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"Well that settles it! I'm never grocery shopping on a Saturday!"
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"Well that settles it! I'm never grocery shopping on a Saturday!"
Description (Dublin Core)
This past Saturday, I went to the craft store at the local strip mall with my mom. I needed yarn to knit some lace onto a project I have going and she, upon hearing this, called a single 93 year old lady we do the shopping for during the pandemic and asked if she would like any yarn since she knits too, and she did. It was 1 pm when we were there and the line to get into the local Loblaws grocery store was the longest I have ever seen it. I counted at least 14 families in line, which would mean it would likely take them as much 30 mins to an hour to get into the store.
The other notable fact about the line is that it contained multiple children. Up until recently the policy was that only one individual per household was allowed in the store at a time and parents were not allowed to bring in children. As this policy has react parents and guardians, according to my mom who does our groceries, have started bringing their small children, sometimes in groups of 4 or 5. There are two sides to this of course, because firstly, many do not have the childcare to do others but the children often do not understand or observe social distancing in the stores.
As we drove around to leave and saw the line my mom exclaimed "Well that settles it! If ever I was tempted I am not doing groceries on a Saturday! No matter how desperate we are! It is never that busy on weekdays!"
The other notable fact about the line is that it contained multiple children. Up until recently the policy was that only one individual per household was allowed in the store at a time and parents were not allowed to bring in children. As this policy has react parents and guardians, according to my mom who does our groceries, have started bringing their small children, sometimes in groups of 4 or 5. There are two sides to this of course, because firstly, many do not have the childcare to do others but the children often do not understand or observe social distancing in the stores.
As we drove around to leave and saw the line my mom exclaimed "Well that settles it! If ever I was tempted I am not doing groceries on a Saturday! No matter how desperate we are! It is never that busy on weekdays!"
lines, social distancing, essentials
Date (Dublin Core)
July 11, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresseer
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
video
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Social Distance
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
children
lines
shopping
elderly
Collection (Dublin Core)
Children
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/13/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/25/2020
4/14/21
04/18/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/11/2020
This item was submitted on July 13, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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