North West BS Thread

I need to go to the store for basics. Normal shopping. I dont want to go with all the crazies out there.

 

just finished unloading my truck.
yes there are social distancing signs along with what items are out of stock. Pretty sure TP is at the top. Limits on eggs, milk I can’t remember what else. Absolutely no packages of chicken. People waiting in line for roasted chickens.

Now there is this stupid fake text message going around and more people are panicking. Just what we need. Got a little extra meat just in case. And some bread. Good luck everyone.

 

My wife tried going to our local Costco and Winco in Vantucky last Friday. She could not find a parking space at the Costco on Andresen so she just topped off her tank at opening time. She then went to the Winco on Hwy 503. She parked but when she went in the stores she saw lines running all the way to the back of the store so she gave up and went home. She's out trying to go shopping now. I hope it's better today.

 

Yeah, I drove past a Safeway about 90 minutes ago and the parking lot was full. Strange stuff... in theory all these people should be done buying soon right?

 

You think?

 

Remember kids :
the same people that sell the panic also sell the pill...

 

I've given up trying to go to the store. Gonna wait a week or so hoping things will die down a little before i try again..... or go to Winco at 3am.

 

Yeah. We have been going every 3-4 days recently to stay stocked up on perishable foods, but we might be done for a while. The wife is thinking we should go once more so I’m thinking sometime after 8pm. Or maybe 5-6am after the inventory has been restocked.

my company just approved us to bring our computing equipment home, so I’m headed out to get my monitors and peripherals soon. I think the office is going to look it’s getting looted...

 

Some Winco's are changing their hours from 5 am to midnite so that's going to make things a bit difficult.

 

I’m finally setting up the home office for my wife and myself. It’s going to be a few interesting weeks here. I’m guessing my 1.5year olds daycare will closes after today’s developments.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I'll check when we have to replenish our perishables.

 

Was told today work from home for at least the rest of the week. Good news is I communicate with Asia a lot and their emails have been picking up so that tells me they are recovering slowly. We should be following but still may be weeks away.

 

That’s good news actually. We have a lot of customers in China.

Got my desk set up and my old college lava lap warming. A few beers tonight to clear my head and I’ll be ready tomorrow

 

I'll be working from home too for the next few weeks. I was able to connect to our organization's servers remotely this evening. The magic of the internet even though I only have a 3MB DSL connection.

 

How's all you WA and OR people today? Restaurants and Bars are shut down in WA now. Good thing I have beer at home

 

I usually avoid crowds anyway so this doesn't create any issues for me.
Last I checked there's no shortage of beer in the supermarkets.

 

I am in the same boat, I actually noticed beer is getting cheaper at the stores. I just feel bad for all the people in the restaurant business who are now out of work. They are still allowing take out, but servers and bartenders are going to be SOL for a while.

 

Good morning all! Crazy stuff going on. Stores are still hit badly. Postponing my shoppping til the craze is over.

 

There is not a whole lot left on the shelves, might be a good idea to start looking into when your local stores are getting shipments. It's going to get worse before it gets better. I'm really bummed about the run on ammo Things were finally getting back to normal after the last panic buy.

 

I was hoping for a good summer. Not looking so good. Spent all summer working on the house last year, i wanted to travel a bit this summer to make up for it.

 

Welp, elective surgeries are now cancelled for the next 60 days. Only emergent and urgent cases now. Lots of rescheduling to do. Cant wait for this pandemic to be over.

 

They did the same thing here last week. Also just pushed back all court dates for the next two months, canceled all gatherings over 10 people, and closed gyms, and salons/barber shops.

 

Its getting insane. This pandemic is going to get slowed down but it wont stop. This sucks.

 

It’s ridiculous.

 

Good evening everyone. Happy St. Patrick's day. Wife made a big St. Patrick's day meal and for dinner. I'm sitting here stuffed and working on my 3rd Guinness...

It is crazy to think of all the things that are shutting down. We hit the grocery store this afternoon and it was pretty calm. Shelves were bare of the expected stuff, but we found plenty of fresh produce and beer. It was interesting a lot of the baking stuff was gone too. Guess folks are going to cook from scratch while they're home? I'm hoping my wife makes good on her threat to start making bread again.

I tell you what...I need to get exercising again soon...all this sitting around isn't going well with the belt buckle.

 

Sounds like a good evening for sure!

I hear ya on the need to get exercising again. Softball was supposed to start at the beggining of May. See if they will still have it. City shut down all community events until 4/24/2020 as well. Could be a long spring if i dont get my softball in

 

Being in out late 60s, we are now looking to skip our first camping next week. We usually do breakfast and lunch at the camp but like to go out for a dinner and drink. With the restaurants being closed at the towns, as well as stores, it’s looking dismal. My wife is also freaked out now about public camp restrooms. Were in the high risk group for this virus.... bummer.

 

Agree about exercising. We've been taking long walks in the evening to get some sun and exercise. However, tree pollen is high now and allergies are killing me. Had to hold the sneezes everytime we walked past others. Terrible time to have bad allergies.

 

Wash your hands a lot! Stay safe.

 

No kidding! I sneezed and got the death stare from coworkers