I read the other day that Wally World (and others) are back to limiting the number of people in the store. May just be here in WA, didn't say. So, back to long lines to get in.
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I believe the latest directive around these parts is 25% capacity on Retail .. in door dining curtailed .. serious discussions on fines, with a few municipalities having initiated fines for no mask, etc ..
What undermines this effort is the out and out admission from the 5 / 0 that they don't have the manpower nor the will to enforce .. which, is quite true .. it may be coming to requiring a Rent a Cop stationed at the door demanding no mask, no entrance .. I don't know, but there are still a good cadre of folks around here that go maskless ..
Black Friday in store sales will either have folks wrapped around the block or thin crowds, who knows .. ?? The Big Box stores should just give out a coupon good for 48 hours or so for the high discount goods, IMO, and hold the goods for pickup or at least something like that .. what I do know is, I won't be standing in line for anything ..
Although I have not yet witnessed it, there are local reports of TP shortages, etc, much like the earlier part of this dreadful year ..
I decided to get some Chinese take out yesterday evening, so, I drove over to my favorite spot since I really did not want to call in an order nor do I like these "in-app" orderings .. they are allowed a walk in order .. I placed my order, shrimp fried rice, no peas, no carrots, no onions, 2 eggs, please, side order of crab rangoon .. and the very attractive young woman struck up a short conversation with me, essentially about how difficult it's been for them, a family owned business .. I was sympathetic, left a good tip .. the phone did not ring nor did anyone else walk in to place an order for the 20 minutes or so while I was there ..
They did an excellent job ..
Support your local eateries .. the ones that local people own and run ..