Posted on 04/02/2020 5:28:28 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The order applies to "big box" stores in the state as a way to increase social distancing between customers during the coronavirus crisis.
State officials in Vermont are ordering large retailers that sell critical items such as food and prescription drugs to stop the in-person sale of nonessential products such as clothing and electronics.
The directive, announced Tuesday by Vermont's Agency of Commerce and Community Development, was addressed at "big box" retailers.
Whenever possible, stores such as Walmart, Target and Costco must stop the sale of nonessential items within the store and require online or telephone ordering, delivery, and curbside pickup instead.
Big box retailers generate significant shopping traffic by virtue of their size and the variety of goods offered.
“This volume of shopping traffic significantly increases the risk of further spread of this dangerous virus to Vermonters and the viability of Vermont’s health care system. We are directing these stores to put public health first and help us reduce the number of shoppers by requiring on-line ordering, delivery and curbside pickup whenever possible, and by stopping the sale of non-essential items," Agency of Commerce and Community Development Secretary Lindsay Kurrle said in a statement.
The items that cannot be sold in person include, but are not limited to, arts and crafts, beauty supplies, carpet and flooring, clothing, consumer electronics, entertainment, furniture, home and garden, jewelry, paint, photo services, sports equipment and toys.
Stores are ordered to close aisles, close portions of the store or remove items from the shelves.
The agency also said showrooms and garden sections of large home improvement centers should be closed unless there is a life-threatening emergency.
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Jawohl!
no
with the malls and other stores closed people are flocking to walmart out of boredom..wandering around looking at and buying non-essional things
My Walmart looks lie Black Friday everyday
we are so screwed
Because 10 million unemployed just arent enough.
Clothing is non-essential?
Who knew????
Theyll just drive over to NH as they always do because of the lack or sales tax This will just NHs economy the boost it needs.
Would they laugh at themselves if they realized they have just reinstated the old Religious Blue Laws, now 24/7 and not just on Sunday?
This is not the Home of the Free anymore. Congratulations, Trump, you lost the country. Flame me all you like, it won’t change what’s happened.
Wow. I want to buy socks, a bible and 6 pack of beer. I really do. What now? ( I can right now in Texas)
That’s the most of the German I know.
I have the great John Banner to thank.
Does this have anything to do with the Hobby Lobby complaints?
I call bullshit on all of this “pursuit of happiness” crap.
Apparently garden seeds are “non-essential” too:
https://twitter.com/GregMannarino/status/1245753047856197632?s=20
Prior threads on the topic:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3830800/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3831147/posts
Dear government....not your call.
So I have to wander around the store, finding things I can't buy, type them into my phone as a walk and hit order on my way out to wait on the sidewalk for store employees to pick up the same items to hand to me.
Or does Vermont have someone there to gouge out my eyes if I look at the forbidden products?
Clothing is non-essential?
yes it is..,,if you supposed to shelter in place why do you need new clothes
what a about TV’s, video games, and 1000;s of other stuff
China allowed 1 person per household to go to the store every 3 days to get essentials
the problem here is that big box stores aren’t just grocery stores
Are replacement windshield wiper blades “non-essential”?
I dunno, I’ve always kinda thought that underwear were essential. But now with warmer weather coming going commando wont be quite so bad. A friend of mine never wore underwear. He said it was from his days as a Tin Can sailor in the 60’s. His logic was, “Why dirty two sets of pants” Kinda hard to argue against that kind of logic if you think about it.
Howard county in Indiana did this and caught so much blowback that they just rescinded it, asking folks to do just one person/one cart
Get in, get out without dallying
Don’t turn around, Der Kommissar’s in town...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM
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