So today I had to go get groceries and as I was driving I had a phone call I had to take- so I pulled over...into a Wal-mart parking lot. (I am in CA but not in SoCo during all this).
As I sat there for nearly an hour on the phone, I was alarmed...and enraged by what I saw.
The parking lot was absolutely packed. Families of 4, 5...7 going into the store. Groups of 3-5 seemingly unrelated going into the store. No controls on number of people going in. People coming out with carts full of Easter shit. TV's. Clothing. Furniture. The people coming out with groceries or their prescription bags where a small, small minority.
And from the numbers of cars and people I saw I can only imagine how impossible any form of "Social distancing" was inside the store. But nobody seemed to care. I saw very few masks, even fewer gloves.
I can't put all the blame on Wal-Mart... clearly there is a substantial subset of the population that is *not* taking this seriously.
I've heard Target is a s%*t-show as well, though I've also heard they are doing much more to sanitize carts, checkouts, surfaces, etc.
I've heard Andy's and Whole Foods are a s$*t-show. That locally Community Market is seriously stepping up. Locally and nationally Trader Joes is stepping up.
Haven't heard anything about Olivers, Pacific Market, or Fircrest.... ?
I know when SoCO extended the "shelter in place" there was certainly language suggesting they knew a lot of businesses were not stepping up and need to....
I'd love to hear some feedback from people. What businesses are rising to the occasion? Which are putting profits before public safety? And, the more complicated question- which seem to be trying but are overwhelmed by people who just aren't getting it?