Updated!! Might want to fasten your seatbelt...

[coltle6920]

I forgot to add this because the post was getting long winded.

The hag in front of me only had 4 items... some meat and 3bags of chips. I felt like asking her if she forgot to get a bottle of Midol while shopping. She belonged in the self checkout or 15 or less items but they were standing cheek to cheek. I'm sure if I don't see her again I'll probably see someone just like her.

I'm not really mad. It just took me by surprise and was compounded by trying to reason with all of them.

 

[sigp220.45]

Same as marijuana dispensaries in CA.
At least Colorado hasn't taken away our plastic straws yet.
Liquor stores are shut down as of tomorrow at 5pm.

Not anymore.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Are we talking about Europe or is that our stats?

Worldwide statistic.

In the midst of the fear, a beacon of kindness.

Father Giuseppe Berardelli, the main priest in the town of Casnigo, died last week in Lovere hospital.
According to the hospital, he refused to use a respirator his parishioners had bought for him - choosing to give it to a younger patient he did not know, instead.

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[vonn]

Now you know why ammo is sold out. Scared people are everywhere and things can get sideways very quickly.

 

[robrossk]

Up to this point people in our local grocery store have been very civil and I have not seen any outbursts from anyone. Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[mod34]

I forgot to add this because the post was getting long winded.

The hag in front of me only had 4 items... some meat and 3bags of chips. I felt like asking her if she forgot to get a bottle of Midol while shopping. She belonged in the self checkout or 15 or less items but they were standing cheek to cheek. I'm sure if I don't see her again I'll probably see someone just like her.

I'm not really mad. It just took me by surprise and was compounded by trying to reason with all of them.

Every time I try to combat STUPID I typically find myself exhausted and having to admit failure.

 

[Salty RI]

It sounds like you had a lot of fun,if I were you I would go back today and do it again. [emoji1]

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[Rule3]

What you should have asked is "why are you the cashier not 6 feet away from every customer that comes through"??
Also when the group of head cashiers was there were they 8 feet away from each other.
Ask them how often was the credit card machine disinfected. Did they do it after every customer pushed the buttons??

 

[pharman]

Why are they essential?

Nope.

It's because they are essential.

Please give some reasons why they are essential...

 

[Chief Wiggums]

Let it go.
Seriously.....it is behind you

my .02
do not binge watch the news

Ohio has a daily broadcast from our Gov , which tells me everything that I need to know.

stay away from all of the negativity that is on the WWW
come to the Lounge for a laugh

 

[Maddog 521]

The "blue and yellow tape" on the floor are new to me. We don't have any on our floors. Maybe I don't get out enough.

 

[vt_shooter]

I forgot to add this because the post was getting long winded.

The hag in front of me only had 4 items... some meat and 3bags of chips. I felt like asking her if she forgot to get a bottle of Midol while shopping. She belonged in the self checkout or 15 or less items but they were standing cheek to cheek. I'm sure if I don't see her again I'll probably see someone just like her.

I'm not really mad. It just took me by surprise and was compounded by trying to reason with all of them.

You should have given her a swift kick in the butt, enough to lift her off the ground an inch or two

Just kidding, no violence. Some people are simply more stressed out these days, and that stress will manifest in different ways; the best we can do is try to be understanding and not let the little sht bother us.

 

[Redeker]

In Ky the liquor stores are currently open, while nonessential's closed last night. But here in Ky we have some liquor stores with drive thru windows, so we can keep the social distance. Skol!

 

[LoboGunLeather]

New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo said all "non-essential" businesses must close. But, get this...not liquor stores. They are "essential".

Essential? Yes, to the taxing authorities. Liquor, beer, and wine all cost less to produce and distribute than the federal excise tax, state alcohol tax, and sales taxes (city, county, state). Neither the liquor store owner nor the beverage producer make as much as the various government taxing authorities.

Shut down liquor sales and you shut off the tap on a huge revenue stream at every level of government.

 

[Sayoc01]

This is proof of an old saying still being true...I find myself using it more & more!! You can't fix STUPID!!

 

[glowe]

The most amazing and scary thing I noticed is that there were other members here that actually added likes to the OP's tirades!!!

I especially liked the characterization of a woman in line being called a Hag! You might not be mad, but you are very disturbed!!!

 

[loknload]

Here in PA they closed down the state run Liquor stores but Beer distributors remain open?
Go figure?

 

[dockmurgw]

The most amazing and scary thing I noticed is that there were other members here that actually added likes to the OP's tirades!!!

I especially liked the characterization of a woman in line being called a Hag! You might not be mad, but you are very disturbed!!!

I just added a like to the OP's "tirade", for no other reason than this post.

 

[Erich]

Sorry you had a bad day, coltle6920. Happens to all of us - it's good we can remember when we see it happening to someone else. Hope we all have a good one today.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Here in PA they closed down the state run Liquor stores but Beer distributors remain open?
Go figure?

Historically, beer has always been considered more as a food product than an alcoholic beverage (although it is both). The first public law related to pure foods was the Reinheitsgebot (literal translation: purity order) dating to 1516 and enforced throughout the German Empire and its colonies. Every settlement company immigrating to North America after its "discovery" always included a brewer because of the known health dangers of consuming water prior to sanitary public water systems.

People have been brewing and consuming beer for at least 5500 years, and perhaps as long as 10,000 years. Some anthropologists have suggested that one of the main reasons for settling into permanent communities (rather than continuing the hunter-gatherer life) was the time required to properly age their beer.

Speaking for myself, I am not about to be critical of such an essential element in the development of human civilization. I may just have a beer in celebration!