It really was a crazy time.

I’m sure there’ll be another rush of these at the end of the year, if the christmas surge doesn’t eventuate.

It sure has been a strange time for all. The closing of so many businesses, some recover, but many won’t. What has been happening, sure does shine a different light on life.

I feel so sorry for the businesses, they have and continue to suffer so much.

A horrible time for all independent shop owners,many would have closed shop for good.

A very tough time for all, with different business and family pressures.

I feel so sad for all of these businesses and workers. I wish them all the best.

It’s good for the moment as they will reopen soon enough

It’s very sad for all involved, but if it’s what has to be done , then it’s a good thing

Sad but important in the grand scheme of things

Such a sad time, but we have been able to keep the death toll down which is what we want

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 01 Apr 2020 , 5:40 am

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  Keeping the toll down and flattening the curve is indeed what needs to happen.

So sad, but understandable. If we’re being told not to leave the house unless absolutely essential, the staff in these stores are exposing themselves whilst also hardly receiving any custom. Looking forward to these shops re-opening and me providing my custom again.

I think they are being socially responsible and caring about the community and their employees.

I’m hoping many of these shops will be able to offer online services to keep their businesses going ….

Being stood down is unfair, I was actually let go because there is “no work” and it is terrible knowing I only had 3 weeks pay and most recruiting is on hold so will be very hard to find another job.

It would be great to see these shops opt in to on line sales and then those staff instead of being stood down could be doing order processing from the shop front – just close them down to customers coming in, but processing orders will help keep our economy going and during this time, we need to find a balance for health and economy

I’m sure we can cope without some of these shops for a short term but not too long. Certainly not the grocery shops though. Hopefully the shops will be open again in the very near future.

Hopefully we can continue to shop online and this will all be over soon.

Wow, there really is going to be nothing left! It’s really important at this time to support local businesses who are still open, especially restaurants who are now doing takeaway.

I walked through a shopping center this morning and it felt deserted. The sooner we stop this the sooner this country can resume and everyone can try to get their lives back.