Masks required, but I noticed a few maskless men inside. One was mid-70s, I’d guess, handling the checkout machines without gloves. He was fairly overweight.

Usually I’m fearless about talking to people and I was fascinated by what his story would be. Did he already have Covid and felt he was immune? Did he, like my 90-year-old father-in-law, think Covid is just another flu and this is all bull? But he was busy with his checkout so I let him be.

The store had the look of employees not able to stay up with keeping the shelves sorted. Drip parts were scattered in the wrong bins, etc.