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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 06:06 PM Jul 2020

Went to the biggest mall in Delaware yesterday...........to get a quick dinner .............

I will not be going back..............even with all of the "safety systems" somewhat in place..............the planet needs a vaccine.............we did not stay to eat our meal at the food court...................call me paranoid............

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Went to the biggest mall in Delaware yesterday...........to get a quick dinner ............. (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2020 OP
I only do carry out Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #1
Same... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #3
I'm doing exactly what I was doing in March when under a stay-at-home order. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #2
It's only paranoia if the threat isn't real. panader0 Jul 2020 #4
I've been out to eat once since February csziggy Jul 2020 #5
We do curbside pickup peggysue2 Jul 2020 #6
Our main mall, DestiNY USA, was just cleared for reopening on Friday... ARPad95 Jul 2020 #7
Agreed, I won't dine in until we have a Vaccine. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #8
I got some Chinese takeout about a week ago. lpbk2713 Jul 2020 #9

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. I only do carry out
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 06:13 PM
Jul 2020

And that is only with the local restaurants. They support the community organizations and I will support them in return.

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
3. Same...
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:19 PM
Jul 2020

I'm just glad that my wife and I are both officially "retired" from day-jobs. That way, we can order curbside take-out when we want and do the same for grocery shopping. I can't imaging what our lives would be like if we both had to put in eight hours or more each day "on-site."

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
2. I'm doing exactly what I was doing in March when under a stay-at-home order.
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 06:56 PM
Jul 2020

Which is, I'm staying at home - no way in Hell am I going to a restaurant or a mall or even a grocery store. You can call me paranoid too, but there are times when one might not be paranoid enough and this is one of them.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
5. I've been out to eat once since February
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:27 PM
Jul 2020

And that was at a little locally owned independent breakfast lunch diner. My husband and I were two of three customers and had a whole section of the little place to ourselves. We'd been running necessary errands and needed to get lunch and this was convenient plus one of our favorite places for lunch

I'd hoped to go out for my birthday later this week, but probably not. We usually go to Ted's Montana Grill but it is not a very roomy place and is always packed. I suspect that they will remove the tables in the middle and only seat people in the booths along the side, but...

I'll probably send my husband for take out - it's not only my birthday, it will be our forty third anniversary, so we both need some sort of celebration.

peggysue2

(10,811 posts)
6. We do curbside pickup
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:33 PM
Jul 2020

No way am I sitting in an in-door restaurant at this point. I had imagined that by summer we could have an outside patio dinner. But I'm not eager to start even that.

My social life consists of a few pickup meals and grocery shopping every two weeks.

Wheeeeee! Summertime is so much fun.

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)
7. Our main mall, DestiNY USA, was just cleared for reopening on Friday...
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:39 PM
Jul 2020
Changes for mall-goers include masks being required, signs on the floor directing foot traffic and hand sanitizing stations everywhere. The touch screen directories are turned off, and no one can sit and eat at the food court. The famous carousel also is not open.


[link:https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/07/destiny-usa-reopens-for-first-day-since-covid-19-shutdown-it-feels-weird.html|]

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
9. I got some Chinese takeout about a week ago.
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 07:44 PM
Jul 2020


That is the only food I have had since March that wasn't prepared at my home.

I was happy to see they are surviving through all this shit.

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