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[Misc] COVIDIOTS hot spots
- Thread starter timbha
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Was in a shop in Lancing today, early 20;s guy doing that forgot the mask thing with his coat pulled up over his nose and mouth
nought wrong with that
redoubtable seagull
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- Oct 27, 2004
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If this was in Derbyshire the coppers would be chasing after people and issuing them with £200 fines.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
If this was in Derbyshire the coppers would be chasing after people and issuing them with £200 fines.
Why would people in Derbyshire be shouting and cheering for Marine?
Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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Talking of Covidiots
R. Slicker
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- Jan 1, 2009
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Are the people of Newport lining the streets to see our coach arrive?
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Of course not mate, they will be in pubs and fighting one another and singing Delilah.
I have heard the groundsman are on the pitch earthing up the leeks.
Dirty Northern b*****ds.
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crodonilson
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Absolutely disgusting?? Who are these idiots and where were the police??
Every one of them should be fined £200. Outrageous behaviour considering they should all by law have been at home.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Total agreement ,but according to the Govt schools are safe.
........ when they very, very clearly are not.
Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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So having listened to all the advice/rants on here, I decided to think about my weekly shop - we’ve run out of food so needed to go. As Tesco CEO stated if you don’t need a home delivery leave it for those that really do need it. So instead of heading to Tesco/Sainsbury’s - went to Waitrose (it’s expensive = richer people = probably more educated = thinks about advice), went on my own (minimise risk), didn’t go on Saturday, went instead at 10am opening today, hand gel on way in, more hand gel on trolley (don’t trust lads to clean properly), used self scanner (note to self get app instead) really quiet, everyone wearing masks, everyone able to give each other distance, apologies by everyone if we got too close, didn’t touch anything unless I was buying it, more gel on way out, got home and washed hands immediately. Still feel after reading like I’ve hopefully dodged a bullet!
I did notice on the way home Aldi looked very busy and it’s not a very big shop.
I did notice on the way home Aldi looked very busy and it’s not a very big shop.
I generally shop in Waitrose, ) It's not expensive like for like if you're disciplined, it's just they have nice stuff) The standard they have set and general behaviour ( Worthing and Chi) are very good.
Skint at the moment, went to stressco yesterday, f**king horrible experience. No wonder Adur has jumped from 50 to over 500 per 100k in a month. We often shop ion M&S and TBH Holmbush is as bad. The M&S in Chi I use for lunches is generally very good.
Based on my limited local experience (Burgess Hill and H Heath shops) I’d agree.....
Waitrose and M&S - well organised, staff alert/watchful, numbers controlled on the door and customers fully complying with distancing
Tesco - quite a few without masks, fair number of selfish/ignorant people ignoring distancing. Best avoided if poss.
LIDL - absolute total shitshow. Won’t be going back until Covid is gone. Staff and customers largely ignoring distancing, too crowded/no control over entry
Neville's Breakfast
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That one is pretty straightforward. The staff are prepared to enforce shoplifting rules but enforcing the wearing of masks ‘is not my job guv.’ We have only been to a supermarket once since last March. I pointed out a non mask wearer to a member of staff and he didn’t give a shit. Therefore we haven’t been back. Good luck to anyone who visits a supermarket.
From that...
"We are concerned that, for example, in supermarkets we need to make sure people actually wear masks and follow the one-way rule in supermarkets."
The two shops I frequent the most - Worthing's large Tesco and the smaller one in Findon Valley, did away with the one-way system very early on and, on my last visits to each, it's not returned. It's been one of my minor annoyances, as it does help people stay apart.
Went to (but not in) Morrisons yesterday. Old pople (well, probably 50s) leaving the store with no mask, one coughing. They used to have a member of staff on the door but nobody there yesterday. I saw two people, a woman in her 40s alone, and a man in his 20s ('yoof' type) with a female (she had one on but why shop in pairs?) enter the store without wearing masks. Absolute shambles.
Neville's Breakfast
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And so easy to solve. Pass a law making supermarkets legally responsible for the wearing of masks and social distancing on their premises. We would find overnight that they would ensure their staff wake up from not bothered mode.
Absolutely no chance this libertarian government will do such a thing.
I mean, what if Boris has picked up some posh totty and needs to nip into Waitrose to buy some kedgeree-flavoured condoms? It would be a genuine emergency and, exercising his judgement, the fact he forgot a mask when he came out of his castle should not be an obstacle to his purchasing some tackleware. It is not the business of government to interfere with peoples' daily lives.
Is this satire? Nothing you have stated is new info, have you not been sticking to such "guidelines" the whole time? Waitrose clientele has nothing to do with education, what a silly thing to say. Its quieter due to their prices, which on a whole are extortionate. I have shopped in Aldi throughout this mess, not due to my bachelor degree education but due to the price and not once have I felt uncomfortable.
Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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No satire at all. Never said it was something new just the topic made me think about it in more detail, just plan where you go, think of the time of day and follow all the rules.
there is a very noticeable difference between ‘Waitrose clientele’ shopping during COVID and other supermarkets. I’m also not sure I agree with your extortionate prices, yes some items are more expensive others are comparable with Tesco/Sainsbury’s (can’t compare with Aldi as I’ve only been in once and I’m not going back) big thing is they rarely have the big BOGOF type items or other items. For example the quality of meat/fish is better. In fact you’ve raised another good point - expectation of cheap food may be a bigger long term health / environmental problem than COVID (and that’s before we allow our American cousins food supply chain in)