I went to pick up a prescription this evening (second attempt).
Again, queueing outside the pharmacy door, only 2 customers allowed in the shop at a time, after being cross examined about fever, cough and travel.
Staff in blue cotton with gloves and masks.
however, there were also differences.
firstly it was raining.
So the whole queue of 14 ppl (except me) were huddled shoulder to shoulder under the building overhang. No concept of social distancing. At one point a woman nudged closer to me and I said loudly ‘could you step back please, we are supposed to stand well apart to prevent infection’. The woman flinched and stepped back. The rest of them shuffled in place.
secondly, they were discussing COVID-19
A lad of 16 was announcing that he was here to pick up insulin for his insulin dependent mum, but he thought it was all a fuss about nothing because there were no cases in the area.
‘Well, there’s my brother’ said the woman standing right next to him.
More flinching.
Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
anyway, that was my last trip out, for weeks. So won’t have to deal with people for a while. Much more peaceful!