Tier 4 essential retail - no reduction in customers in shops.

od244051

Have friends and family who live and work in Tier 4 in essential retail for 2-3 different employers/shops. They are not happy that the number of customers allowed in their shops has not been reduced.

They don't feel safe. Plus more customers feel the need they have to shop with their entire household. They have asked these customers to shop alone and just get abuse. They don't mind single parents with kids as probably got no-one to look after kids. It's when its a couple, four kids and a grandparent from their support bubble that annoys them.

Is it the employer, govt or local councils that decide on capacity figures?

SpiderLegs

If you are expecting anyone to realistically do anything that reduces the amount of people spending money at what is supposed to be retail’s busiest period you are going to be sorely disappointed.

[Deleted User]

It’s up to individual shops I believe. They should voice concerns to their employers not their friends. 

hunnie

Most of our local shops have restricted numbers to two or three customers, depending on the size of the shop. with a one way system in place. But quite a few customers don't take any notice.

Pollycat

How big are these shops? Small corner shops or Tesco Extra type shops?
If big shops, have your friends/family discussed this with their work colleagues (instead of you)? i.e. is it just them who feel unsafe or is it something that all staff feel?
If a small shop, have they said anything to the manager/owner?
Why are they asking customers to shop alone? Why aren't the shops doing that?
If you/they are looking for legislation, I don't think you'll find it.

od244051

SpiderLegs said:

If you are expecting anyone to realistically do anything that reduces the amount of people spending money at what is supposed to be retail’s busiest period you are going to be sorely disappointed.

All of those I have mentioned will be in tier four from BD

MattMattMattUK

hunnie said:

Most of our local shops have restricted numbers to two or three customers, depending on the size of the shop. with a one way system in place. But quite a few customers don't take any notice.

I do not think any shops I have been in, or indeed a shopping centre, since the start of Covid, that I have had a trip where people managed to follow the one way system, or even the keep left signs. We have little hope if people are so idiotic that they can not cope with a one way system or a simple instruction to walk on the left. 

Marvel1

As a customer wh shops alone, I know how they feel, these customers are idiots.

If I had abuse if I said soemthing, I'm not an employee and don't worry about their line "I want to speak to your manager".

KxMx

I do my best with one way systems, but Savers for example has theirs set up so it's one way straight to the till. If I forget something I need to go back against the flow. 

And some shops have it so I have to go the long way to get something, essentially up and down aisles that I don't need to be in. Some days I am using up my energy on the act of shopping itself and have none to spare walking aisles I don't need.

I am always mindful of where I'm going and where other people are (tiring in itself) and am very strict about keeping my distance. 

gettingtheresometime

I might be alone in thinking this but one way systems can be counter productive. As example, when my supermarket was operating one if I only needed a handful of things then I spent far longer walking up & down the aisles than if I could have just gone to where I needed to go.

od244051

KxMx said:

I do my best with one way systems, but Savers for example has theirs set up so it's one way straight to the till. If I forget something I need to go back against the flow. 

And some shops have it so I have to go the long way to get something, essentially up and down aisles that I don't need to be in. Some days I am using up my energy on the act of shopping itself and have none to spare walking aisles I don't need.

I am always mindful of where I'm going and where other people are (tiring in itself) and am very strict about keeping my distance. 

Some shops’ one way systems don’t work. They caused gridlock.This is why many of them have got rid of it.

When I go shopping, I don’t go down aisles which I don’t need such as pet food, baby stuff (as don’t have either) and other aisles that I don’t want anything from there on a particular visit.

People should not be forced to walk down every aisle