Subj : Minced Garlic To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Apr 30 2020 11:30:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>> We'll get back to normal soon enough. NB>>> Indeed. Once things settle, you can put a little more effort into NB>>> remembering where things have landed.... :) And maybe they'll make NB>>> a little better sense and mesh better eventually... :) BM>> Agree -- I wasn't going to make too much effort memorizing where an BM>> item had been moved to this week that might be moved again next week. BM>> And some of my landmarks are being changed, so again another variable. NB>> Something else to be learning, once things actually settle... BM> Yes, it will settle into my mind soon enough. A lot of "new's" BM> occurring at nearly the same time so appears as constantly changing BM> when just a portion had to be altered because of the whatever the new BM> change was. Going down the frozen food aisle instead of my usual up BM> because of the one-way aisles rule, for example. NB> They do say, though, that changing up your normal routes and NB> routines is a good exercise to keep your brain limber and not so NB> prone to dementia... ;) Just think, getting back to regular NB> two-way aisles will be another exercise for your brain... One-two! One-two! Lift that neuron! Suck in that dendrite! With the same-old same-old one does tend let the brain go on autopilot; some times good, some times not so good. Everything has good points as well as not so good (not always 'bad', though could be). With retirement I do maintain somewhat of a schedule -- makes it easier to coordinate and get things done without 'holding a scheduling meeting'. OTOH I also like the things like when Autumn's mother worked in Chicago and we'd visit: you're in charge! BM>> Another little issue is low stock: combination of those shoppers BM>> panicking and stocking up -- not only toilet paper but macaroni and BM>> cheese, tuna fish..... -- plus low supplies from the manufacturer so BM>> unable to fill shelves. I'd also guess the spike in on-line grocery BM>> shopping is contributing to low shelf stock: originally 'my' store did BM>> 2-3 on-line orders Thursday mornings, last week did over 200. Those BM>> who normally would be restocking are efilling orders. (Hy-Vee has BM>> hired people.) NB>> I've seen signs up for Wegmans hiring, too.... I don't have any NB>> figures as to how many online orders our store is filling, but I have NB>> seen more bags per cart as the order-filler works his/her way through NB>> the store... I'm sure a lot of older shoppers are taking advantage of NB>> the technology if they have the means to do so... I prefer to do my NB>> own still, though... BM> Need to chat with the employees! NB> I do, on occasion.... :) Depends on one's personality and the interaction one gets from the other person. Nothing wrong (or right) with any option. BM> Hy-Vee now has transport carts which hold six (maybe eight) large BM> plastic totes and several Aisles On-line orders are done concurrently BM> instead of just one or two. Makes sense as more time efficient, BM> especially as the number of on-line orders skyrocketed and most BM> people are probably buying similar items. Is probably a little more BM> confusing as working several lists and can't go down just one. If BM> the printouts are listed in aisle order and maybe even together: one BM> pick list in aisle order with the multiple customers sub-listed: BM> Customer A and D want bananas, A and B oranges.... NB> At one point, we were shopping for 2 or 3 (and sometimes 4) NB> households besides our own... I'd be following down all the NB> lists, and sorting into sections of the cart (when we were up to NB> 3 or 4 extra, we took 2 carts to manage it all)... The longer NB> lists, I'd redo in aisle-order just to minimize how much NB> back-tracking might happen.... :) Which makes sense. Might take a bit of time to organize the lists before shopping but certainly makes things a lot easier when doing the actual shopping. BM>>> Frozen had been all glass and is being upgraded with new fixtures. BM>>> Looks like refrigerated will be mostly if not all glass too. The BM>>> general frozen/refrigerated/dairy sections have been in process of BM>>> being switched over the last few weeks; they had emptied part of the BM>>> side wall of diary (sour cream, cottage cheese, dips), orange and BM>>> other juices -- not quite sure where that went. I assume some BM>>> temporarily to a 'foster home' on the floor as shoppers will want. NB>>> And maybe some of that fell prey to the scavenger hoarders... ;0 BM>> Possible! LIS last week's ad had a quart of orange juice for 99›, BM>> limit two, and they were out the morning after the ad hit. Don't know BM>> if they did get a supply in and wiped out -- presuming that's what BM>> happened. (They suspended giving rainchecks a few weeks ago.) NB>> And maybe they were expecting more from their supplier than they NB>> actually got.... Rainchecks and returned goods are on hold here for NB>> the duration, too.... BM> Yes, several possibilities why were out of the orange juice. Normally BM> I probably would have obtained a raincheck; right now know the BM> temporary policy not going to be able to get one so.... NB> So no point in even asking... Just have to watch for the next NB> sale... or pick up some at the regular price if you need it NB> now... :) Right, though for us orange juice isn't a must-have. During normal times I would have requested a rain check, or maybe a corresponding price reduction on a different size. Currently we're operating under a different set of circumstances and so the rules have been altered a bit. BM>>> AFAIK the area libriaries and museums are closed, though a BM>>> commercial for the museum in Davenport is still running which BM>>> indicates they're open and even have free admission on Thursday nights. BM>>> ...Curious Kitty did his thing: the top portion of the web page with BM>>> hours indicates the museum, cafe, etc., is open but the bottom panel BM>>> indicates closed. A little sloppy in the updating. NB>>> Trouble is that the ad-time had been previously purchased, and it NB>>> sometimes is too much trouble to pull or to revise all the ads.... NB>>> And I'm sure that when things first were closed down, people were NB>>> hoping it would be more short-term than it's turned out to be.... BM>> I also supposed short-term until other arrangements figured out, BM>> though at the same time suspected a longer closure/limitations than BM>> the original April 10th announced here. NB>> They're having to make it up as they go along... no one really knows NB>> how long there will be need to keep things more contained to contain NB>> the spread of the virus... or even how much it is actually doing... NB>> but it does seem as though it is helping to reduce how many people NB>> get sick and to keep the hospitals from being totally overwhelmed.... BM> And since everyone is in the same boat it will make 'recovery' when BM> going back to classes next year (in the Fall) easier. The students BM> are supposed to be attending classes on-line, the sessions are being BM> monitored by the teachers, so pretty much as if the students are in BM> the classroom. NB> True, theoretically, all the students should be at the same point NB> come fall, or at least in the same relationship to each other... NB> maybe they'll even have learned more in the meantime... ;) Agree. I don't know how the homework is being monitored: I'd guess there are those few instances where someone else has done the child's assignment, but then that was being done even when classes were being held in the school building. That aside, I'd think just about all of the students would be at the level they're supposed to be at the start of the new school year. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... You're Old: You come to the conclusion that your worst enemy is gravity. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .