I’m back. Stopped in at dollar General to pick up cat food and litter. Out of milk and TP. Everything else was low. Typical Monday after blizzard shelves. Clerk said one guy had come in Saturday after truck had arrived and bought $200 worth of TP
At Walmart over a hundred employee were stocking shelves. A couple were former students of mine. They usually work at the distribution center. All were picking up a “few extra hours”. They were getting job done but waiting on the milk and soda truck deliveries. I got my meds and a few items and felt lucky that I spent less than $100.
One has died in Greensburg just south on Indy where Ps mom lives. She’s staying with daughter in middle of Brown County. One very ill at Columbus. So we are now surrounded.
Glad I’ve got supplies in cause staying in will be easy now.
Had to go pick up meds at local Walmart yesterday.
Many shoppers wearing masks and gloves.
Maybe 15% with masks, half of those also wearing gloves.
Scary in a way because you don’t know if they are wearing the mask because they have symptoms or just as a precautionary measure.
They also had T.P. for sale for the first time in days.
Limit 1 package to a shopper.
I didn’t need any - just reporting what I saw.
Amazon To Hire 100K New Workers To Keep Up With Surge Of Orders During Coronavirus Outbreak
Amazon on Monday announced plans to hire 100,000 new workers in the U.S. to keep up with a surge of orders
from people confined to their homes during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Seattle-based company said this weekend that a steep increase of orders is putting its operations under pressure.
It warned shoppers that it could take longer than the usual two days to get packages.
It also said it was sold out of many household cleaning supplies and is working to get more in stock.
"We are seeing a significant increase in demand, which means our labor needs are unprecedented for this time of year,"
said Dave Clark, who oversees Amazon's warehouse and delivery network.