Shops & supermarkets under lockdown!

[Johnrgby]

Question: does anyone know what the sign outside of Mercadona says? It's posted after the shopping trolleys on the inner/second door. It said something "prohibido" but I did not want to cause an obstruction standing to take a pic and/or struggling through it in my limited Spanish. Is it about having more than one person inside, or something else?

From what I gleaned from Tamara, visit to Mercadona in Corralejo, you are now supposed to take a trolley from inside the store, as they have already been sanitised

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Don't remember seeing any new notices in Corralejo, but could have missed it. The trolley situation has been like this since the beginning in this store so not sure if it's that. There is a notice reminding you to discard your used gloves in a special bin before leaving the store, includes the words 'olvides' (forget) and 'guantes' (gloves).

I'll check it out on my next visit if no one else does so before then.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Visit to Risco Prieto industrial estate today, Puerto del Rosario. 11.30am - 2pm.

Tindaya to Puerto, quite a lot of traffic on roads. Followed by Trafico on motorbikes around ring road but they carried on towards airport as I turned off for Ideal.

So many cars on the industrial estate considering how few businesses are open! The road up to Ideal was almost fully parked both sides of the road and Electron's car park had few spaces. Someone is doing works on the industrial estate, busying digging up paths, JCB doing trenches in rough ground etc. No signage indicating what/who. Got really cheesed with the guys digging up path at bottom corner of Ideal, they were creating so much dust that was blowing directly on to the queue, glad I had a mask, well, snood really, on.

Queue at Ideal was about 10 people when I joined but only took 10 minutes before I could go in. Help yourself to gel at the door, no gloves, no temperature checks, no disinfectant of trolleys/baskets - I got an extra dollop of gel and smeared it all over the handle. Quite a few people inside, 95% very good at observing social distancing but as I've found elsewhere there were a couple of morons who hadn't seemed to have heard of it. Obviously shopping together, ignoring other people who were hanging back waiting for someone else to finish looking at a section and barging in. Saw them tap a member of staff on shoulder to get attention and then they completely ignored the queue and walked straight up to a checkout position next to the person already being served. The security guy intervened, pointed out the queue, they got the strop and put their stuff down and attempted to walk out - the security guy wasn't having it and insisted they went back and out through the 'no purchases' bit so they went through scanners. This provided entertainment for the queue (it was taking about 20 mins to get to checkout) and was met with general approval  .

Not having got all I wanted I drove round to ferreteria Marcial Gonzalez opposite Nissan. No queue, straight in, got one more thing I wanted, straight out. This place is useful as it is where you can get wood cut on request. Good range of paint products, plumbing bits etc.

Round to Quimicas Morales for pool chemicals, served at office door. No cards, only cash here.

Meant to check if the 'Boutique' was open but forgot. I call it Cyrano de Bergerac, can never remember it's name  , Turn right when coming back down from Electron.

Coming back around the ring road I turned off to check if Saavedra had started opening but no sign of life.

When I went past Oasis garden centre I noticed their road barrier was up, not seen that lately, possible they are open or possibly just for maintenance staff.

Also a lot of work going on right the way up the hill towards the technology park. Heavy machinery and lots of workers.

[Cotillo_Tom]

I discovered a new routine in Mercadona on Monday. Its possible that any new signage might be to do with the trolley parking system they have introduced?

So, in the fruit and vegetable section and the the meats section,  you are required to park your shopping trolley in the centre of the section. 

It was being enforced very vocally on Monday morning!!  It was a very interesting reversal of the usual situation: the Spanish staff thought that if the English dont understand,  they just need to shout louder and louder, and eventually we will get it!! 

Tom.

[windermeregolfer]

Visit to Risco Prieto industrial estate today, Puerto del Rosario. 11.30am - 2pm.

A question please Tamara why were you able to travel out of Municipality?

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Shopping, not exercise.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

I discovered a new routine in Mercadona on Monday. Its possible that any new signage might be to do with the trolley parking system they have introduced?

So, in the fruit and vegetable section and the the meats section,  you are required to park your shopping trolley in the centre of the section. 

It was being enforced very vocally on Monday morning!!  It was a very interesting reversal of the usual situation: the Spanish staff thought that if the English dont understand,  they just need to shout louder and louder, and eventually we will get it!! 

Tom.

Nothing like that when I was in there on Monday lunchtime Tom, although that's what I always do anyway.

[Ducks]

I discovered a new routine in Mercadona on Monday. Its possible that any new signage might be to do with the trolley parking system they have introduced?

So, in the fruit and vegetable section and the the meats section,  you are required to park your shopping trolley in the centre of the section. 

It was being enforced very vocally on Monday morning!!  It was a very interesting reversal of the usual situation: the Spanish staff thought that if the English dont understand,  they just need to shout louder and louder, and eventually we will get it!! 

Tom.

...Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear.

So that's what the rather upset man was shouting at me about— he kept pointing at the center of the area where the bananas usually are and I definitely heard the word platanos was used. I am sure of it.


...I might have told him (in my best broken Spanish) that I don't think they have any bananas in Mercadona today, and they might have some in Lidl.



This was a customer, mind you: no sign of any staff members and nobody said anything about it, either. Will remember this for next time! Thanks so much for the information, even if I'd quite like the ground to open up and swallow me now.

[Emmi Smith]

Ha ha Ducks, reminds me of my early learning days of Spanish.  Was in a bar, and went up to the barman and asked for a "cherry" - he looked puzzled.  I had got the wrong word, meant to ask for an ashtray!    cereza = cherry, cenicero = ashtray - well,both words begin with a "c". That's my excuse!! LOL!

[windermeregolfer]

Shopping, not exercise.

Tamara Yes but why?   I thought it was still only essentials individuals could go out for which should be available in your own Municipality ?