[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Shoppers in Wales have criticised government measures which mean "non-essential items" have been put behind metal barriers or covered with plastic sheeting in supermarkets.

Photos on social media show products such as pillows and bedsheets under a plastic covering at a Tesco store, while a photo from a Morrisons supermarket shows children's clothes behind a cordon.

One social media user has pointed how baby clothes have been deemed to be non-essential in a Tesco supermarket in Cardiff, while vodka is still available on the shelves in the same store.

A photo from a Tesco store in Pengam Green shows products including cups and plates behind metal barriers too.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...riers-12112887

I expect the vodka will be incarcerated next

[user104658]

It's just plain stupid, some daft bugger has decided that "essentials" means "food" and that everything else is non-essential when that's clearly nonsense.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

It's just plain stupid, some daft bugger has decided that "essentials" means "food" and that everything else is non-essential when that's clearly nonsense.

Yes, it is nonsense, I agree.

[Swan]

Moron

[arista]

Trouble Maker.

[bots]

that video is obviously staged

[Cherie]

its not the shops workers fault

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

its not the shops workers fault

Yes they are doing what the Local Power
has demanded.
He should have gone to the Local Council Office.

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

that video is obviously staged

Yes the way the other Mobile Phone person filmed it.
It was spoken about on tonight's Ch4HDnews
without showing the staged video

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes they are doing what the Local Power
has demanded.
He should have gone to the Local Council Office.

I hope that this doesn't kick off, when we locked down in March it was light, the weather was fairly decent, bit of novelty value intiially at least for people working from home, all that has evaporated now, it will be dark at 5 O'clock, nowhere to go and nothing to do, and now not even a litte mini browse in the supermarket to ease the boredom, add to that areas of low infection are locked down, its a bit of a worry in all honesty

[Kizzy]

Why is everyone so surprised? All this happened during the first lock down. Non essentials were not sold. If I were them I'd have just removed them from the shop floor for 2 weeks. Having them taped off is just fuelling the back lash.

[Kizzy]

It's really laughable that the same people that were bleating about people outdoors during the first lock down are now crying because they can't pop to sainsbury's for a cushion :/

[reece(:]

Those images are disgraceful.

WHERE. IS. THE. SCIENCE. TO. THIS?!

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

It's really laughable that the same people that were bleating about people outdoors during the first lock down are now crying because they can't pop to sainsbury's for a cushion :/

there is a complete difference between MIXING with kids from other households playing football, and going ON YOUR OWN to a supermarket where you can social distance.

[Gabbys_MTV]

That's terrible omg.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Why is everyone so surprised? All this happened during the first lock down. Non essentials were not sold. If I were them I'd have just removed them from the shop floor for 2 weeks. Having them taped off is just fuelling the back lash.

didnt happen in my area, you could buy what you liked, Easter eggs and all

[Dogeatdog]

People will go to the shops regardless if certain items are taped off from buying and whether they actually need essential items or not since it’s a day out and they’re bored. It happened throughout the first lockdown.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Why is everyone so surprised? All this happened during the first lock down. Non essentials were not sold. If I were them I'd have just removed them from the shop floor for 2 weeks. Having them taped off is just fuelling the back lash.

Not here. The "upstairs area" of Tesco (clothes and tech) had a staff member on the escalators but that was to impose a "five person maximum" one-in-one-out system and you had to say what you were going up for, I assume to lessen people just going up to browse for ages. But you could still buy any item. Also a lot of this sort of stuff (cards and stationery, bed linen etc) is downstairs and none of that was ever blocked.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

there is a complete difference between MIXING with other kids playing football, and going ON YOUR OWN to a supermarket where you can social distance.

Right... so it's wrong to mill about with strangers/ neighbours outside during a lock down but inside a supermarket it's fine? .. OK.

Iirc there was restrictions on many items supermarkets sold in spring, there was no cookware or make up, I'm sure other items were removed too to make way for more essential items.

[Jake.]

I think that we were told that we should only be shopping for essentials (back in March) but you could still buy everything in the supermarkets / whatever shops were open at the time

It feels like a lifetime ago

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Right... so it's wrong to mill about with strangers/ neighbours outside during a lock down but inside a supermarket it's fine? .. OK.

Iirc there was restrictions on many items supermarkets sold in spring, there was no cookware or make up, I'm sure other items were removed too to make way for more essential items.

what are you not getting, playing football you can be physically in contact with other kids especially if they are friends, even when outside you have to socially distance, being outside does not allow you to circumvent social distancing, not sure what you get up to in Morrybobs but getting up close and personal with fellow shoppers is not for most

if you check Dezzy's and Amys posts their areas didnt restrict either, maybe Leeds was different

[bots]

The reason for not selling non essential items is because other shops forced to close complained about losing business, nothing related to infection rates. While understandable it's completely pointless with items being available on line. No one minds sensible restrictions but more and more restrictions have no effect on the infection rate, and it makes people more likely to ignore the restrictions that really matter

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I’m not being funny but if argos shuts i’m gonna riot

[Kizzy]

Essentials only

Shopping is no longer a leisure activity.

Instead, visits to a store - which you're only supposed to make to pick up essentials - will be carefully regulated.

The rules are as much to protect store workers as shoppers.




https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...iness-52022240

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

what are you not getting, playing football you can be physically in contact with other kids especially if they are friends, even when outside you have to socially distance, being outside does not allow you to circumvent social distancing, not sure what you get up to in Morrybobs but getting up close and personal with fellow shoppers is not for most

if you check Dezzy's and Amys posts their areas didnt restrict either, maybe Leeds was different

What are you not getting? ... I'm not the one confused by the term 'essential items'.

Maybe Leeds was different maybe we took it more seriously? it sure sounds like it.