There's a Kind of Hush...

[MineralMan]

10. Yeah, I made a supermarket run around 9 AM.

No crowds in the store, but lots of empty shelves in several areas. I found everything I was looking for, though, although I had to buy two 6-pack cartons of eggs. All of the dozen packages were gone. But, there was an ample supply of 6-packs. Odd.

Still no paper goods or hand sanitizer products, and the frozen dinners were heavily picked over - but only the major brands. There was plenty of stock of Indian, Chinese, and other ethnic frozen meals. I thought that was odd, but I tend to buy those anyhow when I'm stocking the freezer.

The store was sold out of canned bean products, oddly enough. No Bush's Beans to be found. But, if you turned around and looked at the Hispanic foods section, all of the bean products there were in full supply. Seeing that, I bought a half dozen cans of pinto beans and some canned Spanish Rice.

The canned tuna was gone, but there were ample stocks of canned salmon and a surplus of canned sardines and kippered herring. I already have those things, though, so I passed by.

The dry pasta shelves were almost empty. I keep a stock of dry pasta around, so I wasn't bothered. However, I noticed that the oddball pasta shapes and bagged specialty pastas were fully stocked. I guess people don't really understand that it's all the same thing. It just looks different. I left those there, too.

I did need laundry detergent, though, but those shelves were fine, although no bleach can be found.

At 9 AM, most of the shoppers were elders. The checkout aisles were staffed by produce department guys. I think the regular checkers will come in later.

I said, "Thanks for working," to my checker. He seemed surprised, but gave me a big smile. Then, I sanitized my hands for the second time before bagging my groceries. I did it again at the car, and then avoided face-touching until I got home and unbagged everything and put it away. Then I washed my hands thoroughly.

Everyone in the store was being very careful to observe good social distancing.