesan. Same for scotch which are all at the end of an aisle., a metre away. If you were to attempt that on a meat aisle there would be folk either side at shelves and you could not maintain distance passing between as those are popular aisles. I don't use them as I dislike Asda meat. Exception being some lamb products which are not in the aisles but on one end and Haggis which is a metre into one aisle and I enter in correct direction without trolley and step out again. As long as I can maintain space I am happy.
For M - aisles are generally over 60 feet but have not measured.
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Our main supermarkets all had one way systems back in March, they didn't work. The staff with the big shopping trolleys were the worst offenders.
They have all now gone back to normal, there are still markers on the floor at 2m distance when you get to the tills.
I prefer to go through manned tills rather than self service as no one is pushing past you to get to the next till.
We don't do online food shopping or click and collect.
Giving a glare while wearing a mask isn't easy but I must have perfected it now
while in Aldi the other day someone got just a bit to close for my liking, so I gave her a 'look' Oops sorry she said I keep forgetting. 1 -
It’s got to be said.........male shoppers definitely do things differently to female shoppers🤣 My experience is based mainly on observing my OH in action I add. He’s had a year off, so hopefully he will have unlearned a lot and I can restart his training when it’s safe. 😂
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For M - aisles are generally over 60 feet but have not measured.
Wow that must be a super super store 60 feet wide aisles ???
Not that i am an authority on supermarkets but OH says she has not seen any that wide
but if they are then social distancing should not be a problem which is good 
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It doesn't happen!!!!, soft drinks , cereals, washing liquids would seem to me to be very much in demand, but lets not labour the point.
Strangely they are not much in demand. Maybe because washing liquids are not on every shop list unlike veg and meats. How often do you actually buy clothes wash and conditioner? not that frequently I suspect. for us probably 4 or 5 times a year. Cereals, for me is probably once a month for porridge and I suspect many must opt for toast as cereal aisle is very quiet too unlike the bread aisle. The footfall in our large Asda superstore does not seem great at all these days. May be different on a Friday or Saturday.
I suppose that it might seem strange that fizzy drinks are not in demand but they are not in our store. It is rare that I look up there and there are folk in it. If there are I either wait for them or go around. I know that it is rare for my grandkids to have pop. In the past when I have been out with them they might get to share a diet coke at the car out of the boot. They may also get a sugar free sweet out of the front dash locker. The do get porridge and 'horses bedding' type cereals and other low sugar ones.
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Length, not width obviously. It is a superstore and many aisles are 9 feet+ wide. Veg aisles far more. I notice, now you mention width, that clothes washing products, freezer aisles and booze aisles are narrower. Thy do have less usage and I suppose that is the reason.
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You should stop digging Easy,
" I notice, now you mention width, that clothes washing products, freezer aisles and booze aisles are narrower Thy do have less usage and I suppose that is the reason.."
as i said, not a supermarket boffin, but freezer aisles and booze aisles are narrower, they have less usage, wow life must be different in Wales freezer & booze are very popular here in England
"" I notice, now you mention width"
are you in the supermarket now or are you using google earth ?
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Nope I am indicating that an unmasked trio of potential p*ss heads, chose to verbally abuse three masked, polite individuals who couldn’t get past them.
Like TammyG I am perfecting the Cersei Lannister eyebrow indication of displeasure at the moment. Mouth shut and masked, but the eyes are saying it all.
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thats what happens at my local One Stop, admittedly most people are only getting maybe milk and a paper when i go at approx 0800 hrs and the aisles that have the other goods in are off from the milk and newspaper aisles, as i say to some folk, take your time i am not in any hurry, it is just the money machine that drives me crazy sometimes this is in the aisle where you are waiting to pay
solution, put on mask and visor, and i use disposablde gloves 0 -
Our local coop is like that, ends blocked and you would have to walk 4 aisles to get bread. But they are short aisles. I was in there a few weeks ago for as stamp and to weigh a parcel.
Haven't seen anyone without a mask since they were brought in. I I exclude a few who walked into the foyer in the early days and were reminded having forgotten to don it. They complied straight away ..... as did I when I forgot to take it out of my pocket
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as i said, not a supermarket boffin, but freezer aisles and booze aisles are narrower, they have less usage, wow life must be different in Wales freezer & booze are very popular here in England
Maybe booze is less popular in Wales due to minimum pricing. Often I could do a round trip into England, buy a bulk of 10 one litre bottles of scotch and save £30.
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That is why one way aisles in small shops doesn't work. Much better, like Easy T's method, to enter the wrong way if no one will reach you before you have picked up your item.
When we did shop in supermarkets, especially ones we were not familiar with, whilst looking up looking for a product we frequently missed seeing the arrows on the floor.
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