Ten

What the frig, Sterling?! What what what?

SOCIAL DISTANCING

Okay, so we’re meant to be making only essential journeys, and where I work is meant to be restricting the amount of people in the shop at any one time, so tell me, please, why on Earth it was busier than Christmas instore today? Why, despite announcements literally every five minutes over the tannoy about how “we’ve implemented social distancing protocols for your safety, security, and peace of mind” people still see fit to congregate in groups of four plus people, nattering about how “they’ve not seen you for WEEKS! We simply must stop in the most inconvenient place and talk for hours!”

I’ve seen people wearing protective face masks, which is great! But they wear them around their neck, which is doing nobody any good at all! Especially when they get nose-to-nose with me (which I would not appreciate at the best of times!) to ask me where chopped tomatoes are located.

It’s aisle 29, by the way. Herbs, spices, tomatoes, tinned kidney beans and the like. Also bacon, sausages and fish.

On a normal Friday, my department (internet shopping!) would have about 400+ picks to do. Today, on Good Friday, my first day back after nine days off, we had SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, which one the one hand is good, because more people are able to order online, which is invaluable for vulnerable people, BUT! I am absolutely crocked right now. I sit down for ten plus minutes, and the next time I try and move, I’m walking like a sodding Disney witch.

Basically, do better, people. Do better!

SHADOWLANDS

The! Most! Important! Thing!

I can have BLUE PANDAREN?! Why yes, this is everything I wanted and I didn’t even know it beforehand.

DIFFERENT EYE COLOURS!

Already the best expansion. Just give me Pandaren heritage armour too and we’re all set, Blizzywizzy.

Currently, I am conflicted on what to level first as my main next expansion.

  • Demo Warlock (human): Warlock has been the class I level first for years now, and tradition dictates I do it again.
  • Elemental Shaman (pandaren): THEY GOT RID OF MAELSTROM! It’s going back to a cooldown-based gameplay, rather than builder/spender, with the spender being drastically underwhelming!
  • Beast Mastery Hunter (pandaren): My current main, of course. I like constant movement, I like being able to tame things, and Kill Shot returns!
  • Balance Druid (kul tiran): The controversial outlier, I really enjoy the playstyle at the moment, but I suspect it’s going to be completely different in Shadowlands? It’s very much a wild card.

I’ve spent YEARS hating Druid as a class, I don’t know how this happened.

OTHER STUFF

  • oh god my legs
  • my legs!
  • Might play some Football Manager later on, before I retire to the boudoir at 20:30 because I start work at 4am.
  • Much caffeine.
  • I moan a lot about 4am starts, but weirdly I’m more alert when I start work then than I am if I start work at 5 or 6am. I genuinely am confused as to why this is. Plus, I get 2 hours of night premium, so BONUS MONEY HONEY.

1 thought on “Ten

  1. bhagpuss

    Thanks for going in to work to keep us all fed. I’ve been to our local Sainsbury’s twice since the lockdown and I’m pleased to say it’s very different from what you’re experiencing. Strict control over how many people are allowed into the store, almost everyone keeping well away from each other and so on.

    Even so, I’ve decided not to go there again next week. Contact still feels uncomfortably close even though it’s within the guidelnes. I’ve also changed my daily walk because too many people were whizzing past us on bikes (current thinking is that rather than 2m clearance you need way, way more to be at a safe distance from runners or cyclists, who leave invisible clouds of droplets in the air behind them even if they don’t cough).

    I’m going to go to the small Tesco Metro down the hill instead for my one weekly shopping trip – hardly anyone seems to be using it.

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