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Hi all

Probably not well known around these here parts, I don't often post, and admittedly when I do it's usually because I need advice/help with something GW or other figures related.

I'm 42, I live in the UK. In mid-north Essex, can never work out just where Braintree is considered to be in Essex!? 60-100 miles from London. I live with my mother, she is 63, has Ménière's disease, diabetes (requiring insulin), and some other issues. I personally have severe chronic asthma along with other as yet undiagnosed breathing difficulties (have had for a while now, before all this), an as yet undiagnosed or properly medicated sleeping disorder, severe eczema (not just a patch of dry skin here and there), arthritis in my legs, and other, again as yet undiagnosed, health issues.

I have potentially 1-2 weeks of food with a supermarket delivery due on Wednesday. I am uncertain if I will receive all or any of the items I have ordered. I have had only funds to purchase my usual 2 weeks worth of food that I buy, plus a few extras for another member of my household, my mother.

I am not entirely sure how long my mother has food stocked for and cannot tell just by looking. She's a bit vague on that...

We don't generally share food, bar the odd Sunday roast, as I have allergies to fish, milk, nuts, eggs, and my mother does not.

Supermarkets locally have been effectively asset stripped and appear to have decided to close all delivery options, from now until who knows when, Tesco's website only goes up to April 12th anyhow.

Neither of us drive, and bus services are being scaled back.

Neither of us are in a financial position where we can make self isolation "easy" for ourselves.

Under what is effectively house arrest we will have no-one that we know of to bring us food or our medication. Government guidance is unclear on how to deal with that. The government are very vague at this time on just exactly how we are supposed to obtain supplies.

And yet they are still putting us under what is effectively house arrest.


I realise I and my mother are not the only persons in this situation.


However, please all, I ask that you spare a thought for people like myself and my mother who are being effectively forced into this situation with no safety net in place. And if you are able to help anyone in this situation, do so, whilst following the WHO's 5 guidelines on social distancing. 2m/6ft, distance, wash hands etc. etc.

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Somewhere in south-central England.

It's clear you are in a hard place. I can only offer sympathy.

I think you will be alrght with your delivery. The panic buying stops when people see they aren't going to miss out.

I've had reports from several supermarkets this weekend that they were full of food and not busy with shoppers.

I saw it for myself at the local Tesco, which had been stripped bare for a week. It was fully stocked except for booze.

If you go on Twitter and Snapchat you can see if there are any local community groups forming in your area.

I had a leaflet yesterday from a new local group in the centre of Henley. It's organised by some kind lady to help people in your kind of situation. These kind of groups are rapidly forming everywhere.

Good luck, and come on to vent any time you feel you need to. There will always be someone to listen to you.

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Thanks.

Just to pick up on the supermarket thing, my local Tesco, in Braintree town centre, 1 of 3 in Braintree, but the only one I can get to, as I don't drive...

...was completely empty of 99% of stuff on Saturday, at 07:30ish. Seemed to be quite empty though so it wasn't difficult exercising the 2m rule.

I barely managed to get 4 bottles of beer (not exactly a vital item though) and more importantly 2 loaves of bread (one for me, one for mother) as we were out of bread on Saturday. They usually have quite a few brands of bread on the shelves - just Kingsmill and Kingsmill 50/50 Saturday morning and not much of them!

Initially picked up 3 bottles of beer, put them on the till, asked the staff if I could quickly go back for 1 more and was expecting to be told I had too many already.

Alcohol doesn't seem to have been "rationed". Lol.

Many of the items on my delivery keep going "unavailable", couple have come back (pot of Marmite is one), so who knows what I'll get on Wednesday!!

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No neighbours that offered to help?

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 Kilkrazy wrote:
It's clear you are in a hard place. I can only offer sympathy.

I think you will be alrght with your delivery. The panic buying stops when people see they aren't going to miss out.

I've had reports from several supermarkets this weekend that they were full of food and not busy with shoppers.

I saw it for myself at the local Tesco, which had been stripped bare for a week. It was fully stocked except for booze.


From the experience of someone who's in the 2nd week of forced telecommuting.

Friday and Saturday just before lockdown were the days where panic buying happened in earnest. Monday was also relatively bad (mostly by those people who couldn't hoard on the previous days). Tuesday and onwards you could again find everything.

A local supermarket even trolled local hoarders by setting up a whole aisle of toilet paper.

If you have 1-2 weeks worth of food in the pantry you'll be OK.
   
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No neighbours that offered to help?


Nope.

Seen all the "look at us, look at what we're dong to help people" footage on the news, supposedly from up and down the UK.

Here in Braintree.

Everyone for themselves as far as I can tell.

Community? What community!

I'd like to help if I could.


To be fair though, we're end of terrace, my immediate next door neighbour is over 65, and has had cancer, her husband is about the same age. Next door down from that the guy is a sales guy (personally I don't have much of an opinion of him), his wife works at my local community hospital, front line staff but not in A&E, works in the eye clinic as far as I recall. Last door up on the terrace the lady is a retired nurse, over probably 70.

We kind of know each other in passing but we're not the sort of neighbours who'd be going to each others bbq's.

They're probably in a similar situation, however they're far more affluent than I and my mother are.

And that's as far as I can tell anyone about my neighbours. Other people in the area are not the sort of people I would want to have to impose upon.


What winds me up is that I currently feel useless.

I was volunteering at a charitable organisation that helps vulnerable people with complex needs (alcohol and drugs). Was told Wednesday to stop doing that as there's no referrals coming in and due to govt. guidance. Basically felt like they were cutting me loose, discarding me. No mention of if I could get in touch if I needed to.

But it's more the stress and anxiety of the uncertainty and the lack of a workable plan for resupply from the govt. and supermarkets that should have been in place 2 weeks ago that is affecting me currently!

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Try going to the supermarkets in the early afternoon if you have to head out for food. The mornings they get hit by a panic rush, but by the afternoons many have had lorries deliver and have managed to get time to put stock out on the shelves again.

You could also try calling ahead if you can find their number - though it might be locked out (supermarkets might even have shut them off or told staff to ignore them if they are getting way too many calls; but it can't hurt to try).

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Thanks, yeah.

I'm hoping neither of us have to go out given the advice. Whatever my thoughts on it are the govt. are getting fed up with numpties all crowding around still. i don't want to add to that by going out at the present time, even though I know to make every effort to keep my distance.

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I've lived through something a little similar to this (hyperinflation in Harare back at the turn of the century), and it's not quite as bad as that.

The trick to survival is to learn the 'rules'. If you just turn up at the local supermarket or go online randomly, it doesn't work. You won't get anything.

Here in Norwood (south London), the local big Tesco is picked bare every day, as fast as they can get it. So is every other supermarket. But the local off high street Aldi opens at 8AM, as opposed to the Tesco at 6AM. If you arrive at Aldi at 8AM, you'll still miss out on the absolute essentials (toilet paper, etc). So you need to show up at 7:00-7:30 to queue to be at the front. The Waitrose in Richmond/Twickenham? Empty shelves. But there's a similar high end supermarket a short drive away in a relatively unknown nook that tends to have stuff at any time of day. Online delivery slots? Full up. Ecept when the day rolls over. If you're waiting at the right minute, you can snag a delivery slot.

All the timing and location. If you don't adapt, you won't get anything. If you learn the 'rules' however, you can proceed pretty much as normal with some minor changes.


 
   
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Another vote for using smaller, more local shops.

They’re often overlooked, as they’re useless for hoarding on account of lower stock amounts. As such, they’re often untouched.

Local butchers and Green Grocers also have better stock around my way.

Downside of course is they’re not as cheap as supermarkets. That can be a problem depending on your cash flow.

I’d recommend looking up simple recipes to help make a little go a long way. Whilst the equipment itself if not already owned is yet another expense, I swear by my soup maker and slow cooker.

Soup Maker means I can get my veggies, and can shop for those most shoppers turn their noses up (bruised, perhaps a bit ripe). Dice them up, in the maker, right amount of stock and hit Cook. 19 minutes later, lovely soup. If you think there’s too much, let it cool, decant into suitable containers and freeze it.

Working it that way means I can create three or four flavours of soup in a day, from a single shop. No need to worry about your veg going all manky.

   
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Rob Lee wrote:
Not Online!!! wrote:
No neighbours that offered to help?


Nope.

Seen all the "look at us, look at what we're dong to help people" footage on the news, supposedly from up and down the UK.

Here in Braintree.

Everyone for themselves as far as I can tell.

Community? What community!

I'd like to help if I could.


To be fair though, we're end of terrace, my immediate next door neighbour is over 65, and has had cancer, her husband is about the same age. Next door down from that the guy is a sales guy (personally I don't have much of an opinion of him), his wife works at my local community hospital, front line staff but not in A&E, works in the eye clinic as far as I recall. Last door up on the terrace the lady is a retired nurse, over probably 70.

We kind of know each other in passing but we're not the sort of neighbours who'd be going to each others bbq's.

They're probably in a similar situation, however they're far more affluent than I and my mother are.

And that's as far as I can tell anyone about my neighbours. Other people in the area are not the sort of people I would want to have to impose upon.


Welcome to the all throughsoaking welfare state without integration of it's citizens beyond votes skewed in favour off an existing powercartell without controll mechanisms from bottom up, not problematic until said state fails to provide and you realise that he buys your loyality but can't provide for you or doesn't want to or your fellow citizen whilest still having erroding local communal informal bonds. Scathing critique over. Not to be interpreted as an attack.


What winds me up is that I currently feel useless.

I was volunteering at a charitable organisation that helps vulnerable people with complex needs (alcohol and drugs). Was told Wednesday to stop doing that as there's no referrals coming in and due to govt. guidance. Basically felt like they were cutting me loose, discarding me. No mention of if I could get in touch if I needed to.

But it's more the stress and anxiety of the uncertainty and the lack of a workable plan for resupply from the govt. and supermarkets that should have been in place 2 weeks ago that is affecting me currently!


Ok, good:

First: You got the issue that you are unable to get too supply.

Secondly, Useless? No hardly, you are in a place of oppurtunity, due to the realisation that you are in a group / fringe group of people not able to supply themselves. You still have the means to communicate. Which leads to:_

Thirdly: My suggestion, start contacting sportclubs which atm can't do their stuff, religious institutions charitable organisations, local government branch etc, for help and Contact people you know need help, make lists off supplies needed. You seem to have a computer or Handy, time to start selforganizing and filling in the void that your state failed to fullfill. Alternatively contact your local supermarket chains if you can via phone and arrange something from there. Maybee also leave a note or two on your neighbours doors, asking them if they need something or can help you organize.


Also on the later part, maybee just ask what the plans are on the work part where you help out, and if future reemplyoment is possible?



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I'm not as badly off as you as I've got more stock in and a bit of savings to play with, and i'm in a city with a decent number of food shops in walking distance

but I'm also self isolating for health reaons and I don't have anybody local who isn't in a similar position (I seem to be friends will lots of elderly, ill, or otherwise stuck folks, oh and a couple from the NHS who i'd not want to bother and i'd probably consider too much of a risk too)

I've had an online delivery fail to show up today (nothing onn the list was available apparently) and have another due in a couple of weeks that better work or i'm stuck depending on the not yet working local authority help

(Edit: my missing delivery turns out not to be cancelled just rescheduled & they couldn't contact me, so i'm now supplied with enough Coke Zero for the apocalypse (not much diet coke tho), and a pork pie..... all the actual food and catfood was out, ho hum, at least i'll be awake)

or the offer from the local clergywoman (very kind but she's going to be swamped with elderly parishoners) or a folk from a couple of local facebook groups I lurk on

So i'm bunkering down and crossing my fingers things get better over the next couple of weeks

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Rob, it sounds like you (and possibly your mum) might well qualify as "extremely vulnerable" due to your severe asthma. If that's the case you may receive a letter in the next few days advising you to go into what the Government is calling "shielding", which is a much stricter quarantine regime than the general population. You can find out about who qualifies for this at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19#what-do-we-mean-by-extremely-vulnerable

The government is putting into place a system of food and medicine deliveries for people who qualify. Registration for this opens on Tuesday 24th here.
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable

As I understand it you can apply even if you don't receive the letter I mentioned above and will be assessed based on need - the government has said they expect they won't have everyone on their list that should be. Initially at least, these deliveries will be free, with the Government picking up the tab. If it goes on long enough this may change, but in the short term you shouldn't need to worry about being able to get hold of food.

With that in mind I would recommend that you avoid going out as much as possible, and sign up for this scheme once it goes live tomorrow.
   
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Thank you all for the responses so far.

Orlando sorry to hear about that, although good news about the Coke Zero! I get the feeling a very very large number of people are/will be in the same boat, as you thought you were initially (and I think I'm in until I find out on Wednesday), possibly, probably thousands, more than the current number of Covid-19 cases, possibly more than the guesstimated and hoped for final number.


@PGMason Thank you, and apologies if the following sounds combative/attacking/rude etc.

I have heard of the letter, read all the advice re. shielding and am aware of that webpage (just registered both myself and my mother on it), although I had to find out from someone else on another forum about that web page (apologies if I sound big headed). I am going to share a link to that web page on as many forums as I am active on.

As I understand it those in the "high risk" "at risk" group will (should) get or have been getting from today, text messages if possible, neither I or my mother have, yet, however my best mate of 30+ years and gaming buddy in Sudbury, Suffolk, has had such texts - it's the only way he can communicate besides phone calls as he has no access to the internet. Too late today, but I may give him a call tomorrow to see if he would like me to register him on there rather than/as well as going through all the text messages he's received, if he hasn't already asked his sister, who lives in Braintree, to do that for him.

I want to avoid either myself or my mother having to adhere to that "high risk" lockdown (apologies, wrong phrase, cannot find another). If I have need for supplies (besides food we both have some medication due in the next 3 weeks) and buses are still running to enable me, I will go on a supply run, and it could well be the end of the week that I have to do that - simply because I do not trust the government to arrange the supply drops in time.

I am aware that is a risk, not just to me but others also, I will be exercising social distancing measures to the extreme or as much as possible given 2 bus rides will be needed, buses here in Braintree, on the route I'm on in Braintree, are usually fairly empty, hopefully it will remain that way to allow people to keep their distance. Unlike the idiots that have caused this complete lockdown.

Everything is still too vague, "one size fits all" and not yet properly in place and up and running and slow to materialise for me to put blind faith in the govt. to ensure supplies are delivered.

It's bad enough that a journey to the supermarket may prove futile at best, let alone sitting at home twiddling thumbs waiting.

When everything is up and running as it should be, if it ever gets that way, then I will be confident of putting myself under total house arrest, if needed.

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Contact the local County Council. There are co-ordinated efforts to try and provide support to the most vulnerable. Staff that are in low priority areas are being requisition to do deliveries of food for vulnerable elements of the community.

You just have to bare with them though. Boris the Clown is in his panic mode keeps making instant decisions that no authorities know anything about until he announces it. This then gives no time for the authorities to catch up. Most councils and public bodies that support the community are just trying to catch up only to find another trap door opening up beneath them the following evening and it starting all over again the next day. They will catch up eventually but the system is in a bit of chaos at the moment because of the governments approach to trying to deal with the virus. This is before you consider a lot of these bodies have an aging workforce so many staff are self isolating because they themselves fall into the vulnerable groups. However if you persist you will get to the right people eventually or wait a week and things should hopefully settle down a bit (assuming Boris the Clown doesn't open up another trap door underneath their feet which is quite possible at this point).


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@nareik - Thanks, but not sure Amazon would be suitable. My mother and I also don't have the money to keep shopping around, we need to buy as cheaply as possible - which means avoiding brand names as much as possible. I know what I can buy in Tesco, usually, and I know what I buy from Tesco is OK with regards to my allergies, brand name or not. Don't know about mother's allergies as she shops for herself usually. Never tells me about this stuff. She's been unwell with an upset stomach recently (probably due to the stress of this crisis), she didn't tell me about it for 2 days!! Not that I can do much about it!

So, anyhow, day 3, going into day 4 of "enforced lockdown".

The shop I ordered from Tesco arrived as scheduled yesterday, I booked it 2 weeks ago, my usual fortnightly shop.

Didn't get bread, and a few other not necessarily essential items, although one or two of those could have been helpful...

Guy called Andy (on his name tag) delivered the shop, probably in his 20s, very helpful and empathetic guy, as far as he could be, observed the 6ft guidance, shopping was in bags for a change.



Tonight however Tesco have had the balls to send me a direct message on Twitter, asking me to fill out a generic survey about my satisfaction of the delivery - the first question says my delivery driver was Calum?!

What are they playing at?!

Stay safe and well people

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I've been pretty impressed by Tesco in this crisis. They introduced social distancing, sanitising the trolley handles, and rationing early on.

I'm sure the mixup about the driver's name was just a minor error.

Bread seems to be quite a problem, probably because it is such a staple food item. If you've got some basics like flour and baking powder, it's pretty easy to make bread foods like waffles and soda bread.

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Any luck with a grocery or take-out service?

I see Aldi's uses Instacart, which we have in the states. Instacart allows you to purchase online from multiple grocery stores: https://www.aldi.us/en/shop-now/grocery-delivery/

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I've shopped once for an elderly neighbour, and one of my new D&D buddies' family is currently in isolation, so I'll be dropping some essentials outside his door later.

Luckily in my area people have teamed up to help each other. The main way we are all in contact with each other is via a local Facebook group. Have you tried finding local groups like that? Or maybe even one nearby if your don't have one as local as you'd like? You might be able to find someone who is willing to drive slightly out of their way. I'm afraid a 4-hour round trip is just a little more than I could manage! :(

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Local shops near us are offering deliveries, and have been far better stocked than the cleaned-out supermarkets. Hoarders seem too have overlooked them.

Takeaways are quite expensive, compared to the necessities. They are handy at times like these, but people can only afford so many. And, you'll want to walk it all off afterwards, which is hard to do indoors.

So, ring your local shops and see about a care-package order.

And, as said, councils are taking their usual glacial time about it, but are organising deliveries to known households. Get registered with your local or county council, as the'll need a list to work to. I'm expecting a call any day about that.

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 Kilkrazy wrote:
I've been pretty impressed by Tesco in this crisis. They introduced social distancing, sanitising the trolley handles, and rationing early on.

I'm sure the mixup about the driver's name was just a minor error.

Bread seems to be quite a problem, probably because it is such a staple food item. If you've got some basics like flour and baking powder, it's pretty easy to make bread foods like waffles and soda bread.


I'm not impressed with any of the supermarkets, or most "big business" in general. On day 0 they should have got on top of the panic buying, temporarily closing stores if necessary, and done what they have now effectively been forced by govt. to do.

Given that I'm not in London, or any other current hotspot, I have mixed views on whether this "lockdown" is the right thing to do, the science backs it up, from what I've read, but the hardship being created, if it is only minor for some, won't help many, particularly those whom are supposedly being "protected"...

Couple of elderly ladies are featured in an article currently on my local rags website, not entirely sure where in the area they are, however it seems they had to have the police go and collect their medication! Why did it take the police to offer to help for them to have their medication collected and delivered to them?!

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Trouble is the movement of people.

In my situation? I live in a small Kentish Town. But, up until a couple of weeks ago, I was commuting to and from London five days a week. At least one of immediate colleagues (same floor, same section) had just come back from Italy.

We were told to work from home. Which I continue to do. Now, there and then? If I’d been infected (zero symptoms, not even a sniffle or owt), all fine and well. I’ve limited contact with others. Except for my flatmate. Who happens to be a delivery driver.

If I’d now developed symptoms (and hey, there’s still time)? I could’ve infected him. And given he’s classed as a key worker? Who knows how many he might have infected in turn?

That’s why the lockdown is so strict. It’d about preventing the spread amongst sensible people as much as people. Sure, there’s no allowing for idiots, but there never is.

   
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The easiest way to deal with this is to let the virus wipe out the vulnerable 1-6%, and everyone else develops immunities. That way is far quicker, less disruptive to the economy, and leaves freedoms of choice and movement.
Being the civilised Humans that we are, we've avoided this option.

Yet, there are a lot of people who put others at risk, and defy restrictions placed on the populace as a whole.

We are now seeing the effects of a connected world, where people select their 'tribes', and live beyond the local community. How many of us know our neighbours? How about the next house along?
This is part of why we're so isolated when a lockdown happens. Our 'people' are not near us any more. Some have been left behind, offline.

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Rob Lee.

1. Go on Google search and find the nearest church to you. I don't care if you aren't religious. Phone them and ask for help, explain your situation. If they wont help keep trying until you find one that will. You can get a third party to fill out medication forms and can go shopping for you.

2. Go to eBay and buy a mask. Try a 3M 6800 series, I have mine now and it works well. Wear that and you can go shopping in a decent amount of safety even if others around you do not distance.

3. Call your GP's surgery, and ask for a medication delivery. They will be swamped with requests for help from people in similar or worse situations. Try a church first. The NHS also probably wont deliver food for you unless you are on the nursing care list.

4. Keep your morale up, you can take it, ywe are just not used to this hardship in the UK.

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Rob Lee wrote:
Tonight however Tesco have had the balls to send me a direct message on Twitter, asking me to fill out a generic survey about my satisfaction of the delivery - the first question says my delivery driver was Calum?!

What are they playing at?!

Heaven forbid that they might have had to change the intended driver for any number of mundane reasons.
   
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 Lord Damocles wrote:
Rob Lee wrote:
Tonight however Tesco have had the balls to send me a direct message on Twitter, asking me to fill out a generic survey about my satisfaction of the delivery - the first question says my delivery driver was Calum?!

What are they playing at?!

Heaven forbid that they might have had to change the intended driver for any number of mundane reasons.


I think you've missed the main point here, hopefully not intentionally.

What are they doing at this time wasting time doing generic customer satisfaction surveys?

More pressing matters perhaps?
   
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Some people in jobs at most companies do not stack shelves, load lorries, etc.
This is one of those jobs.
If your answers help with future deliveries, job done.

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Except the answers wouldn't really. Not in this crisis. It's a completely generic survey. There are places to add some "extra information" I guess that they might take notice if you add info regarding any situation you may be in.

Just think a more specific to this crisis survey would be a better use of their times, find out who they could be prioritising for example, giving them an idea of who they need to be opening delivery slots for, perhaps cancelling the deliveries of those selfish enough to book a slot whilst still being able to visit a supermarket, i.e. those who have cars. Having made such surveys myself, being the sort of person who could be employed to do so, I know they take 5 minutes to create. Longer to compile and analyse results that come in though.

This is the survey, I believe anyone can take it - https://www.inmoment.com/websurvey/2/execute#!/1

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I'd imagine the survey is an automated thing that would be more trouble to switch off/remove from the system than just letting it run

(or if it is new it could be intended to make sure the drivers are keeping their distance, they'll really want to be sure of that)

 
   
 
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