Our state is getting a bit too strict

[musicman65]

Here in Michigan,we able not able to buy,things like,paint,stain,plumbing items,carpet flooring and no motor boats.we have free time to muddle about the property doing odd jobs,but now on hold.
there are many who have projects needed to be complete now,,,like me.
this order needs to be re thinked,by Lansing,to get us back on trac,and still be safe
what is next,,,a restricting of condoms,,,wash and re use ?? Oh and not to buy any flowers or weed and feed,our property will look like crap

[Control-Z]

1. How about ordering on line for delivery?

As far as I know, they can't restrict your packages.

[musicman65]

2. Need to

look at,feel and smell the product before buying,,,sort of like dating

[ret5hd]

3. Except that's kinda like sex...

Every time you touch something, you’re touching everyone that’s touched it before.

[csziggy]

4. That's what I've been doing!

Sometimes the delivery is slow and the products may not be dependable. Right now I have two LED light fixtures to return. I ordered them to replace the two 12 year old ones in my bathroom. One of the "new" fixtures was obviously previously returned - incomplete packaging, part missing or broken, no instructions. Plus, I found them for $7 cheaper from another source with faster and free shipping.

I'd rather go into the store to look, but the type of fixtures I wanted would have to be ordered anyway. Some of the other ones I ordered the stores did not have in the quantity I needed (14 gimbaled 3" LED fixtures for the living room, local store had 3).

Some paint may not be able to be shipped. I needed a specific spray paint - nope, cannot be shipped so I sent my husband to the local store to get it.

I really don't understand limiting stuff that people could buy to make their time at home more tolerable and productive.

[musicman65]

5. Yes this madness needs to be revised

too little time to do so much

[LisaL]

6. Well, there is a pandemic going on.

So perhaps one has to do things differently than what one is used to.

[Totally Tunsie]

7. This is what gets me - restricting sales of non-essential items within

Target, Costco, and Walmart.

For example:

To help reduce foot traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic, some local governments have ordered Walmart, Target Costco, and other big-box retailers to stop selling nonessential items in stores.

Last week, Vermont's Agency of Commerce and Community Development directed big-box retailers to stop in-store sales of non-essential items. Those items include arts and crafts, beauty, clothing, consumer electronics, entertainment (books, music, movies), carpet and flooring, furniture, home and garden, jewelry, paint, photo services, sports equipment, and toys.

Shoppers can get their food/pharmaceuticals there, but little else. The "non-essential" aisles will be closed off.

https://www.kcra.com/article/walmart-costco-target-stores-cant-sell-non-essential-items/32098230#

[Fla Dem]

8. That does seem a bit bizarre.

[blaze]

9. As I understand it

They're trying to protect the people that are working in those stores.

They are potentially exposing themselves... That's understandable if they're dealing with electricians and plumbers and such making emergency repairs.

Should they expose themselves to the masses stuck (safe) at home so people can do their little home projects?

[Totally Tunsie]

10. Understood. It just seems odd, tho, that I can go to Walmart

to get groceries (essential), but wouldn't be able to buy fabric and elastic to make masks. It's up to the States to define "essential", but what's essential or, more importantly, non-essential for one isn't necessarily so for another.

Are the workers in Vermont more important than the workers in South Carolina, where stores are wide open? Family in SC reports even hair salons are still open there.