03-30-2020, 02:38 PM
Just a quick rundown from my once-every-two-weeks restocking run.
Walmart was pretty well stocked - plenty bleach, pasta, ramen, soup, cereal, & animal feed. Low on toilet paper, large puzzles (special request), no margarine at all, still no isopropyl, but had hydrogen peroxide. Sign says they request customers only buy 1, but given they have been out of stock for over a month, I tried to get 2. Associate manning self-check out said nope - 1 only, now enforced. I guess they've dropped the "we're not Target" laissez-faire motto. Fair number of masks seen (maybe 1 in 8 people, mostly cloth/homemade, some surgical, few N95s)
Target was a bit more cleared out - got one of the last puzzles, low on cereals (8 max per purchase), no soup, no pasta, no rice. Also no margarine at all - just butter, but plenty dairy of all types. Also good stock & deals on fresh fruits & vegetables. Line checkout was organized to keep people 6ft+ apart. Fewer masks but more high end models such as N95s with exhalation valves.
Quick run into Safeway found some of the last margarine on the block, very few people, very few masks. Didn't do much checking, but heard someone complaining to the butcher about the lack of fresh crab (apparently an essential item for them today).
Overall, more people using PPE and clearly making an effort to keep a safe distance than before; many others still hugging and kissing to counter those efforts. Oh well, cosmic balance, Post tenebras spero lucem, or something - wait and see what Easter shopping brings.
Walmart was pretty well stocked - plenty bleach, pasta, ramen, soup, cereal, & animal feed. Low on toilet paper, large puzzles (special request), no margarine at all, still no isopropyl, but had hydrogen peroxide. Sign says they request customers only buy 1, but given they have been out of stock for over a month, I tried to get 2. Associate manning self-check out said nope - 1 only, now enforced. I guess they've dropped the "we're not Target" laissez-faire motto. Fair number of masks seen (maybe 1 in 8 people, mostly cloth/homemade, some surgical, few N95s)
Target was a bit more cleared out - got one of the last puzzles, low on cereals (8 max per purchase), no soup, no pasta, no rice. Also no margarine at all - just butter, but plenty dairy of all types. Also good stock & deals on fresh fruits & vegetables. Line checkout was organized to keep people 6ft+ apart. Fewer masks but more high end models such as N95s with exhalation valves.
Quick run into Safeway found some of the last margarine on the block, very few people, very few masks. Didn't do much checking, but heard someone complaining to the butcher about the lack of fresh crab (apparently an essential item for them today).
Overall, more people using PPE and clearly making an effort to keep a safe distance than before; many others still hugging and kissing to counter those efforts. Oh well, cosmic balance, Post tenebras spero lucem, or something - wait and see what Easter shopping brings.