How’s Eddie?

[MossRoad]

Of course you're right, but I LIKE TO LOOK at what's in there, and yep, I keep us overstocked on lots of things.:laughing:

My favorite is when I get home and unloading the groceries, my wife says "We have 4 of those downstairs".

 

[Dftodd]

Wal-Mart groceries are same price whether you go shopping or just shop over the internet and sit in your car in the little numberd stalls and call the phone number. It takes a day or two for the order to be ready, but you get a text and it is contact less. We have a remote opening hatchback van and don't even get out of the front seat. It is so effortless I am pretty sure we will continue this procedure. It was a "thing" long before covid, but we never used it until the local and wal-mart mask mandate came into being. Now it is all we use. I haven't been inside the store in a while. The pharmacy is drive thru, and we always used it because we didn't want to stand in line with a bunch of sick people all around you. It just seemed like good sense. They make you send the carrier back for disinfecting wipe-down when you get your order. Seems like a good idea to me.

So especially if you are in the "high risk" group, I say take advantage of the effortless, more safe way of getting your groceries.

The one thing I found though with both CVS and Walgreens. Their drivethroughs are slammed packed full of cars and inside the stores are dead.

I watched the same string of cars still in line at the drive thru, haven't moved an inch. While I'm in the store, got my meds and on my way out of the parking lot in about 5 minutes or less. And the only person I had contact with was a pharmacy tech behind a sheet of plexiglass. Closest I came to another customer was 20ft, and they were exiting three aisles over.

So you really gotta pick your battles

 

[MossRoad]

Neighbor and his wife both got it over Christmas. They have three kids ranging from 2 to 6.

I talked to him while he was out watching the kids. He was at his picnic table holding his head up, I was about 40ft away in the street. Gave him my number and told him if they needed groceries picked up, prescriptions, ect... to let me know since the local grocery store doesn't offer delivery.

He looked like death warmed over and said his wife was worse.

Hope they are better now.

Everyone in my family is over it now. The one we thought would die is my mother-in-law. 80 year old liver transplant survivor who's pretty weak to begin with. She was delirious and incoherent when I insisted on calling the Dr. and confirming to call the ambulance. 5 days in hospital and a return for 1 more day a couple days later. She's doing much better now and is able to live on her own still. The family member that gave it to all of us was probably in the best physical shape, and ended up in bed for 2 weeks along with their spouse. Grrrrr.... it was totally avoidable had they been honest. But, you could get hit by a drunk driver and say the same thing, I suppose.

Anyhow, I now know 3 more people (coworkers) this week that have it, bringing the total to about 35 survivors in my direct circle of friends, family, and coworkers. 4 dead. No long-haulers yet.

Good luck to anyone that gets it and best wishes. Hang in there. :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

The one thing I found though with both CVS and Walgreens. Their drivethroughs are slammed packed full of cars and inside the stores are dead.

I watched the same string of cars still in line at the drive thru, haven't moved an inch. While I'm in the store, got my meds and on my way out of the parking lot in about 5 minutes or less. And the only person I had contact with was a pharmacy tech behind a sheet of plexiglass. Closest I came to another customer was 20ft, and they were exiting three aisles over.

So you really gotta pick your battles

One of our children had to do a drive-through COVID test at CVS. That took some time to fill out the paperwork, swab their own nose, etc... The store was open, but they didn't want them to come in for the nasal swab. If you needed a candy bar, come on in!

 

[buck12]

We tried the grocery pickup deal a few times this spring. My wife didn稚 the fruit and some other items they picked for her and said she would do her own shopping. Like Eddy we got some random items we didn稚 order and one time we were shorted items.

 

[Dftodd]

Of course you're right, but I LIKE TO LOOK at what's in there, and yep, I keep us overstocked on lots of things.:laughing:

My mom was doing the curbside pickup for groceries. Her biggest issue was the quality of the fruits and vegetables. Subbed items didn't bother her too much. But the tub that had a bunch of rotten fruit in it was a deal breaker for her. She also said that whomever was filling her order didn't know the difference between cucumbers and zucchini.

She started doing her own grocery shopping again. She just goes in the off hours when it isn't crowded.

 

[Bearsixty7]

On the going for groceries subject... maybe you already know this, our grocery store has on-line ordering. When we were contagious, we needed some groceries but couldn't go out. We filled out the order on-line and scheduled a pick-up time. Drove up to the back of the store, called the number, popped the trunk from inside the car, they came out and loaded it in the trunk. No contact and no shopping. It was $5. Well worth it.

We also could have had it delivered to the house.

Those are some options your dad might want to investigate.

That's what the wife has been doing at Kroger and Wal-mart here for months. I even use it Home Depot, It also lets THEM find their missing inventory for some things before I go, if they don't find it to fill my order, I get a call and don't waste my time.

 

[MossRoad]

We've only done it at our local grocery chain. We don't grocery shop at Walmart. We do go to Meijer in person. We're fortunate to have a lot of grocery store options near by. Local, Walmart, Meijer, Kroger all within 3 miles of us. Probably a dozen large grocery stores within 10 miles of us.

 

[MossRoad]

That's what the wife has been doing at Kroger and Wal-mart here for months. I even use it Home Depot, It also lets THEM find their missing inventory for some things before I go, if they don't find it to fill my order, I get a call and don't waste my time.

Oh geeze, never thought about Home Despots and missing inventory. Great idea! I had to help them hunt down furnace filters a few weeks ago. Website said they had a bunch in stock. Slot listed was empty. I found them up high a couple shelves over.

 

[Dftodd]

Hope they are better now.

Everyone in my family is over it now. The one we thought would die is my mother-in-law. 80 year old liver transplant survivor who's pretty weak to begin with. She was delirious and incoherent when I insisted on calling the Dr. and confirming to call the ambulance. 5 days in hospital and a return for 1 more day a couple days later. She's doing much better now and is able to live on her own still. The family member that gave it to all of us was probably in the best physical shape, and ended up in bed for 2 weeks along with their spouse. Grrrrr.... it was totally avoidable had they been honest. But, you could get hit by a drunk driver and say the same thing, I suppose.

Anyhow, I now know 3 more people (coworkers) this week that have it, bringing the total to about 35 survivors in my direct circle of friends, family, and coworkers. 4 dead. No long-haulers yet.

Good luck to anyone that gets it and best wishes. Hang in there.

They are fine now. He figured all three kids had it, but you couldn't tell. They were tiring me out just watching them run around the yard while I talked to their dad.

My wifes a nurse at a nursing home. They have had patients in their care with covid for probably the last 4 months straight. Thankfully just 1 or 2 at a time.

She has stated consistently that you can't predict how it's gonna effect someone.

She's had several patients that had highly compromised immune systems, and they never showed one symptom.

Then others with decent immune systems have to get shipped to the hospital.