“Masks or Cloth Face Coverings Required in Public in Conn. Starting Tonight to Slow COVID-19 “
Field report this morning—I hit the early “senior hour” at the nearest Walmart (N CT).
Traffic was light but there were a lot of blue collar folks in their trucks out early heading to work. CT has allowed a lot of blue collar type businesses to stay open as “essential”. I also noticed that convenience stores were open. The governor’s “essential” list is a large one—and the wild claims we see around here about everything being closed is just wrong in this state.
I had not visited Walmart for seven weeks—we did not run out of anything since I was well prepped back in February thanks to Chris Martenson and folks around here in the early CV threads.
All the employees and customers were wearing masks—really happy to see that.
There was a person at the front of the store to make sure only seniors entered but when I asked them if they wanted to see ID they indicated it was not necessary.
There were very few customers there at the early hour.
They had everything on my list—another win.
Paper products were limited to one per customer, so I bought the largest size of TP and paper towels. They did not have full stock, but had a decent selection.
Everything else I needed was available without limitation.
They were a little low on bread.
One amusing end-cap was a huge stack of paper plates—up to the ceiling—Looks like they over-produced those. :-)
After reading all the crazies around here, it was a pleasure to see the folks in N CT doing the right thing.
CT is going to do very well—flattening the curve while allowing a lot of businesses to stay open.