I noticed that since early Sept our small Walmart has gotten rid of all the poles they had set up as barricades segregating the entrance and exit, except for a barrier inside the store doors dividing the foot traffic. They no longer had an outside section for maintaining a socially distanced line. I no longer noticed signage requiring masks. Most customers wear masks as do all employees. There is lots of signage about social distancing.
Our local big Walmart is following your small one, with about two weeks delay. After reading your post, I specifically looked for a "mask required" sign(s) at the door on this morning's trip there. No signs. Was surprised, every other grocery store and lots of other stores have signs up. Everyone I saw inside had a mask on, as did I. Saw one guy leaving the store pushing a cart with two hands in the parking lot just 50' or so from the store. If he took off his mask in that 50', I sure don't know what he did with it, no evidence and he kept on moving.
While I'm at it, here's a DFW area Walmart update:
Isopropyl Alcohol - Have been seeing pint bottles of 70% relatively regularly, last two trips saw quarts of 91%, got one last Sunday. Can use it to refresh hand sanitizer that may have lost some of its alcohol due to evaporation, or dilute as desired.
TP - every brand and type.
PT - All the usual brands, the level of Bounty is up and down, they always have the select-a-sheet in some quantity. The full-sheet Bounty is more rare, and when it's in, not much of it. From other store chains around here, it looks like either split-sheets has become most of the consumer market, or they diverted manufacturing priority to it. I need full-sheets for many cleaning duties, oil changes, vehicle work, etc.
Pump-spray disinfecting cleaner - normally unobtainable, but last week a guy was putting GV brand on shelf, I got one. Sunday, was vacant again. Today, they had Lysol brand, maybe 20 of them. I suspect they were put out around 8 AM.
Hand sanitizer - You need hand sanitizer? They have it all over the store, displays all over, they are running out of places to put it. All sizes, brands, pumpers, refills. I don't see anyone looking at it, much less buying any. It reminds me of Shingrix... the company that developed Shingrix, to my knowledge, has not opened up any new plants to manufacture it. Probably because after all the people clamoring for it get it, a second plant or line would be of no use. The capital cost of creating it gone. Idle. Just the main plant/line making it for the ongoing use. But hand sanitizer all sorts of manufactures in at least 3 countries jumped in. Some with dubious intent.
