Quote from: Techno on 15 April 2020, 07:55:03 AM
The trolleys ?.........No nothing in them.....I mean the empty ones, outside the store, before you go in......Then, having put 'the shop' in the car.....(and locked it  )....returning the empty trolley 'from whence it came'.

I meant the sanitising equipment. Leave it outside and POOF!, watch it disappear. No one will even have to say 'Abracadabra' . . .

Alcohol hand gel you say? Well, I have been jonesing for a pint... tastes like stomach pump!

Quote from: fred. on 15 April 2020, 06:59:04 AM

Once you have gloves on don't touch your face
Don't use your phone when you have gloves on
How are you paying - best to have that readily accessible and separate from your wallet, as you will need to touch this with gloved hands

I tend to have a hand sanitiser in my pocket, so I can 'clean' my hands if I do need to use my phone etc

And consider avoiding the self-service tills - I found that the touch screen wouldn't work with my gloves on so had to take one glove off. I then had to sterilise my hands, wallet and debit card.

Yeah, I've ended up trying to enter stuff on similar using by wrist, a knuckle, and elbow - anything to try and break the chain of contact back to "whoops I scratched my face without thinking about it" before I can clean off!

On a similar note, NOT touching my face until home and cleaned up makes me realise just how often you do it without thinking, an by the time I'm back it's some kind of mental wrestling match to keep my hands down as my face seems drawn towards them

Quote from: Raider4 on 15 April 2020, 08:23:19 AM
I meant the sanitising equipment. Leave it outside and POOF!, watch it disappear. No one will even have to say 'Abracadabra' . . .

I think they've got too many 'monitors' outside the store, Martyn..(Making sure we all behave, and queue properly)..I'm sure they're keeping their eyes on it.....But I take your point.

Quote from: Westmarcher on 15 April 2020, 08:50:45 AM
And consider avoiding the self-service tills - I found that the touch screen wouldn't work with my gloves on so had to take one glove off. I then had to sterilise my hands, wallet and debit card.

Another good point, Davy.....I VERY rarely use those, though.
There was one thing that I heard on the radio, a few weeks ago that made me go, "YEEEUGH !...You're kidding me !"
The touch screens in MacDonalds were tested for bacteria etc.(somewhere in the UK) and found to have traces of a revolting substance on them......If I say "That shows certain folk, don't wash their hands after being to the loo,"......I'm sure you can guess what it was.

Cheers - Phil 

As well as the team at Pendraken Towers doing such a brilliant job producing the face shields.....One other thing that has really lifted my spirits recently, has been the public's response to the 99 year old veteran, Capt Tom Moore....

(For those outside the UK)

Having started out to raise £1,000...by doing a hundred 'laps' of his garden......(raising funds for NHS Charities together).....I hear he's now raised something between eight and a half million and eleven million. (Depending on who you hear it from.).....His garden actually looks pretty long, and he's using wheeled walking frame to aid him in his efforts !

Absolutely astonishing !  :-bd

Hat's off to Captain Tom !

Cheers - Phil   

Quote from: toxicpixie on 15 April 2020, 08:54:49 AM
On a similar note, NOT touching my face until home and cleaned up makes me realise just how often you do it without thinking, an by the time I'm back it's some kind of mental wrestling match to keep my hands down as my face seems drawn towards them

Yes (strokes beard), it's surprising (rub forehead) how often I (itches ear) touch my (strokes beard) face (scratches cheek) . . .

Quote from: Techno on 16 April 2020, 06:40:43 AM
As well as the team at Pendraken Towers doing such a brilliant job producing the face shields.....One other thing that has really lifted my spirits recently, has been the public's response to the 99 year old veteran, Capt Tom Moore....

(For those outside the UK)

Having started out to raise £1,000...by doing a hundred 'laps' of his garden......(raising funds for NHS Charities together).....I hear he's now raised something between eight and a half million and eleven million. (Depending on who you hear it from.).....His garden actually looks pretty long, and he's using wheeled walking frame to aid him in his efforts !

Absolutely astonishing !  :-bd

Hat's off to Captain Tom !

Cheers - Phil   

Does that mean he's done over a million laps of his garden

But seriously, well done Captain Tom Moore

Latest on the BBC news website is that he's finished his 100 laps and has raised £12m. IIRC he intends to carry on, again based upon the BBC.

Quote from: Raider4 on 16 April 2020, 07:28:48 AM
Yes (strokes beard), it's surprising (rub forehead) how often I (itches ear) touch my (strokes beard) face (scratches cheek) . . .

Bang on

Quote from: Steve J on 16 April 2020, 10:50:38 AM
Latest on the BBC news website is that he's finished his 100 laps and has raised £12m. IIRC he intends to carry on, again based upon the BBC.

Brilliant, well done that man

Latest total is £16m according to the BBC.

 

Absolutely brilliant !!!....And I believe it all came about when his family challenged him to do the 100 'laps', before he reached his century.

Smashing bit of news.

Forgot to mention, yesterday.....Tesco's seemed ridiculously busy for what was 'an almost' normal Thursday. Couldn't believe how many cars were in the car park at that time !....Fair do's, I was only number six in the queue to get into the shop....and it didn't take long for me to get to pole position on the grid.

I couldn't decide whether it was that busy because (I guess) folk are still on an Easter break, or we had had a load of invaders who had sneaked into Pembrokeshire.

Could have been extra folk who should have been on their hols abroad....But are now stuck here.....Hmmm.

A lot of people were being a bit 'off' and ignoring the social distancing  instructions.....simply whizzing down the aisles, and past everyone else without even trying to leave a wide berth.
For the first time for quite a while there was a bit of a 'tense atmosphere' in the store....Nothing along the lines of panic buying..But it was slightly unpleasant.

Because I go in at almost the same time every visit, I usually recognise something around 90% of the shoppers.....Yesterday was nothing like that. Only person I know I've seen before was a young lass who was moaning to me about the people barging past her.....She had a damn good glare at them...But I don't think they noticed.

I'll see what it's like next week.

Cheers - Phil

Still big queues at ASDA again this morning, but managed to get position number 4 as I arrived 40 minutes early and they were still queueing when I left. Atmosphere normal or weary acceptance and only a few familiar faces. At Lidl a queue again but allowed straight in due to son being on NHS at risk register. Still ASDA had pretty much everything except in the baking aisle, which was somewhat bare. Lidl OK.

Went down early this morning. Short queue for ASDA, but loads of cars on Grange Road, which is pedestrianised. One thing puzzling me - Iceland were not opening til 11.30 hrs. ASDA is on normal hours - and seemed well stocked as well.