Asda – Wearing a Face-mask

Today was the first day that face masks were mandatory in the supermarkets in England. I wore one but my children didn’t. It was a strange feeling and I think I shouted at the Customer Services colleague as I thought he couldn’t hear me through the mask… queue grandma’s ensuring the other person on an international phone call could hear them…Anyway, I’m sure the Asda staff are used to it…

Just thinking about something at work…? How many times have you felt that the other person didn’t understand you so you got louder and louder in a meeting not realising the barrier (facemask?!) was your ability to accept a different point of view?

I digress… I haven’t been to Asda since before the lock-down choosing the speed that Aldi cashiers progress the shopping but I needed a few non-food items and I was pleased to see that there was no queue at the till and we got our shopping done quickly.

The kids were not impressed that we had to go grocery shopping as we barely go with them nowadays but they are now bribed with cherries, cucumbers and carrots. And if the sunshines this afternoon, a game of tennis in their favourite park!