Walmart will limit customers and create one-way traffic inside its stores

I can see why they would do that - but that will also turn shopping into a PITA - I would not be surprised if most big-stores follow thru.

One the subject of shopping - the other day I was at a store and I was frustrated at how many times I had to touch the touchscreen in order to do the self checkout - I had to touch the touchscreen to:

• confirm there was nothing left in my cart I had not scanned
• confirm my payment (cash, credit-card, etc)
• confirm I didn't wan't cashback
• enter the pin #

F'ing-A

I'm guessing at least 20% of their customers aren't going to understand how that works.

HEB (a mostly central TX based grocery store chain) has been doing the same. And somebody is at the door making sure those lined up are staying six feet away from each other as well. (Tho probably a good thing they are doing that. I wondered how much the virus was being spread a few weeks ago during panic buying crowds). It’s eerie watching a long line out the door. Probably more practical to shop at upscale grocery stores like Whole Foods or switch to delivery at this point if you don’t have a family and a bunch of mouths to feed. 😐

They are saying that those infected can spread the virus by simply talking - and possibly even when just exhaling - in light of this I think wearing masks should be made mandatory especially in public spaces like stores.

I guess I won't be returning to Walmart for a while.

Could be another reason why South Korea put a lid on this much more quickly. They take our innovations and run with it. All you need is a cellphone for all transactions and its pretty touchless.

"I wear a mask to protect you, so you wear a mask to protect me."

All stores in Ohio have been ordered to limit the number of customers and have employees enforce 6 ft spacing between customers by next Monday morning.