Walmart changing shopping process to encourage social distancing starting Saturday, 4/4/2020

[jazz lady]

Regulating Store Entry

Starting Saturday, we will limit the number of customers who can be in a store at once. Stores will now allow no more than five customers for each 1,000 square feet at a given time, roughly 20 percent of a store’s capacity.

To manage this restriction, the associates at a store will mark a queue at a single-entry door (in most cases the Grocery entrance) and direct arriving customers there, where they will be admitted one-by-one and counted. Associates and signage will remind customers of the importance of social distancing while they’re waiting to enter a store – especially before it opens in the morning.

Once a store reaches its capacity, customers will be admitted inside on a “1-out-1-in” basis.

More changes outlined in the article below.

Changes to Our Shopping Process to Encourage Social Distancing

In this taxing and uncertain time, our associates have gone above and beyond to help Americans get the food, medicine and supplies they need. We care deeply about our associates’ health and well-being, and in recent weeks we’ve taken steps such as…

corporate.walmart.com

 

[Warron]

So everyone will get infected waiting in line?

 

[Louise]

So everyone will get infected waiting in line?

No. Because they will be six feet apart in line.

 

[vraiblonde]

They did this at one of the HEBs here - only 50 people in the store at a time. It was surreal standing in line to get into the grocery store, then picking through the nearly empty shelves.

 

[Scat]

nothing like organizing your buyers and people stupid enough to wait in line to buy stuff. F- Walmart, I can live without them.

 

[Grumpy]

I had the ballast go in the overhead light in my home office yesterday and had to run up to Home Depot to pick up a new fixture. I am not sure how many folks they were letting in but the line to get in was 200 yards long, with 6 foot spacers. Line moved quickly, appeared that people knew what they wanted and got in and out without browsing. Held me up for about 20 minutes.

 

[Scat]

I had the ballast go in the overhead light in my home office yesterday and had to run up to Home Depot to pick up a new fixture. I am not sure how many folks they were letting in but the line to get in was 200 yards long, with 6 foot spacers. Line moved quickly, appeared that people knew what they wanted and got in and out without browsing. Held me up for about 20 minutes.

Tit for tat, I would say you chose to go instead of merely plugging in a desk/table/flood light.

 

[ginwoman]

More changes outlined in the article below.

Changes to Our Shopping Process to Encourage Social Distancing

In this taxing and uncertain time, our associates have gone above and beyond to help Americans get the food, medicine and supplies they need. We care deeply about our associates’ health and well-being, and in recent weeks we’ve taken steps such as…

corporate.walmart.com

Hopefully people will leave their kids at home when they go shopping

 

[vraiblonde]

Hopefully people will leave their kids at home when they go shopping

Some people can't leave their kids at home because there's no one to leave them with.

 

[spr1975wshs]

Hopefully people will leave their kids at home when they go shopping

Menards, a big Midwest Regional home improvement chain has just posted signs prohibiting anyone under 16 and all but service animals from their stores. They are asking for ID.

 

[kom526]

I had the ballast go in the overhead light in my home office yesterday and had to run up to Home Depot to pick up a new fixture. I am not sure how many folks they were letting in but the line to get in was 200 yards long, with 6 foot spacers. Line moved quickly, appeared that people knew what they wanted and got in and out without browsing. Held me up for about 20 minutes.

The good thing about Lowe’s and HD is that you can go on their websites, shop “your” local store and get the almost* exact location of where to find the item. HUGE timesaver.

 

[Grumpy]

The good thing about Lowe’s and HD is that you can go on their websites, shop “your” local store and get the almost* exact location of where to find the item. HUGE timesaver.

I ordered and paid for it online, last fixture of it's type in the building, just had to pick it up at customer service. Even tho customer service was right inside the door, I still had to wait in line..no big deal, was fun conversing with others that weren't family.. Saw about 10% of the people there wearing masks, guess that number will rise in the coming days/weeks.

**Replaced a florescent 2x2 fixture with an LED fixture..wow, what a difference. Gonna replace all my ceiling lighting in my basement with LEDs

 

[awpitt]

Navy Federal is already doing the "one person out - one person in" thing and the have the outside marked with tape at six feet increments. Best Buy won't let people in. You have to tell the e,employee what you want and they get it for you.

 

[Kyle]

**Replaced a florescent 2x2 fixture with an LED fixture..wow, what a difference. Gonna replace all my ceiling lighting in my basement with LEDs

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