Necessities, Schmecessities
Apr. 19th, 2021 10:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blogcutterToday was another grocery shopping day. So what's new in Groceryland, you might ask?
First of all, grocery stores in Ontario are now required to limit in-person shopping to 25% of the store's capacity, down from 50% previously.
Secondly, Loblaws (and presumably other supermarkets too) has now roped off (or plasticked off) the "nonessential" sections of the store while posting additional signs about taking safety precautions with the utmost seriousness. So what's considered nonessential?
Sections with tea-towels, baking pans and kitchen gadgets. Apparently food is still essential but the materials you use to prepare them are not.
A lot of stationery items were in closed-off sections too. After all, we're supposed to do "paperwork" online these days, right? Apparently Ford Nation isn't aware of the power of writing by hand or the science behind it. Here's a recent article on the topic:
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/benefits-writing-by-hand/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Mind you, the irony of the fact that I found and read this article online has not escaped me!
We're still allowed to read paper publications, as the newsstand area was still open. The greeting card section, however, was off limits. So if someone you know dies of COVID-19, you won't be permitted to buy a card to send to the family. Nor can you buy the requisite stationery to make your own, though I guess you could pulp your reading matter (cringe) to make your own paper. You could write your message with lemon juice and the recipient could steam it to reveal the invisible lettering...
Luckily you can still drown your sorrows in beer and chocolate.
First of all, grocery stores in Ontario are now required to limit in-person shopping to 25% of the store's capacity, down from 50% previously.
Secondly, Loblaws (and presumably other supermarkets too) has now roped off (or plasticked off) the "nonessential" sections of the store while posting additional signs about taking safety precautions with the utmost seriousness. So what's considered nonessential?
Sections with tea-towels, baking pans and kitchen gadgets. Apparently food is still essential but the materials you use to prepare them are not.
A lot of stationery items were in closed-off sections too. After all, we're supposed to do "paperwork" online these days, right? Apparently Ford Nation isn't aware of the power of writing by hand or the science behind it. Here's a recent article on the topic:
https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/benefits-writing-by-hand/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Mind you, the irony of the fact that I found and read this article online has not escaped me!
We're still allowed to read paper publications, as the newsstand area was still open. The greeting card section, however, was off limits. So if someone you know dies of COVID-19, you won't be permitted to buy a card to send to the family. Nor can you buy the requisite stationery to make your own, though I guess you could pulp your reading matter (cringe) to make your own paper. You could write your message with lemon juice and the recipient could steam it to reveal the invisible lettering...
Luckily you can still drown your sorrows in beer and chocolate.
Adventures in Frod's Ontario
Date: 2021-04-20 02:19 pm (UTC)Bah! We could just use our hands and eat food raw!
And to be morbid for a moment. Of course heaven forbid you need a "Get Well" or worse a "Condolences" card
for someone affected by this COVID-19 in some way.