Happy Easter...
Apr. 12th, 2020 06:35 pmYesterday afternoon, in the name of getting out of the house and picking up a few minor things I forgot to order from Meijer, I bicycled down to Aldi. It was my first time in a grocery store since the advent of coronavirus, and it was interesting.
The store had implemented a cap on the number of people permitted in the store, and had an attendant out front only letting people in as other people came out. He was also spraying and wiping down the handles of shopping carts as he passed them out. (The quarter checkout seemed to be in abeyance at the moment.) I had to wait about 5 minutes before I was cleared to go in.
Shopping was pretty much as usual, most people seemed to respect social distancing. A number of things had quantity limits—not just toilet paper and paper towels, but also things like canned sardines. Store employees were wearing masks and gloves. People were standing six-ish feet apart in line at the checkouts (amusingly, someone just browsing the aisle behind the checkout line looked like they were also in line, and told me to go ahead when they realized that). There are now huge plexiglass sneeze shields in front of each register, with a little hole to reach through to work the card-and-PIN pad.
Grilled myself another steak last night. Couldn't quite eat the whole thing, so put part of it aside, and this morning chopped it up and made myself a cheesesteak omelet with that and a little pizza cheese sprinkled on. It was very tasty. May make sloppy joes tonight; haven't had those in a while, and they do have a lot of leftovers so make for several more meals that I don't have to go eat out for. I should do more of that.
Now have several steaks in the freezer, meaning I can have a steak dinner on the weekend without worrying about where it will come from. Ah, luxury.
Not doing anything out of the ordinary for Easter. Just sitting at home again, enjoying myself. Should maybe go ahead and do some laundry or something, though; about out of clean socks.
The store had implemented a cap on the number of people permitted in the store, and had an attendant out front only letting people in as other people came out. He was also spraying and wiping down the handles of shopping carts as he passed them out. (The quarter checkout seemed to be in abeyance at the moment.) I had to wait about 5 minutes before I was cleared to go in.
Shopping was pretty much as usual, most people seemed to respect social distancing. A number of things had quantity limits—not just toilet paper and paper towels, but also things like canned sardines. Store employees were wearing masks and gloves. People were standing six-ish feet apart in line at the checkouts (amusingly, someone just browsing the aisle behind the checkout line looked like they were also in line, and told me to go ahead when they realized that). There are now huge plexiglass sneeze shields in front of each register, with a little hole to reach through to work the card-and-PIN pad.
Grilled myself another steak last night. Couldn't quite eat the whole thing, so put part of it aside, and this morning chopped it up and made myself a cheesesteak omelet with that and a little pizza cheese sprinkled on. It was very tasty. May make sloppy joes tonight; haven't had those in a while, and they do have a lot of leftovers so make for several more meals that I don't have to go eat out for. I should do more of that.
Now have several steaks in the freezer, meaning I can have a steak dinner on the weekend without worrying about where it will come from. Ah, luxury.
Not doing anything out of the ordinary for Easter. Just sitting at home again, enjoying myself. Should maybe go ahead and do some laundry or something, though; about out of clean socks.