One of the worst things about COVID for me was listening to my wife complain every time she ordered groceries. Every. Single. Time. It didn't matter if it was Kroger, Walmart, or some other grocery store, there was always something wrong with the order. Which I thought was odd, because after the first year I would have thought they'd have the kinks worked out. I'm with you, I don't trust them to select the produce or meat that I want.
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve brought up Japan’s response to people- in detail- and realize they still don’t have the intellect or empathy* to emulate their example.See, for me, this is the really, really frustrating thing. Japan proved that masking and social distancing works. That if folks actually do their due dillignence, all of this covid stuff would be done already and would have been done with a lot less fuss. It's really frustrating to watch other countries opening up and treating things like it's all over, then another wave comes and things here get pushed back another six months because no one else seems to want to get with the program.
I look at it this way. the population of Canada rides the train here every single day. Every day. You know how many trains they cancelled in the past two years? None. Not one. Not a single cancellation. Didn't have to. Because people actually did what they were supposed to. I'm so sick of doing the right thing and then being punished for it because other people can't be bothered.
Sorry, I'm ranting. But, it's such a huge piss off. We would have been done with all of this crap a year ago if people had actually done what they were supposed to do. But noooo. Going to Mexico this year was too freaking important.
It's partly the nature of the job. I ordered from our local Kroger variation (Pick and Save) for a year and it was rare that we got the same shopper even though we ordered from the same location. They used InstaCart to handle their shopping and delivery, not their own employees. That made for really flexible scheduling (one of the other locals did it with their own employees but the scheduling was much more inflexible as a result) but it also meant their pool of employees was constantly changing. And if you didn't specify an alternative, the person doing the shopping made their best guess - and different people have different levels of judgment on that regard.
I'm not telling others not to grocery shop. (I'm not even telling them it's important to stay out of the ICU!) I'm telling them to quit thinking it is safe or safe enough.
You have my sympathies but this bit is just wishful thinking. A pandemic isn't something that once it passes it just goes away. That doesn't mean I don't understand your frustration, it only means I feel I have to remind us all even if everybody acted responsibly, you still wouldn't be done with "this crap".
