Costco Report from a large Aussie city: business as usual. Maybe slightly busier for a Monday morning, but fucking heaps of water, canned goods, toilet paper, cleaning supplies (I didn't check hand sanitisers though - assumed they'd be out and bought plenty on my last trip). Not heaps of fresh produce, but I imagine the weekend rush is responsible for that. Bearing in mind our Costcos are generally a bit smaller/less stocked than the US.
All of the above goods apparently were BTFOd in major supermarkets over the weekend as people panic bought. Meh. That'll ease off as people start to see the local supply chain is still working reasonably well. *Side note: since fucking when did Jack Links have 9g of carbs /serve in their jerky sticks? The fuck? Making the trek out to 'Little Joburg' tomorrow for biltong, fuck that noise.
What I will say is that if community spread is as wide and undetected as we fear, well after this morning I'm fucked. The Costco makeup was 70% Chinese, 20% middle eastern, 10% everyone else (pretty standard for the area). The general level of piss poor hygiene was appalling. Aside from the uncovered coughing and total disregard for personal space... things like disinfectant wipes for trolley handles - that's not standard practice here. But you'd think you might wanna bring that in, along with, I don't know some hand sanitiser available at entry/exit? Luckily I had a small pack of wipes in my purse, I even shared because #GoodHuman (#MaybeAnIdiot).
I did note that my checkout guys both had their own hand sani and cleansed after every customer. Appreciated.
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