So glad we're all in this together!
I'm sorry you're having such challenges getting the food you need @Donald - my hero. That would be really challenging, especially when you are trying to limit the number of stores you go in to. I keep hoping that as time goes by and less people are out that the stores will have the ability to begin to restock on items that are being depleted at a fast pace.
The reason I'm choosing to shop via pick-up is that I am the single mom by choice (I adopted my daughter from China) to the most amazing little girl but I also realize I am her one and only parent so I need to be careful to try and avoid getting sick so drastically limiting when we go out or who we get in contact with.
While I understand it's nice to know in advance what they might need to try and stock for the grocery pickups and thus not allow the changes, each store 'only' does 4 pick-up orders per hour which based on the number of people I watched come and go from my store as I waited in my car Tuesday, can only be but a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of food and other items they are stocking daily. It's just adding another layer to an already challenging time. Stopping changes 3 days prior to order pick-up or something like that I could see but 2 weeks in advance is rough.
It's just challenging for all of us to do what we're being told to do by limiting our interaction with others yet unable to find what we need. I know we're all doing our very best and I believe in Canada we're going to get ahead of this in a timely manner. It will get worse before it gets better due to the timing of our spring breaks and people recently returned from travel but we really are all working together and will see an end to this.
A special shout out to all those here or your family who may work at a grocery store, pharmacy, as a nurse, doctor, other caregiver, truck driver or anyone else who is going to work to help care for everyone. YOU ARE APPRECIATED!!!
I appreciate that and no, in no way were you rude!
I got an email today from CAA saying that they are having the drivers deliver for various agencies...things like Meals on Wheels. They have also set up a special phone line to provide auto service to healthcare workers. If they are members it will not count towards their membership limit and if it’s a non member the service is free.
Please don't take this as me "well-actually"-ing, but just a friendly PSA that antibacterial or antiseptic agents are only effective against bacteria. So those wipes will certainly help you clean, but will not kill this (or most other) viruses, so please don't use them while out and about and end up with a false sense of security. It's the equivalent of rinsing your hands using only water in these times. Will remove some surface dirt, but only using soap will clean (and remove this virus from them).
It might be Amazon. They have hired all sorts of small companies to deliver for them. Enterprise has fleet rentals that are cheaper for small companies than leasing their own vehicles.
Thank you for not taking offense and understanding my intent.
I think I figured out what happened. I was up at midnight hoping to choose the next available date for pickup (in our case Fri Apr 10) but as soon as I could get to them they were all full.
Walmart near me is only doing them 4 days in a row, and they are booked as soon as I check. PC is weeks out. There are a couple delivery services that I have been looking at, Instacart seems to be very busy (and threatening some kind of actions on Monday) but there was a buyabuggy or something like that, and some local stores are doing their own.
I usually use Clorox wipes. But when all the main stream store shelves are empty without any kind of disinfectant wipes, I grabbed two out of three Lysol ones I saw in a Korean store. It’s better than no wipe! Hand washing is still the key thing to rely on.I thought I had heard the Lysol wipes aren't "certified" for this but Clorox are? I don't tend to use Lysol much because of the phenol which can kill pets any way but I remember hearing it near the start of all this, like two weeks ago... has it only been that long?
@scrappinginontario I have given up on finding a slot to do a pick up order
