Bucketing with rain, so to Waitrose for the weekly shop!. Nobody else would brave the weather, would they, right? Wrong! Queue of 10 when I arrived and queue easily of 40 by the time I'd reached the front. Security apologised for the long wait; he said he'd taken pity on those waiting when the rain started, so he'd let them all in the store, which was now chokka!
Social distancing seems to have reverted back to the state of anarchy which ruled just after lockdown started, when nobody really knew what they were doing and Waitrose had singularly failed to get its act together. There are certainly signs the store is reverting back to type; I had to ask for disinfectant spray for the trolley handles whereas recently they'd been boasting they'd all been pre-cleaned. Possibly the weather had something to do with that today, so we'll let them off.
Inside the store, observation shows two definite "camps" of shoppers. There is the furious, masked, late middle aged lady who glowers at you from the far end of the aisle for even considering walking towards her. Then on the other hand there is the middle-aged bloke, unmasked, who seems happiest swanning backwards and forwards and from side to side in the aisle without any thought for anyone else's path or progress. And the latter invariably on the phone while he's scanning the shelves. The furious ladies are relatively easy to avoid, the eejit guys less so - I had to forgo certain aisles which were blocked by meandering males.
Reasonably well stocked, they'd got plenty of flour but strangely no digestive biscuits. And finally a scam alert - Nestle's Family Pack of 16 KitKats has been reduced to just 14 - but they're still selling at the same price ,,,,