W2R
Moderator Emeritus
At some point this madness has got to stop and it will.
I sure hope so.
The last time I went to the grocery store was over a month ago, on March 3rd. I am not starving, but I have been trying to space out my (frozen) steak dinners with canned soup for dinner, and I'm tired of it.
I'd sure like to go to the grocery store again. I suggested it to F earlier this week, and he told me that our Trader Joe's was closed due to two employees who tested positive for the virus. They were only closed for two days for cleaning, and then re-opened; the other employees still work there even though they were in contact with their sick co-workers. Since then I have heard that in the past week or two our Whole Foods, Costco, Dorignac's (local supermarket), and, well, essentially every grocery store in town has had similar experiences with employees who have coronavirus, often multiple employees, and all have had to close temporarily or just remain open and send those employees home. So, I reluctantly decided not to go to a local grocery store right now.
Meanwhile we are supplementing what food we have at home, with Amazon Prime Pantry. Amazon has sick workers too, so we wipe down the foods we get and hope for the best. Also we have been getting hot take-out meals from our favorite restaurant, which only has their cook and one other employee on site these days.
There are several other options like Wal-Mart pickup that are available and I could try but haven't, so I'm not saying we are desperate or needing the forum to come up with a better solution than canned soup. I guess what I am saying is that I miss the old days when we could just go shopping on impulse, whenever and wherever we wanted, without a care in the world.
I am figuring this madness will stop by the end of summer. Or at least that is my hope, based on nothing in particular.