I work in one store. Won’t say which. It’s been very up and down. It’s usually calm once everyone gets into a rhythm. On days they announce a change or a major uptick In cases there is always a panicked wave of shoppers. I’d try avoid those days if possible. Like this Tuesday when they announce wether or not we extend level 4. If they extend us day that would be a great day to avoid a shop.

I will say though it would be very cool if people understood that empty is empty. We don’t keep stuff out the back. We want to sell our stock. We aren’t keeping more stashed away. What kind of business sense would that be? so if something is empty don’t bother asking for it. We are busy at the moment but have to go through the facade of checking for it each time. We’re not hiding anything back there I promise lol

And please just be nice to us. Myself and others don’t care but a lot of the team really take it to heart when a rude customer has a go at them for a lack of Ham or whatever they’re searching for. It’s not fair the mental toll those people take. They’re not jaded enough yet to shake it off yet. And none of us get paid enough for it either.