…to do our weekly shopping.
We were fearing the worst: crowds, empty shelves, Walmart-on-Black-Friday. You know, mayhem. For that reason we opted to go back to HelloFresh weekly delivery service for some of our dinners, not knowing what we'd find when we walked in the store.
We were surprised.
As expected, yes, the paper products aisle was stripped bare.
They were out anything with the name "Lysol" on it (we use the laundry sanitizer), hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol, and all varieties of hand and bar soap. The canned bean/vegetable aisle was also a little lean, but other than that it was a typical Sunday at the store. There were plenty of fresh veggies, frozen food, and dairy products. For once they even had a fully stocked egg shelf (something unusual for this particular store). People were affable and joking about the whole situation. There was no mad buying frenzy, and there weren't an inordinate number of shoppers; a little higher than normal, but not any worse than the weekend before the opening of GCU. They even had the majority of check-out lanes staffed—yet most were empty.
Not sure if this will be the case in two weeks. No one really does. This is all new for everyone, but I'm frankly more afraid of this hoarding mentality than of the virus itself. At least the store (and others, I've heard) are limiting the number of these high-demand items that can be purchased.
Living in LALA the land of earth quakes we have a shit load of emergency stuff. A 10 cu. ft. freezer, packed full, two generators. To add insult to injury our doctor told us, because we are OLD, to stay at home for the next three weeks, Really??