Shopping
for groceries very early in the morning is a little different. Staff are busy
restocking shelves, so you don’t know if the empty spots will be filled later
in the day or whether some items just won’t arrive.
On
my most recent trip, arriving at the store at 7:00 am yesterday (this time
period was set aside for seniors), there were few shoppers. That is not unusual
as many older people probably take awhile to get going in the morning and
prefer not to rise or leave home too early. I did notice that most of us were
men, curiously. Did we all get what we were supposed to? I know I missed a
couple of items.
On
this trip, everyone was keeping their distance – as they have been advised to
do. More than that, several seemed wary of even acknowledging their fellow
shoppers. Except for one couple who kept apologizing for not moving faster down
the aisle. I told them not to be concerned as none of us were in any rush.
This
is all a new experience, both the shopping so early, and alone, and the
circumstances that are moving us to change our shopping habits. The seniors’
hour is being met with different responses depending on the story and the area
of the city. Some place report larger numbers of shoppers with lineups outside.
Some people have said the shelves are not as full as during other parts of the
day since staff are busy in the morning restocking.
While
I found some items in short supply at 7:00 am, they were not that much
different that I had found in previous visits. My suspicion is that people are
just buying more than they would normally do, thus restocking could not keep up
as they had in the past. I also did not experience any large number of shopper
so that must be a function of the size of the store and the area of the city.
Since
we cannot pop out to our local, favourite pub for lunch or dinner these days,
we will be shopping more. So, for the time being we’ll have to get used to new
times and different selections of available items.
I
hope we don’t have to get used to a new Covidhug!
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