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Old 19-03-2020, 20:11   #102
Margaret Pilkington
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Re: Corona Virus

The first hour of shopping in Iceland was devoted to the elderly...there were two staff on the doors and those wanting to shop during that time had to show either a bus pass or something which confirmed their age...and they were only letting a few people into the shop at a time...which meant that it was possible to distance yourself from other shoppers.

Old and Bargain are going to be devoting the first hour of shopping to the elderly too...AND they are going to be setting limits on the number of the same item you can buy(not before time).

The other thing about this store is that any of their staff who have to self isolate will get full pay for the two weeks this entails.....any members of staff who do not need to use this will get an extra two weeks pay at the end of the year.
they have put aside 30m quid to do this...unlike the greedy billionaire Richard Branson who is asking his staff to take unpaid leave(miserable git).

I do not usually wish anyone ill, but don't you just wish that those who have no thought for others could get a dose of something that might require that they need to use every single sheet of the bog rolls they panic bought?
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