Having a bad time at the moment, so really grateful that I can come one here and tell you guys without being judged. I am really suffering mentally at the moment, this morning at 4.30am when hubby was going to work, I had a meltdown crying, pleading with him not to go (he works in the food distribution centre for Tesco). I am still struggling not to keep crying.
Sadly some of this extra feelings of depression have been caused by all the posts on my local Facebook bashing/critizing supermarkets and their staff, some calling the staff incredibly derogatory names/phrases. I know I should have not reacted, but when one described the staff at my local Tesco as jumped up jobsworth idiots who had let the power go to their head, I saw red, then the person attacked me for asking her not to use such terms to describe supermarket workers, felt even worse as she was clearly an NHS worker. I have removed myself from the group as this week, everyday there have been posts critizing the local supermarkets and how they are handling the current crisis, not understanding that they have staff off sick/self-isolating as well.
So can I also ask, that I know we are all frustrated, I know what the supermarkets are doing isn't perfect, I would certainly not normally defend Tesco as I know how poorly paid my hubby and daughter are, but this crisis is just as new to the supermarkets and their staff as it was to the rest of us, they are trying their best, learning and adapting as they go. There staff are just as frightened as the rest of us, as are their families. I know I am not the only one on this forum who has family working for a supermarket, and Stitch and some others work in supermarkets, but please before you go on Facebook, forums etc to bash them, stop and think on the effect this will have on others, by all means you are entitled to have a moan, but try and refrain from using derogatory terms to describe their staff, and remember someone might challenge you on what you are saying, just as some of you might challenge me on this, as this is only my opinion, so don't attack people whose opinion differs. Try to remember you post taking out your frustrations could have a dramatic effect on some one else. This lady has pushed me over the edge even though she doesn't know me.
If you are having issues with a supermarket talk politely to the staff at the time, ask to see the manager of either that section or whoever is in charge of the store, again I realise this may not be possible, but try to resolve the issue at the time and even when moaning on Facebook can still be done without attack and nasty terminology.
Sorry if this offends anyone, it truly wasn't anything on here that upset me this, but I need to get this off my chest, as I feel that there are some parts of society (hopefully the minority) that think supermarket workers are beneath them, as in some sort of lesser being and somehow immune to this virus.
