They need to goto 'one way only' aisles. You've got workers trying to stock, you've got pickup people trying to pull items, you've got customers still dragging three generations into the store and they're all trying to be on the same aisle. It's madness.
Just got home from a cat food run. Go 1 hour before closing, few people, no lines. Plexiglass screens are new.
I don’t look forward to having to stand in line to get into the grocery store. In fact, I can’t stand for any length of time anyway. Will have to bring my walker (usually just use a cane) so can sit while I wait.
And then there is delivery of groceries. That is my probable solution although I understand deliveries are delayed by several days in our area.
Our local grocery store, Schnucks, has one-way in and out from the store. Only one person per family/cart is allowed. All store workers are masked.
“It’s madness.”
It’s madness alright, but not for the reason you’re thinking.
In our Costco, each person must have a shopping cart. If it is a husband and wife and two kids, the husband takes a cart and one child and the wife takes a cart with the other. They are treated as two separate units and only go through when two separate people leave he store. All carts are wiped down with sanitizer as they are taken into the store.
Our local Publix has implemented one way aisles. Honestly closing so many small businesses was a mistake. It is much easier to limit the number of customers and sanitize the smaller square footage of those spaces. Those smaller stores that usually don’t stock essentials could have probably started doing so even if it was temporary.
They can put directional arrows on the floor, like they do at IKEA.
I also think there is a clever dimension to these rules/set up: good customers will put up with it, and whiners will go elsewhere. It's a perfect arrangement.
That's a good idea.
Maybe they could put in a constantly moving conveyor belt, with chairs and baskets fixed to it every six feet, that would wind up and down every aisle in serpentine fashion. You get one “ride” per visit, and must grab whatever you are looking for as you pass by. Miss anything, and you have to come back for it tomorrow. They could even put in a viewing gallery on the second floor, and sell tickets for socially-distanced seats from which to view the ensuing chaos.
I think I’ve been inside too long.
So you’re ok with this?
Hope your safety measures are worth it.
LMAO
The last supermarket I was in did that, but the arrows on the floor were almost the same color as the flooring so I didn't even realize they were there until I was just about ready to leave.
What stores need to do is get rid of those cardboard advertising display racks for specific products that clog the aisles and make it impossible for more than one person to get by them at a time.
And shoppers need to realize that if they have to stop to browse, they should move their cart to the side instead of parking it smack dab in the middle of the aisle.
And most of all, stores need to get rid of those damn beeping google-eyed robots.