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Originally Posted by Less
Had to do some essential shopping today, got to the supermarket and folk queuing outside,
I stood on one of the markers for 'safe' distancing in front of me was a diminutive lady who happened to be the only one wearing a mask. straight away I could tell she took social distancing very seriously because her eyebrows formed a permanent glare at anyone approaching within 50yds. To avoid herself peircing stare I looked into the distance across the carpark.
she entered the store and I forgot about her until I was let in and I caught up with her at fruit and veg,
I hope she had used a strong hand sanitiser (such as bleach) because she was squeezing all the melons in a box to test for ripeness, not satisfied by any of the examples in that box she attempted to lean over to the box behind causing her to almost go prone, (as I said she isn't tall) this meant her clothes were now rubbing against the fruits in the first box thus any disease she may have is generously passed on to others not just covid.
I've no problems with masks, wear one if it makes you feel more secure but please refrain from using bad habits that could cause problems for others.
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Under normal circumstances I hate doing the regular food shopping and try to get it done as fast as reasonably possible. As a result I normally pay little attention to my fellow shoppers observing them only to extent necessary to avoid getting in their way or bumping into them. Under the current circumstances shopping has to be a much slower activity and I have little choice but to observe fellow shoppers if only to relieve the boredom of waiting to move forward another 2 meters.
I have come to the conclusion that one could fill several books with the apparently strange and sometimes irrational activities of others. Whilst “squeezing all the melons in a box to test for ripeness” is an activity that has a rational (if annoying) basis the same activity with sliced loaves in relatively transparent packages is far less rational and when applied in conjunction with the reading of the labels to all the tins of baked beans can have no basis in rationality.
More puzzling was the person who’s choice of frozen peas between ‘own brand’ and ‘well known brand’ seemed to require two ‘phone calls, the first to discover ‘if John has had his tea yet?’ and the second to see ‘if the washing was was finished?’. Then there was the lady who always removed her face mask to speak.
There are times when you wonder if you have got onto the set of a candid camera version of Last of the Summer Wine.