Grocery shopping today

CarolfromTX

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Dave went to the grocery store and said most of the people had masks and also the employees, except one woman pulling groceries for curbside pickup had it pulled down around her throat. Um... not cool. He also said there was plenty of toilet paper, and he found napkins (yay!) and yeast. And small bottles of hand sanitizer at big prices. $1.90 for little bottles. He bought some anyway. When he gets home, we have a new routine. We each get a Clorox wipe from our dwindling supply, and wipe down the groceries, and we fill the sink with soapy water and wash the produce, then dry it on the counter. Maybe it's overly precautious, or maybe not. One thing I do know, it's annoying as heck.
 

I went grocery shopping today, as well. Got up early, put on mask and gloves, got to store and it’s closed. Hmm, yup today is Tuesday, senior early day is Wednesday. 🤣. Can’t tell you how disappointed I was.

Went to leave, employee opens the door to tell me they are not open, but instead he says; as long as you are here you might as well come in and shop. 😲. Other than the stockers I had the whole story to myself.

I was so happy that they were so nice. I would have hated to have to go back home and come back. I apologized to the checker and she said, it’s ok, people get confused all the time. 😱. Got my few things and went to Lowe’s to buy some veggie seeds. It’s a beautiful day, today.
 
Dave went to the grocery store and said most of the people had masks and also the employees, except one woman pulling groceries for curbside pickup had it pulled down around her throat. Um... not cool. He also said there was plenty of toilet paper, and he found napkins (yay!) and yeast. And small bottles of hand sanitizer at big prices. $1.90 for little bottles. He bought some anyway. When he gets home, we have a new routine. We each get a Clorox wipe from our dwindling supply, and wipe down the groceries, and we fill the sink with soapy water and wash the produce, then dry it on the counter. Maybe it's overly precautious, or maybe not. One thing I do know, it's annoying as heck.
the latest information we've been given is that there is no need to wash down the groceries when you get them home.. certainly not in a bowl of water and soap which some people have been doing as well as yourself . if you feel better about cleaning your groceries ( and we do it too, and I agree it's a real PITA and takes so long to get everything put away ). spray each pack with a little sanitiser, and wipe over with a clean cloth or kitchen towel .. keep gloves on while doing it.. and remember not to spray where the use by date ism, because it takes the date right off.. !!

Throw any carrier bags away.. or if using your own bags either put them in the washing machine or wipe them down with bleach solution ( just a tiny amount of bleach to a lot of water)..or use sanitiser .. then hang them somewhere out of the way.

Another tip given was to always wear the same shoes to the supermarket... when you get home take your shoes off at the door, (outside or inside)... spray the soles with sanitiser, or wipes whatever you're using and leave them in that same place , using them only to wear where other people have been contaminating areas..

for example if no-one but you and yours have been in your garden, you do not need to sanitise your shoes..

Sanitiser is very expensive to buy in bottles, ( we still have none available in the stores here )... but we make our own. Buy a large bottle of rubbing alcohol ( Isopropyl) with a minimum strength of 70%... then mix it 2/3rds Alcohol, to 1/3 Aloe vera gel, for hand cleaning (the aloe vera will keep your hands soft)... and use the straight unmixed Isoprpyl for the sanitising everything else...

I bought a dozen small spray bottle (handbag size).. online, and decanted a jugful of the mix into them, and put a bottle in every bag we carry and also a bottle in each of the cars... .
We wear gloves to the stores, but after storing the shopping bags in the car, and disposing of the gloves we still spray our hands before touching the steering whell..and after we put the shopping away we clean the front door handles inside and out..
 

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Seriously, washing edible skins of fruits and produce with any kind of household soap is not a good idea. We just finished a course in cleaning those types of things because people are doing it and the CDC recommends not doing it as it may cause gastrointestinal distress. They do make a soap or cleaner especially for fruits and vegetables, (we have some at work, but don't sell it), or use lemon juice. Although lemon juice is not an antibacterial, the acid will help rid the skins of some bacteria's and germs.
 
I bought three pounds of coffee beans today using our downtown curbside service.

They went into the freezer where they will stay for about a week before the first pound gets thawed out and used.

The wife always goes shopping for regular groceries on Weds and takes every precaution. She is adamant that I don't go into any regular store since I have " pre-existing conditions." I kind of miss making an occasional grocery shopping trip, … and it enables me to cart home some goodies that would not make it past her nutrition test. Now days, I have to behave myself.
 
I don't mind wearing a mask, but those one-way aisles are annoying. I always seem to get going the wrong way, or what I need is at the far end so I have to go over one, walk its length and then make a u-turn. It's a wonder I haven't gotten a ticket yet.
 
I don't mind wearing a mask, but those one-way aisles are annoying. I always seem to get going the wrong way, or what I need is at the far end so I have to go over one, walk its length and then make a u-turn. It's a wonder I haven't gotten a ticket yet.

I have the same problem with the one-way aisles. I hate them. I always seem to be facing the wrong arrow! Those aisles are set up more for the benefit of the store, which is forcing us to walk up and down every aisle, or at least a lot of aisles we are not interested in, just to get to the aisle next door! (And maybe see an impulse buying item?) This may not be the main reason they've set up the one-way aisles, but it does seem to work out more for the store's benefit. And a major nuisance for customers who might have trouble walking.
 
I've noticed in our local store the one-way aisles aren't even consistent. I no longer pay attention. No one has had a meltdown over it yet. They are more of a nuisance than anything else.
 


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