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I have been wondering how to buy masks without having a mask to go shopping with.
Unless you use public transport, you don't need one?
Been to Wickes ... 200 bags of multi-finish when I arrived in the queue.
Last bags sold before I went in so left before I entered hence technically not been in and does not having a wall count as "essential" in summer?
Been to Wickes … 200 bags of multi-finish when I arrived in the queue.
Ours is still click and collect only, you can't turn up and browse / queue....
EDIT I lied, Travis Perkins I was thinking of...
As I've been quoted a couple of times, I just want state that I'm not being all stw and elitist. I won't be queuing up outside John Lewis to stock up on over priced tat either. Although I have very nearly bought a new TV a couple of times recently from JL online....
I get that people want some normality but I just don't get why anyone was that desperate to go and join a queue at 7 in the mornin! I reckon very few of those queuing at primark have worn out their only joggers or need new running gear. A lot of them probably just want a new top they can wear once now they can meet a mate in the park then bin it cos its cheap.
I've been looking forward to shops reopening, it'll give people something else to do rather than littering up the great outdoors.
A lot of them probably just want a new top they can wear once now they can meet a mate in the park then bin it cos its cheap.
Maybe. But there’s nothing wrong with that, right?
I have been wondering how to buy masks without having a mask to go shopping with.
Unless you use public transport, you don’t need one?
I thought it was required on public transport but advised elsewheree if distancing is tricky ( apart from school where distancing is tricky but masks are not needed).
A real STW snob thread!
Unless you use public transport, you don’t need one?
It just needs a to be a covering such as buff.
And to answer the original question no I haven’t because I haven’t needed to yet.
I get that people want some normality but I just don’t get why anyone was that desperate to go and join a queue at 7 in the mornin!.................................
............ A lot of them probably just want a new top they can wear once now they can meet a mate in the park then bin it cos its cheap.
I find it equally mystifying... if I had to get up at 5am for something not work it would be to go somewhere with the bikes.
More often than not that involves flying down a mountain, crashing and reasonably often breaking bones.
I'll be honest... if push comes to shove I can look round a toolshop or go to decathalon to buy a tubeless anchovie kit and spend an hour in the store before leaving with some neoprene booties, tennis balls and I can't remember what else.. though that was 4 years ago now.
We were mentally busy today.
Everyone was sensible .
All good.
Hopefully same again tomorrow.
Without wanting to be judgmental, both my g/f and I were somewhat bewildered as to why horde of people were queuing at stupid o’clock in the morning just to get into sodding Primark!
But then, why were people panic buying truck-loads of bog rolls?
Having wandered around town today, the majority of shops are still closed, Argos is, rather surprisingly.
I might go down to Bath next week, just to have a browse round HMV.
Bought a replacement battery for my wife's ebike and a new saddle for her road bike. I'm sure some would call that non-essential
Kids need new shoes as they're doing that growing thing...off to Town on Saturday to get their feet measured (by appointment) and buy new shoes.
I've been out in the 'real world' a fair bit, it's alright, if a little strange.
Queue for B&Q yesterday put me off though.
Not a chance. I don't think it's particularly safe, and fortunately at this stage the Scottish government agrees. It's just part of the Tory push to "save the economy".
Having said that, I haven't bought much in an actual shop other than food for a long time. I decided last year that I was going to be more conscious when I buy stuff- after all, everything has an environmental as well as monetary cost- so have a one in one out policy for clothes and only if the old item is truly worn out.
As for Primark, no chance. A friend of ours used to be a buyer for a few other high street shops until he retired, traveling out to the factories in the far East. He said Primark's methods are to place an enormous order, cancel it a week before the completion date then, with the factory facing bankruptcy, offer to buy the order at a fraction of the agreed price. Buying fewer clothed from a more reputable source is better than supporting that kind of business model which has an impact on already poor people's lives.
He said Primark’s methods are to place an enormous order, cancel it a week before the completion date then, with the factory facing bankruptcy, offer to buy the order at a fraction of the agreed price.
Sounds like one of those classic urban myths. Next you’ll be telling me Wetherspoons buys out if date beer.
https://www.retail-insight-network.com/news/primark-releases-suppliers-list-show-transparency/
Same as P-Jay, in Wales so they’re not open!
Mind you when I think about it there’s nothing since lockdown I have needed and couldn’t get anyway, the only non-essential shop I have needed but couldn’t use is the hairdressers.
Oh tell me about it they'll no doubt open Barbers sooner in England too. 'luckily' work takes me across the Bridge fairly often - I've found a few places on my route that have an online booking facility.
A real STW snob thread!
Yeah... but we've got all the form in the world for that. I mean 'we're' supposedly to be too clever to be taken in by the press, but Primark, the very shop on most front pages got all the initial flack.
As ever, for every 2 page moaning thread about the latest round of lock down relation regs, no one is offering an alternative other than staying at home, well unless you're out enjoying your hobby, which is perfectly acceptable, or going to the LBS, which of course is 'essential', or until the pubs open again.
I do more than wonder how many STWers will be quite so attached to their oh so lofty moral high ground when they realise the 'wasteful consumer lead economy' is the very same one that gave them their comfortable lifestyle.
but certainly won’t be going to bloody Primark to stock up on cheap tat!
A friend's kids are (like most kids their age) growing like crazy. In the 3 months in lockdown, one of them has now just 1 pair of joggers that sort of fit...As she also furloughed and the kids won't stop growing (the ungrateful bastards) , she's trying not to be too spendy...Primark it is then.
Yeah… but we’ve got all the form in the world for that. I mean ‘we’re’ supposedly to be too clever to be taken in by the press, but Primark, the very shop on most front pages got all the initial flack.
As ever, for every 2 page moaning thread about the latest round of lock down relation regs, no one is offering an alternative other than staying at home, well unless you’re out enjoying your hobby, which is perfectly acceptable, or going to the LBS, which of course is ‘essential’, or until the pubs open again.
I do more than wonder how many STWers will be quite so attached to their oh so lofty moral high ground when they realise the ‘wasteful consumer lead economy’ is the very same one that gave them their comfortable lifestyle.
Well said
‘Wasteful consumer-led economy’ doesn't lead to comfortable lifestyles. Exploited labour, pollution arising from externalising costs, tat that's in the landfill within 8 weeks, it degrades our lifestyles and environment. As the Reverend Billy says, 'Stop shopping'.