{"id":149292,"date":"2020-04-08T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=149292"},"modified":"2020-04-08T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:17:40","slug":"to-the-grocery-store-in-the-time-of-the-great-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/to-the-grocery-store-in-the-time-of-the-great-covid-19-pandemic.html","title":{"rendered":"To the Grocery Store in the Time of the Great COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">So today in The Time of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#COVID19<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> I braved the grocery story for the first time in a couple of weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: A mask. I did this quickie DIY no-sew version, subbing a couple of scrunchies for the rubber bands, adding a coffee filter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1r2C1zGUHbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The results were &#8230; certainly a dashing style decision. Alas, the print on my Chronic Cellars\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">bandana was mostly covered over, otherwise some nifty skulls would have added a cheery note.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EVHQXmjUMAEm7ic?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stylishness during the Plague is important. Just ask those folk in &#8220;The Masque of the Red Death.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scrunchies + glasses were a problematic combo, but it held together pretty well. Off to the local King Soopers (Kroger)!<\/p>\n<p>Crowds were mid-afternoon light, lighter than usual.<\/p>\n<p>While nearly every customer I saw was wearing a mask of some sort (and some had on gloves), most of the workers were <em>not,<\/em> which I thought was kind of interesting. Not that I expect Clean Room standards or anything, but it still felt weird.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EVHTzQgU8AAOk5_?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Green chilies are just down there, on Aisle 10, past the self-destruct key station.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The paper aisle is still stripped to the bone, unless I want organic wax paper (which is definitely not suitable for some of the purposes I would be going to the paper aisle for).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EVHSIWaUwAE4o85?format=jpg&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fortunately, we&#8217;re still well stocked from a pre-Plague CostCo run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most of the staples &#8212; bread, eggs, milk, produce, ice cream &#8212; were in good shape. There was even some flour in stock. But almost no pasta, and all canned tomato products were very popular.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EVHSjVjUUAEytFN?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was eerie being so alert about other folk &#8230; pausing while someone stood in front of the lettuce, rather than walking up and reaching around them &#8230; letting them stroll along rather than passing them within the magic 6 feet.<\/p>\n<p>And when I got back to the car, loaded the groceries to the trunk, got in, took off the mask, Purelled my hands &#8230; I found myself still worrying about contamination on the bags, the boxes, the produce, etc. Lots of hand washing before and after putting the groceries away.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re fortunate in having enough food in the freezer and pantry that we can go to the store on an infrequent basis. So we&#8217;re probably good for another couple of weeks, unless we run out of something unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>But at least we know how to make a mask now.<\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Three_Star_Dave\/status\/1248011715435888640\">Twitter<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Risk is our business.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2047],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/to-the-grocery-store-in-the-time-of-the-great-covid-19-pandemic-1r2C1zGUHbU.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42540,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/12\/grocery-stores-across-the-nation.html","url_meta":{"origin":149292,"position":0},"title":"Grocery Stores Across the Nation","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Jun-14 5:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting look at supermarket chains and where they are. 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