More quarantine confusion

oh, and I've tried online. spent 2 hours on it the other day, it keeps crashing and can only put a handful of items in the basket. On a "normal" day I can be back from Morissons with a load of shopping in half an hour

 

But in that case isn't it wrong to hand that monop to Tesco and Asda? And doesn't it actually spread the virus quicker having both clothes shoppers and food shoppers together instead of simply allowing the clothing shops to stay open?
Its barmy that it is considered safe for me to queue with others then go into a free for all supermarket to buy a tshirt from Mr Tesco but not to go to a much quieter River Island and buy a tshirt from them. But then I can go to ASOS.com and buy from there which forces employees to work in a crowded warehouse.

None of the restrictions make any sense. There's no consistency or logic behind what is and isn't allowed when in reality we all know that the elderly and vulnerable should have been given this forced isolation that is now applied to everyone. Had that happened when they stuck two fingers up at the 'advice' I firmly believe that the death rate would be less than half what it is now

 

They can't cope with it because they are trying to do both. With only one or possibly two click and collect spots per store and only at a minority of stores they can't cope? If they devoted the entire store to it they would be able to. They'd be able to serve 15/20 people at a time down at stairfoot and it would take literally seconds per person to serve them. The picking it would also be quicker as the employees know the store layout better than the public and are armed with picking equipment that tells them exactly where to go.

In my head those who don't know how to use computers would order by telephone with orders being inputted by the army if necessary.

If the customer has no online capabilities then telephone ordering.

If the store doesn't. Closure or telephone ordering. (Not ideal but no different to the thousands of other companies ordered to close)

Not sure what the difference would be in the driving point?

 

You're lucky that you've got a slot. I haven't got that far yet

 

I gave up after 2 hours of phaffing about on a website going nowhere, I know when I'm beat

 

They can’t handle telephone orders... lockdown/social distancing

Why should M&S close? Does that mean the same for Iceland, Lidl and Aldi none of whom do click and collect or online grocery shopping?

If you can’t drive or lack mobility how do you collect once you’ve clicked?

 

Am I missing something with this part? Let's say somebody is unable to get to Tesco to click and collect. How does that person get to Tesco to walk round it?

 

For many, many, many reasons, we can all thank our lucky stars you're not in charge.

 

*Crosses jay's name off the list of cabinet members*

Now I need a new home secretary.

NUDGEEEEEEE GET HERE

 

No Aldi and some others have reverted back to longer opening times.

 

Supertyke, YOU need to thank your lucky stars that your not as nice as you like to think you are.

 

Why would they go to Tesco? Perhaps they live at town end or red brook with a German supermarket on the door step?

Or they get the bus in, to Iceland and get it delivered ....

 

Ah I'm with you. I thought you meant the people going to Tesco shopping wouldn't be able to go to Tesco click and collecting. See why I was very confused?

I'd also like to now point out that my idea wasn't 100% serious or thought out. More an idea that could be worked on. As isnt other idea of commandeering all the closed drive through's to use as collection points.

 

New guidelines issued today

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-lockdown-rules-what-you-18104739

If a shop is open, it is reasonable to go to it and buy whatever it sells.

 

And not as smart

 

As clear as mud

So ANYONE can travel to work if they either cant work from home or their employer simply wants them to go in. Totally negating the list of key workers who we allowed to travel to work surely?

So as long as the shop is open then I have a reason to visit it and it's not appropriate for me to be stopped from buying non essentials. Basically if they are open and selling it I can go and buy it.

Oh...

 

What the police say and what the law says would appear to contradict each other.

 

You're visiting the supermarket to buy fruit n veg, milk, loo roll.......all essentials. There isn't a shop out there that's closed off its crisps, biscuits and booze aisles so if you're in there you've always been able to buy what u want, within the quantity limitations when they were in force. No one was ever gonna police your shopping trolley.
And "essential" is such a subjective term it could never be policed.

 

Tesco near me sells paints, clothes, car wash, computer games, various electronic devices, electrical equipment and mobile phones (although I do think the phones bit is closed). Some of these might be essential

To be fair, am not impressed with the "unable to shop to buy materials for decoration" bit, although it just means I'll have to buy pet food from Wilko while I'm getting the decorating stuff.

 

I'm a supermarket manager, I've seen folk queue 20 mins to get in and another 20 at the tills to buy a pack of bedding plants or a bar of chocolate and a sandwich. Absolute loons.