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Squaredisk
I went outside, the world is crazy... don't go outside.
In Crouch End there were queues to get in most shops, with shops rationing the number of people allowed inside so that everyone has lots of space around them. Some shops asking people to present the barcodes of items so that they can be scanned without cashiers touching the items. Most staff wearing gloves but none wearing masks. Perhaps 10% of people wearing masks, some badly fitting. No cash payments anywhere anymore, everything was card only.
The things that stumped me: The massive queue for hand sanitizer in Superdrug... but if people are home and washing hands with soap, why do they need it?! The totally empty shelves in the co-op (lots of panic buying happening).
Then there's the hints of economic impact. Signs in some shop windows, nearly all restaurants and pubs, and the cinemas... they have all temporarily closed. The place was dead.
I hadn't been out in a week, this is wow. Indoors one doesn't realise the mayhem occurring outside.