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Covid19 and Cashiers
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bmeadows380 wrote: »My local Kroger installed plastic shields at the checkout lines. Most of the employees are wearing masks now.
They already had spacing markers at the checkout lines for a couple weeks, but now they've also designated the aisles as one-way wherever possible.
my local Krogers did as well, but they were all installed backwards :eyeroll So the shield is in front of the belt but when I customer comes up to the card reader, they are still eye-to-eye with the cashier and close enough to cough on them, etc. And its obvious they are backwards because the little cutout that is supposed to give the customer access to the card reader is on the opposite side of the cashier.......
The grocery stores here have those shields too. The convenience store I work at has one too -- it's literally hanging from the ceiling by lengths of chain. Its also too short to cover some of the till area. Aside from that I still get the really stupid people that lean around it because they think I can't hear them through it. We've got tape on the floor too and I still get the occasional guys that argue that one particular strip isn't at six feet away it's more like seven and a half so they don't have to stand behind it they can stand in front *shakes head*4 -
snowflake954 wrote: »Our cashiers, in Italy, have masks and gloves. Stay safe hon!
Some of ours now have protective shields separating them from the customers.
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So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?5 -
So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.8 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.
Such a pleasant post
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react.
I guess I should consider this too. I leave a lot of space in front of me in line and have been guilty of just shuffling forward a bit to get away from the person behind me rather than having to talk to them. Despite being a friendly verbose cashier at work in daily life I'm not much of a people person so I hate having to speak up to those I don't know.
Most reactions here, southern Ontario, have been polite when asked to stand back at markers or wait outside because I have too many people in store atm. There have been a few truly pissy people but most of the vitriol is directed at store policy or general politics rather than at me directly.
I have had customers get angry at each other for people skipping the line to get in the store. I work at a conveinience store and there's only ever one person on staff at a time. So we can ask people to wait when they open the door if people are already in but we cant really see who's next in line outside. One time a guy cut in and had another call him an *kitten* then that guy proceded to yell at the first guy and so on. Things like that happen on occasion but so far people haven't been really pissed directly at me for enforcing the customer limit and distancing.
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corinasue1143 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.
Such a pleasant post
The world isn't always a pleasant place. Every one of the possibilities I cited have actually occurred in the U.S. by people offended by being asked to comply with masking rules.
ETA: I've personally experienced people jeering at me and apparently intentionally crowding me just because I was wearing a mask and they weren't, without my saying anything to them. If there are people that aggressive just over my wearing a mask, I don't want the risk that they would escalate their behavior if I asked them to comply with the spacing lines on the floor.9 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.
Such a pleasant post
About an hour down the road from me, a store security guard was shot - dead, murdered - by two men after he told someone they knew that she had to wear a mask in the store. That's quite an unpleasant story, but I don't see why someone shouldn't admit they're concerned about something like that being possible, when it has actually happened.13 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.
Such a pleasant post
About an hour down the road from me, a store security guard was shot - dead, murdered - by two men after he told someone they knew that she had to wear a mask in the store. That's quite an unpleasant story, but I don't see why someone shouldn't admit they're concerned about something like that being possible, when it has actually happened.
Totally agree!
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corinasue1143 wrote: »corinasue1143 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »So disinfection is a great idea, but it's a pity that not all people practice it.
It's a lot of stress all around but I'm slowly getting more used to it I guess. It makes me think a lot because a lot of the stress is I don't want to be a carrier and spread it to family but also a lot is also I don't want anyone getting sick coming to the store I work at.
It's worth thinking on that if I only worried over myself getting sick I'd have to do a lot less cleaning and be a lot less careful at work than I do now. If I wanted to be less stressed all I'd have to do is not care if the customers got sick and that's a pretty horrible outlook but it crosses my mind any time I get a particularly stupid customer at the till. Like I'm doing my best and they don't give a *kitten*. It just makes it hard to care when I'm trying and then I see people who can't even be bothered to stand back from other people.
I told a lady today just to note for next time I need you standing back at the floor marker when someone is at the till and she just scoffed and waved her hand. I told her don't wave at me the markers are there for a reason and she just didn't reply. Paid for her snacks and left.
The guy in front of her didn't ask her to back up and obviously she didnt care so why should I?
I have been in the position of the guy in front of the crowding customer and I would be hesitant to say something to the crowder because you never know how this particular crowder will react. Will they push their face toward mine and start screaming, spewing droplets? Will they spit on me for being a "snowflake lib"? Will they take a swing? Will they pull a weapon?
I don't blame you for being stressed out and not wanting to have to engage with the many folks you are forced to deal with all day who don't follow the rules. I find being in a grocery store very stressful. I've pared it down to once every three weeks, and I've found Sunday mornings about a half hour after the seniors-only period to be a fairly non-busy time. When they lift restrictions in my state, I may see if I can stretch out the time between shopping trips to four weeks. If there are other people like me, at least the volume of customers you face will go down, but of course the percentage of them that are scofflaws will go up.
Such a pleasant post
About an hour down the road from me, a store security guard was shot - dead, murdered - by two men after he told someone they knew that she had to wear a mask in the store. That's quite an unpleasant story, but I don't see why someone shouldn't admit they're concerned about something like that being possible, when it has actually happened.
Totally agree!
Yep! I don't trust anyone anymore. This virus has made monsters out of people already on the edge. And it's created stress in most everyone else.
I'll do everything that I can to keep myself and others safe but I'm not going to start giving people grief out loud because you just never know what they're capable of anymore. That's why I come here to vent.7 -
Near here a woman shot 3 people, hit another with fists because they wouldn’t let her inside McDonald’s dining room.5
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Haven't been out of the house since work on Sunday. Today bought my grandma some bedding flowers and dropped them outside her place (and myself some wine😅) all good.
Then walking home five young things maybe 16-ish on bikes think it's a great joke to go by and all purposefully cough in my direction because I'm wearing a mask and they weren't.
Well the last one didn't cough. I stuck my foot out in front of his bike so he had to slow down or crash, he was a bit too preoccupied to cough😒 they're all lucky there was traffic on the road beside us or I would have crashed the second guy and let them pile up for being *kitten*.
Came home and showered off and my backpack reeks of Lysol. Fun day... wish my city had a number to call on *kitten* like that.
Edit: I'm just so tired of dealing with stupid people...12 -
Haven't been out of the house since work on Sunday. Today bought my grandma some bedding flowers and dropped them outside her place (and myself some wine😅) all good.
Then walking home five young things maybe 16-ish on bikes think it's a great joke to go by and all purposefully cough in my direction because I'm wearing a mask and they weren't.
Well the last one didn't cough. I stuck my foot out in front of his bike so he had to slow down or crash, he was a bit too preoccupied to cough😒 they're all lucky there was traffic on the road beside us or I would have crashed the second guy and let them pile up for being *kitten*.
Came home and showered off and my backpack reeks of Lysol. Fun day... wish my city had a number to call on *kitten* like that.
Edit: I'm just so tired of dealing with stupid people...
Virtual hugs and sympathy!
I can't even imagine. High probability that the people who are most concerned (about themselves and others) are more likely to stay home as much as possible, and those who are not as concerned are out ramming around on their usual schedule.
The implication, in a statistical sense, would be that people like you in "meet the public" jobs have a higher percentage of the out of touch or unconcerned (or hostile, in some cases) people in the selected group you meet each day. That's got to be really tough.
There are people who care, who are doing the right things, and some of them come into your store, of course. But lots of those types are out and about less often, so you don't get to actually see and experience them nearly as often.
I can see how that would have an effect, not a great one, on how the world looks from your view.
Hang in there: All I can say (from the rarely-left perimeters of home, because I'm one of the lucky ones) is that I appreciate you and others like you, who are out doing what needs to be done to keep things going, and doing it as safely and courteously as you can in current circumstances. Thank you!9 -
Haven't been out of the house since work on Sunday. Today bought my grandma some bedding flowers and dropped them outside her place (and myself some wine😅) all good.
Then walking home five young things maybe 16-ish on bikes think it's a great joke to go by and all purposefully cough in my direction because I'm wearing a mask and they weren't.
Well the last one didn't cough. I stuck my foot out in front of his bike so he had to slow down or crash, he was a bit too preoccupied to cough😒 they're all lucky there was traffic on the road beside us or I would have crashed the second guy and let them pile up for being *kitten*.
Came home and showered off and my backpack reeks of Lysol. Fun day... wish my city had a number to call on *kitten* like that.
Edit: I'm just so tired of dealing with stupid people...
Virtual hugs and sympathy!
I can't even imagine. High probability that the people who are most concerned (about themselves and others) are more likely to stay home as much as possible, and those who are not as concerned are out ramming around on their usual schedule.
The implication, in a statistical sense, would be that people like you in "meet the public" jobs have a higher percentage of the out of touch or unconcerned (or hostile, in some cases) people in the selected group you meet each day. That's got to be really tough.
There are people who care, who are doing the right things, and some of them come into your store, of course. But lots of those types are out and about less often, so you don't get to actually see and experience them nearly as often.
I can see how that would have an effect, not a great one, on how the world looks from your view.
Hang in there: All I can say (from the rarely-left perimeters of home, because I'm one of the lucky ones) is that I appreciate you and others like you, who are out doing what needs to be done to keep things going, and doing it as safely and courteously as you can in current circumstances. Thank you!
Statistically, logically, I know there are a lot more people behaving than not but it is draining to deal with those that aren't. I know a lot of my regulars who are older ladies and gentlemen I barely see now because they are staying home and that actually makes me happy because I know they're trying to stay safe. Some days it just gets to me a lot more than others.
Today was actually really good mentally, which was why I went out walking, right up until those little jerks pulled that stunt. I got to see my grandparents for more than the few minutes of dropping off groceries (from the end of the driveway) and wow my grandma does puppy eyes like you would not believe when she's trying to guilt trip me into a hug or staying for a cup of tea. She's having a hard time with all this too so I came back to her carrying a 24flat of impatiens -- so when she told me, again, she was tired of having to wait for hugs and tea I told her yes she had an abundance of impatience😅
I know it's ridiculous to let everything affect me up and down like this but I've found it a lot harder to keep on an even keel with all this going on -- your comment actually really made my day better so thank you for taking the time to leave it.
I guess life is just like this though. The good and the bad rolled together into one and I'll have to take the days as they come -- but I'll admit if I see those young idiots again I'm going to give in to the impulse to kick their bikes as they go by😒8 -
Haven't been out of the house since work on Sunday. Today bought my grandma some bedding flowers and dropped them outside her place (and myself some wine😅) all good.
Then walking home five young things maybe 16-ish on bikes think it's a great joke to go by and all purposefully cough in my direction because I'm wearing a mask and they weren't.
Well the last one didn't cough. I stuck my foot out in front of his bike so he had to slow down or crash, he was a bit too preoccupied to cough😒 they're all lucky there was traffic on the road beside us or I would have crashed the second guy and let them pile up for being *kitten*.
Came home and showered off and my backpack reeks of Lysol. Fun day... wish my city had a number to call on *kitten* like that.
Edit: I'm just so tired of dealing with stupid people...
Virtual hugs and sympathy!
I can't even imagine. High probability that the people who are most concerned (about themselves and others) are more likely to stay home as much as possible, and those who are not as concerned are out ramming around on their usual schedule.
The implication, in a statistical sense, would be that people like you in "meet the public" jobs have a higher percentage of the out of touch or unconcerned (or hostile, in some cases) people in the selected group you meet each day. That's got to be really tough.
There are people who care, who are doing the right things, and some of them come into your store, of course. But lots of those types are out and about less often, so you don't get to actually see and experience them nearly as often.
I can see how that would have an effect, not a great one, on how the world looks from your view.
Hang in there: All I can say (from the rarely-left perimeters of home, because I'm one of the lucky ones) is that I appreciate you and others like you, who are out doing what needs to be done to keep things going, and doing it as safely and courteously as you can in current circumstances. Thank you!
Statistically, logically, I know there are a lot more people behaving than not but it is draining to deal with those that aren't. I know a lot of my regulars who are older ladies and gentlemen I barely see now because they are staying home and that actually makes me happy because I know they're trying to stay safe. Some days it just gets to me a lot more than others.
Today was actually really good mentally, which was why I went out walking, right up until those little jerks pulled that stunt. I got to see my grandparents for more than the few minutes of dropping off groceries (from the end of the driveway) and wow my grandma does puppy eyes like you would not believe when she's trying to guilt trip me into a hug or staying for a cup of tea. She's having a hard time with all this too so I came back to her carrying a 24flat of impatiens -- so when she told me, again, she was tired of having to wait for hugs and tea I told her yes she had an abundance of impatience😅
I know it's ridiculous to let everything affect me up and down like this but I've found it a lot harder to keep on an even keel with all this going on -- your comment actually really made my day better so thank you for taking the time to leave it.
I guess life is just like this though. The good and the bad rolled together into one and I'll have to take the days as they come -- but I'll admit if I see those young idiots again I'm going to give in to the impulse to kick their bikes as they go by😒
Carry a cane. Pretend you need it. When the moment comes . . . .
Kidding. Really. I am. I swear. Kinda?
You seem like a lovely person. Don't let the world beat that out of you just now, the world needs all the lovely people it can get.
I saw a post on Facebook, where a family made a thing with a giant clear plastic sheet (like Visqueen or something), and arm-holes where they taped in clear trash bags, so they could socially-isolated hug their . . . I forget, granny, or old auntie, or something like that . . . on some special occasion, out in her yard. Touching, and heart-breaking, all at once.
The impatiens gift was really nice: It'll keep reminding her all summer that you love her.
Again, thank you for doing what you do.6 -
Haven't been out of the house since work on Sunday. Today bought my grandma some bedding flowers and dropped them outside her place (and myself some wine😅) all good.
Then walking home five young things maybe 16-ish on bikes think it's a great joke to go by and all purposefully cough in my direction because I'm wearing a mask and they weren't.
Well the last one didn't cough. I stuck my foot out in front of his bike so he had to slow down or crash, he was a bit too preoccupied to cough😒 they're all lucky there was traffic on the road beside us or I would have crashed the second guy and let them pile up for being *kitten*.
Came home and showered off and my backpack reeks of Lysol. Fun day... wish my city had a number to call on *kitten* like that.
Edit: I'm just so tired of dealing with stupid people...
Virtual hugs and sympathy!
I can't even imagine. High probability that the people who are most concerned (about themselves and others) are more likely to stay home as much as possible, and those who are not as concerned are out ramming around on their usual schedule.
The implication, in a statistical sense, would be that people like you in "meet the public" jobs have a higher percentage of the out of touch or unconcerned (or hostile, in some cases) people in the selected group you meet each day. That's got to be really tough.
There are people who care, who are doing the right things, and some of them come into your store, of course. But lots of those types are out and about less often, so you don't get to actually see and experience them nearly as often.
I can see how that would have an effect, not a great one, on how the world looks from your view.
Hang in there: All I can say (from the rarely-left perimeters of home, because I'm one of the lucky ones) is that I appreciate you and others like you, who are out doing what needs to be done to keep things going, and doing it as safely and courteously as you can in current circumstances. Thank you!
Statistically, logically, I know there are a lot more people behaving than not but it is draining to deal with those that aren't. I know a lot of my regulars who are older ladies and gentlemen I barely see now because they are staying home and that actually makes me happy because I know they're trying to stay safe. Some days it just gets to me a lot more than others.
Today was actually really good mentally, which was why I went out walking, right up until those little jerks pulled that stunt. I got to see my grandparents for more than the few minutes of dropping off groceries (from the end of the driveway) and wow my grandma does puppy eyes like you would not believe when she's trying to guilt trip me into a hug or staying for a cup of tea. She's having a hard time with all this too so I came back to her carrying a 24flat of impatiens -- so when she told me, again, she was tired of having to wait for hugs and tea I told her yes she had an abundance of impatience😅
I know it's ridiculous to let everything affect me up and down like this but I've found it a lot harder to keep on an even keel with all this going on -- your comment actually really made my day better so thank you for taking the time to leave it.
I guess life is just like this though. The good and the bad rolled together into one and I'll have to take the days as they come -- but I'll admit if I see those young idiots again I'm going to give in to the impulse to kick their bikes as they go by😒
Carry a cane. Pretend you need it. When the moment comes . . . .
Kidding. Really. I am. I swear. Kinda?
You seem like a lovely person. Don't let the world beat that out of you just now, the world needs all the lovely people it can get.
I saw a post on Facebook, where a family made a thing with a giant clear plastic sheet (like Visqueen or something), and arm-holes where they taped in clear trash bags, so they could socially-isolated hug their . . . I forget, granny, or old auntie, or something like that . . . on some special occasion, out in her yard. Touching, and heart-breaking, all at once.
The impatiens gift was really nice: It'll keep reminding her all summer that you love her.
Again, thank you for doing what you do.
I'm old, so having a cane wouldn't be out of place, even if I don't need it for anything other than tripping the morons or poking at anyone who comes too close.
Staying home as much as possible. Only go out twice a month for a grocery or drug store run. Keeping myself busy with gardening and 'house stuff.' There's always 'house stuff.'
Thanks to everyone who faces the public daily and whose service makes our lives a bit more normal. Even when it isn't.6 -
Same Crowder lady came in earlier this morning. Stood around 4.5 feet back instead of 3. 🤔should I just consider this improvement and not push it? To be fair that first marker is probably closer to 7 feet back than 6 - thats the one the guys always comment/argue on.2
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Don't know how well this photo comes thru. This is a Toronto paper. I'm a couple hours drive away from there. Bunch of idiots all mashed together in a park. I pointed it out to a regular customer thinking he'd find it as stupid as I did to see so many people together. Normally he chats with whoever is in. Long story short his opinion is
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well it's their choice (to gather) Its my choice too I'm tired of all the fearmongering in the papers. Its ridiculous all blown out of proportion. No people under 20 have died (clarified to well here in canada) so it's fine. Etc. Etc. Etc. And-- Its just a flu.
I... didn't even have any words. Like how??? Ok Canada is doing "good" with flattening the curve all through the provinces. This is Ontario. We have one of the highest total counts of positive tests per province but it's been a steady rate of cases per day for weeks. A steady rate is good. We have a soft reopen of some parks. And everyone here what? Forgot how Quebec had an explosion of cases and needed military help to supply psw health care personnel???
I just needed to share my sheer incredulity at this. The nerve that because no kids died /yet/ equates to Its all blown out of proportion.
Hello Quebec sorry you had to lead by example. Sorry we're apparently too stupid to learn from it.11 -
Whenever I see pictures like that, of people congregating in great numbers, my thoughts go to 'wonder how many will come to regret that in about 2 weeks? and how many new positives/deaths will emerge again?'
Our state of Vermont, is small and rural, 2 reasons I think we don't have the spread that many do. And I'd sure love to see it stay that way.3 -
Is anyone else seeing a reduction in people using masks lately? It seems to coincide with things starting to softly reopen and that scares me. Grocery stores, gas station/convenience stores, nurseries.....people seem to be getting way too comfortable again. It's bound to come back and bite us in our derrieres.5
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