Coronavirus: The Only Shops Which Will Survive…
Vernon Coleman
Antoinette and I went shopping the other day.
When I say that we went shopping that is something of an exaggeration.
We visited a garden centre, a supermarket, a newsagent, a pharmacy and a greengrocer.
Nothing else was open.
It wasn’t a great deal of fun.
We were shouted at by several shop assistants (in some cases more than once).
`Don’t go that way!’
`You can’t come in here until someone leaves.’
`Move back!
`You have to follow the arrows.’
`We don’t take cash.’
It was a miserable experience.
In future we will do as much shopping as we can online.
It’s quicker and less painful. And often cheaper too.
I realise that shop assistants have been scared witless by the Government’s constant threats. I understand that.
But you can’t shout at customers, or treat them like prisoners, and expect them to return.
I fear that in the short-term the only shops which will survive the manufactured coronavirus `crisis’ will be the shops which make shopping a special, pleasant experience.
And for the medium and long-term, shops and shoppers need to campaign to push governments to abandon social distancing laws which will destroy our society if they are maintained. We don’t have social distancing to protect us from the flu, which can kill more people than the coronavirus. And we don’t have social distancing to protect us from other killer diseases such as tuberculosis – which kills far more people than the coronavirus.
The way things are going at the moment, Mr Bezos is going to own the world within a few months.
Copyright 23rd May 2020
Vernon Coleman’s book about the coronavirus crisis is available as a paperback and an eBook on Amazon. Entitled Coming Apocalypse the book explains how we got where we are and what is likely to happen next. We all need to understand that everything changed in January 2020. Nothing is ever going to be the same again.
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