Birx: "Don't even go grocery shopping or to the pharmacy this week."

hollydolly said:
Click on the envelope above and type in the members name, then send the message to them..maybe giving your email address so they can contact you privately...
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Thanks. I don’t want to be “pushy“ so I’ll let her contact and send her my email address if she wants.
 

chic said:
I had the worst day I ever had grocery shopping yesterday. Because the virus is spreading in my state the governor has implemented stricter social distancing.

A local convenience store was shut down on Sundays the sign in their window said, so I went to another. They have now shut down completely. I drove to a grocery store in another city. There was a line of people waiting to just get into the store that ran across parking lot. It wasn't moving and may have taken me half and hour to 45 min just to get in. I didn't wait but drove to a grocery store in another city. Here the line of people waiting to get in was across the parking lot AND the street behind it.

I left there too and went to a third grocery store where there was no line and I was able to in and shop. I got the usual things I've been eating for 2 months - carrots and potatoes and a few fruit. NO poultry again. Very poor selection of most things. They did have milk but NO bread.

Afters hours of traveling, I gave it up and came home with my few groceries. As I was driving past the area where I sometimes hike and take nature photos, I saw tons of teenagers congregated there and NOT practicing social distancing at all. THIS is the problem. Teenagers cannot be contained so the numbers climb and adults are placed in a stranglehold of restrictions.

I'm exhausted. I'm weary. I've been hungry for two months and I've just about had it with this whole thing. Wealthy people have everything done for them. The rest of us suffer struggle, deprivation, and want.

This has been my personal experience. It broke my heart to hear my 87 year old mom say. "I'm hungry". I'm hungry too.
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Chic, I am confused. Why have you been hungry for two months? And why are you allowing your 87 yr old mother to be hungry? That is elder abuse. In a crisis, we eat what is available even if it isn't what we want at the moment. There are many ways to stave off hunger.

If you and your 87 yr old mother have no food and no money to buy any, call the Salvation Army or local church.
 
gennie said:
Chic, I am confused. Why have you been hungry for two months? And why are you allowing your 87 yr old mother to be hungry? That is elder abuse. In a crisis, we eat what is available even if it isn't what we want at the moment. There are many ways to stave off hunger.

If you and your 87 yr old mother have no food and no money to buy any, call the Salvation Army or local church.
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What? Why would you write something like this, shame on you. No, we don‘t eat what’s available. There are a lot of whole meats available at certain stores-roast, steaks, etc. I can maybe eat a little whole meat on special occasions. I can eat hamburger and not a whole lot.

Good thing I like spam, can corn beef, other processed foods that are easier to digest. Plus I’m diabetic, lot of chips and candy out there. Can eat a little, not much. Plus, the food banks in our state are running low. (I don’t need to use the food bank, btw.)

You do not know the circumstances. I have to stop before I get myself in trouble.
 
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Pepper said:
Yeah, I'm confused about that too. It hasn't been two months, even though it feels like two years.
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It depends on a person circumstance, not everyone makes a lot of money. My son gets 138 a month in food stamps (or something like that). That is his food budget. Before the end of the month, the food is gone. Roommates cannot share their food.

Then the next month they get stamps again. Some months are longer than others. Some months, for whatever reason, food stamps are delayed. Some months the person who shops for the food is sick and shopping is delayed.

The Salvation Army does not rush in to bring food.
 
Walmart Supercenter seemed quite empty today in comparison to last week. They are letting a maximum of 235 people in at a time, for a huge store that’s not a lot of people. There wasn’t even a line outside the store. Stocked fairly well. We are only buying bread and frozen foods at this time. Early afternoon appears to be a decent time locally. But there were people with no masks, no gloves. We have a stay at home order effective 5pm Tuesday.
 
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I wouldn't mind the 6 ft rule, but six feet away puts me out of sight out of mind. I keep running into couples who stand there TO-GETHER discussing the items they are about to buy. Meanwhile I'm waiting 5-10 minutes for them to move. Just pick something already. I've seen more couples shopping during the pandemic than ever before. Another person that drives me nuts is the older woman who picks an item then carefully wipes it down, but first, she must peruse each can or bottle or bag or box on the shelf. It's all milk lady, just pick one, get going with your damn cleaning routine and MOVE. Gad! This is not the time to make shopping your personal carnival. Don't you get it? There are others six feet away, outside your normal social space, waiting.
 
Judycat said:
I wouldn't mind the 6 ft rule, but six feet away puts me out of sight out of mind. I keep running into couples who stand there TO-GETHER discussing the items they are about to buy. Meanwhile I'm waiting 5-10 minutes for them to move. Just pick something already. I've seen more couples shopping during the pandemic than ever before. Another person that drives me nuts is the older woman who picks an item then carefully wipes it down, but first, she must peruse each can or bottle or bag or box on the shelf. It's all milk lady, just pick one, get going with your damn cleaning routine and MOVE. Gad! This is not the time to make shopping your personal carnival. Don't you get it? There are others six feet away, outside your normal social space, waiting.
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I so know what you mean. But people stopped and stared at stuff before. Like fast food lines, for gosh sake, it’s McDonald’s choose something.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I so know what you mean. But people stopped and stared at stuff before. Like fast food lines, for gosh sake, it’s McDonald’s choose something.
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Yeah doesn't help that I feel like a caged animal. I just want to get out. Wal Mart has everything roped off. Go here. Don't go there. Associates standing around watching everybody. It's like doing your shopping at the gulag. Haha.
 
Judycat said:
Yeah doesn't help that I feel like a caged animal. I just want to get out. Wal Mart has everything roped off. Go here. Don't go there. Associates standing around watching everybody. It's like doing your shopping at the gulag. Haha.
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I’m sorry. It’s not like that here. People are not taking it seriously. The state has only 1400 cases.
 
Judycat said:
I wouldn't mind the 6 ft rule, but six feet away puts me out of sight out of mind. I keep running into couples who stand there TO-GETHER discussing the items they are about to buy. Meanwhile I'm waiting 5-10 minutes for them to move. Just pick something already. I've seen more couples shopping during the pandemic than ever before. Another person that drives me nuts is the older woman who picks an item then carefully wipes it down, but first, she must peruse each can or bottle or bag or box on the shelf. It's all milk lady, just pick one, get going with your damn cleaning routine and MOVE. Gad! This is not the time to make shopping your personal carnival. Don't you get it? There are others six feet away, outside your normal social space, waiting.
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When someone "peruses" something, they are probably trying to read the expiration date or the "Use by" date, which are intentionally hard to read. Frequently, stores will put out things that expire the next day.
 
win231 said:
When someone "peruses" something, they are probably trying to read the expiration date or the "Use by" date, which are intentionally hard to read. Frequently, stores will put out things that expire the next day.
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I thought McDonald’s food last forever with being refrigerated 😮😉🤣
 
Chic if you and your mom are really that hungry, call your city or county united way, senior affairs dept, or other helping agencies! Reach out to a neighbor or relative or religious group. I don’t know about other places, but here there are drive up lunch food distributions for seniors & aid groups both secular & religious are springing out of the woodwork. ( and a loit of the cars in those food lines are far younger & better shape than mine!)
 
chic said:
I had the worst day I ever had grocery shopping yesterday. Because the virus is spreading in my state the governor has implemented stricter social distancing.

A local convenience store was shut down on Sundays the sign in their window said, so I went to another. They have now shut down completely. I drove to a grocery store in another city. There was a line of people waiting to just get into the store that ran across parking lot. It wasn't moving and may have taken me half and hour to 45 min just to get in. I didn't wait but drove to a grocery store in another city. Here the line of people waiting to get in was across the parking lot AND the street behind it.

I left there too and went to a third grocery store where there was no line and I was able to in and shop. I got the usual things I've been eating for 2 months - carrots and potatoes and a few fruit. NO poultry again. Very poor selection of most things. They did have milk but NO bread.

Afters hours of traveling, I gave it up and came home with my few groceries. As I was driving past the area where I sometimes hike and take nature photos, I saw tons of teenagers congregated there and NOT practicing social distancing at all. THIS is the problem. Teenagers cannot be contained so the numbers climb and adults are placed in a stranglehold of restrictions.

I'm exhausted. I'm weary. I've been hungry for two months and I've just about had it with this whole thing. Wealthy people have everything done for them. The rest of us suffer struggle, deprivation, and want.

This has been my personal experience. It broke my heart to hear my 87 year old mom say. "I'm hungry". I'm hungry too.
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Man, this sounds terrible. So sorry for you. Here in the middle of Canada, all the grocery stores are well stocked with everything except toilet paper. We have to ask for a package & they always bring it out for us. We seniors go shopping between 7 - 8 AM which is reserved just for us seniors. Have been going for the last 3 weeks. There are only about 7 or 8 seniors in the whole store. Reckon we got it pretty good!
 
:oops: If this thing last much longer I'm going to have to do shopping for larger cloths. Or maybe just sweat pants with an elastic waist. It will be an "essential" shopping trip.
 
I just got back from the grocery store and I am still alive but I did eat a monster spicey burrito on the way home so there may be a huge explosion in the middle of the night spreading my helpless remains all over the state of Texas.
 

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