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Same situation here - I'm happy that we are open and we can sell people stuff they need to keep them on the road, but now is not the time for people to be wandering round tyre-kicking because they are WFH and are being driven mad by the kids or whatever.
Also a little bit more respect for retail workers personal space at this time would be nice
roadwarrior
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Hope it’s ok if I have a bit of a rant.
I work in a bike shop in at a retail park in the north of England, it has been a fairly quiet past couple of days but I’m struggling with the stress I’m feeling due to seeing people shopping for clothes and eating at restaurants. We had plenty of people in the shop yesterday simply wandering about, no interest in buying anything, and leaving again, once customer looked to be in his 70’s and in a wheelchair was wheeled into the store by who I presume was his granddaughter, he had his grandson sat on his lap who had a persistent cough, they walked around the store about about 15 minutes touching grips and pulling brake levers then left. There was plenty more people doing the same thing, they have a complete lack of empathy for the staff at these shops.
My biggest fear is that now they are closing schools the Retail park is going to get really busy again and I won’t be able to cope mentally (I suffer from sever anxiety). I have my fingers crossed for a closure of retail parks in the coming days.
Hope everyone is staying safe.