coltle6920
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Might get a little bumpy. I also expect to tick off some people here but no worries. I'll get over it. 
To set things up I got bad knees that really get worse from walking too much.
Going to the bank was first on my list of things to do. On their door was a piece of paper with some multi-colored print on it. It looked like something they post for an upcoming holiday. I hobble over to the door to read "Lobby closed, use drive thru". I'm ticked now as I return to my truck. I go to the drive thru and the teller asks me "How's it going today". I tell him it would be a helluva a lot better if your sign was bigger. He says "But we highlighted the words". I tried to tell him if it was bigger I wouldn't have had to get out of my vehicle to read it. He had that blank look on his face that one usually only gets from a teenager. I get my money and am on my way to the next challenge.
The supermarket was my next stop. The lot was full but it wasn't going to get any better so in I go. There wasn't any social distancing. At least people weren't staying 6ft from each other. The shelves were still missing items but I got everything I wanted. As I approach the checkout lines people are forced to get somewhat close because there wasn't any room to spread out.
The woman in front of me starts putting her items one at a time on the belt. When she finished I moved up and started emptying my cart. All of a sudden she lets loose a tirade on me for not keeping my distance. She was already at the register while I was halfway up the belt more than 6ft away.
"You have to stay behind the line" she yells. I ask her "What line? There isn't a sign there." She yells back
"There's blue tape on the ground.Are you stupid?" Then the cashier steps in. "You're supposed to stay behind the blue tape." I say "I didn't see the tape on the floor. If I did I wouldn't know what it was for. Again I ask where is the sign?" The woman in front of me is really starting to piss me off with her comments and she unleashes some profanities as she walks away.
So now I'm at the register and talking to the cashier. Suddenly she takes off and a young man comes back with her. He's the shop steward and gives me the talk about the virus and keeping ones distance. That's when I lay into him the same way one would talk to any idiot with no common sense. The 6ft rule for social distancing is a bunch of **** and not the law. Normally you have the cart plus maybe a foot between you and the person in front of you. As long as no one is coughing or spitting there's minimal if any danger of contamination.
So now the cashier goes and gets the head cashier. She starts to lecture me and I put my hand up. I tell her "You mean to tell me that people can be bunched up behind the blue tape but are safe once it's their turn to put their items on the belt? You have 3 lanes open but they're right next to each other. People have nowhere to move or go. You're a bunch of hypocrites and you're enforcing the same hysteria as the news media."
I decided to leave before they called the cops. Next stop was the liquor store. What could possibly go wrong there? Turns out the Mayor is forcing all liquor stores to shut down operations by tomorrow at 5pm. I found out about it in the parking lot. It explains why the place was packed inside.
Well I'm home now with plenty of food,booze and a newly found attitude toward the whole stinking situation.
To set things up I got bad knees that really get worse from walking too much.
Going to the bank was first on my list of things to do. On their door was a piece of paper with some multi-colored print on it. It looked like something they post for an upcoming holiday. I hobble over to the door to read "Lobby closed, use drive thru". I'm ticked now as I return to my truck. I go to the drive thru and the teller asks me "How's it going today". I tell him it would be a helluva a lot better if your sign was bigger. He says "But we highlighted the words". I tried to tell him if it was bigger I wouldn't have had to get out of my vehicle to read it. He had that blank look on his face that one usually only gets from a teenager. I get my money and am on my way to the next challenge.
The supermarket was my next stop. The lot was full but it wasn't going to get any better so in I go. There wasn't any social distancing. At least people weren't staying 6ft from each other. The shelves were still missing items but I got everything I wanted. As I approach the checkout lines people are forced to get somewhat close because there wasn't any room to spread out.
The woman in front of me starts putting her items one at a time on the belt. When she finished I moved up and started emptying my cart. All of a sudden she lets loose a tirade on me for not keeping my distance. She was already at the register while I was halfway up the belt more than 6ft away.
"You have to stay behind the line" she yells. I ask her "What line? There isn't a sign there." She yells back
"There's blue tape on the ground.Are you stupid?" Then the cashier steps in. "You're supposed to stay behind the blue tape." I say "I didn't see the tape on the floor. If I did I wouldn't know what it was for. Again I ask where is the sign?" The woman in front of me is really starting to piss me off with her comments and she unleashes some profanities as she walks away.
So now I'm at the register and talking to the cashier. Suddenly she takes off and a young man comes back with her. He's the shop steward and gives me the talk about the virus and keeping ones distance. That's when I lay into him the same way one would talk to any idiot with no common sense. The 6ft rule for social distancing is a bunch of **** and not the law. Normally you have the cart plus maybe a foot between you and the person in front of you. As long as no one is coughing or spitting there's minimal if any danger of contamination.
So now the cashier goes and gets the head cashier. She starts to lecture me and I put my hand up. I tell her "You mean to tell me that people can be bunched up behind the blue tape but are safe once it's their turn to put their items on the belt? You have 3 lanes open but they're right next to each other. People have nowhere to move or go. You're a bunch of hypocrites and you're enforcing the same hysteria as the news media."
I decided to leave before they called the cops. Next stop was the liquor store. What could possibly go wrong there? Turns out the Mayor is forcing all liquor stores to shut down operations by tomorrow at 5pm. I found out about it in the parking lot. It explains why the place was packed inside.
Well I'm home now with plenty of food,booze and a newly found attitude toward the whole stinking situation.
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