Subj : Re: Quarantine Projects
To : MIKE POWELL
From : Vk3jed
Date : Fri Apr 24 2020 05:53 pm
-=> On 04-23-20 16:07, MIKE POWELL wrote to VK3JED <=-
MP> That is how they did restaurants and other shoppes here... if you can
MP> carry on business by take-away or drive-up, and enforce distancing, you
MP> can stay open. You can also do so if you can sell on the Internet.
Yep, makes sense.
MP> That said, a lot of smaller shoppes had to close down because they were
MP> not Internet ready and could not show there wares easily in the other
MP> manners specified. Some folks are wondering why the big box stores
MP> (groceries, home centers, etc.) are allowed to remain open while the
MP> "mom-and-pops" in the same category are not. Having been in a large
MP> grocery as recently as 2-3 weeks ago, I can see their point... everyone
MP> is supposed to distance but a lot of shoppers (and even workers) seen
MP> to refuse to do so, so the store being larger is not really helping
MP> anything.
Here, shops of all sizes, especially the supermarkets have stuck large Cs or
spots on the floor, indicating where people are to stand when in a queue.
There's also screens in place and other measures. Most stores also insist or
at least have a strong preference for contactless payment.
MP> Our stores do that, too, but there were still too many people here
MP> taking their whole families shopping during the other hours. When I
MP> was younger, that was not a thing but, these days, shopping is a family
MP> outing. I can understand it when you are a single parent and no one
MP> can watch the kids, but it is usually at least two grown-ups and 2+
MP> kids.
Hmm, it was a family thing when I was a kid. It was common to leave school and
meet Mum at the supermarket. :)
> MP> walking during my 15 minute workbreaks here at home vs. at the
> MP> office... it is not all flat here. :)
> Getting fit, are we? :D
MP> I have lost some weight since not being at the office. I have more
MP> food readily available here but also do not do as much "nervous eating"
MP> like I would at the office.
Good to hear. :)
... He's as sharp as a marble.
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