01-13-2021, 05:00 PM
(01-13-2021, 03:08 PM)jeffster Wrote:(01-13-2021, 01:19 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Social gatherings are surely not essential. And we are supposed to stay at home unless it's essential.
Same with this. If we are to stay at home except when it's essential, why are non-essential stores open at all?
None essential stores would include your Lowes and Home Depot. So yeah, normally you don’t NEED to go into these places — but if you have a plumbing disaster, broken faucet, toilet, or really anything to do with something breaking in your house, you need this place to have hours. Otherwise, you’re calling in the experts and paying $500+ for something you could do for $150.
The plumbing section could be essential, but the sporting goods section is not. The store should be closing non-essential sections.
This is getting into the weeds, but these are the types of distinctions that should be made in order to both protect small businesses and also communicate the severity of the pandemic to people.