How Cool is This

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One of the good things that has come out of the present crisis is seeing how many people have risen to the occasion. I have seen so many acts of kindness and thoughtfulness during this time, which is very encouraging. I was commenting on a post by Myloter Marie @Tampa_girl7 a post about how awesome her local store was in the way they had responded to the current crisis. She asked at the end of her post “Have you seen partitions this nice in your stores ?” Well I turned to my son and asked what screens in our local supermarket were like and he told me. I asked because I have not set foot outside my apartment in 7 weeks so I had not seen how they responded. Shortly afterwards my son went out to get my baguette from the local bakery that I like. A minute or so after he went out I got a video call on whatsapp on my phone. It was my son and he said he was taking me with him on his walk to the bakery. All the way there he was giving me a commentary and was pointing things out to me. When we got to the bakery he took me inside still on video and I saw for myself the safety precautions the bakery had put in place. I stayed with him all the way back till he came inside our front door. During his commentary he said that there was a lot of people out and about, mostly on their own, except for a couple who were out with small children in tow. He also mentioned that there was a lot more traffic about. It just goes to show how soon things become the new normal. I was thinking how deserted the streets looked for that time of day and how there was virtually no cars on the roads. I was comparing it to the last time I was out which was before the crisis lock down and he was comparing it with when he last went out lol... My treat was not over shortly after Sue took our dog Bosun out for his walk. She went by the road that looks out over the seafront and the port. While she was out she sent me a video of the beach and the port taken from the top road as she knew I had missed my morning walk along the seafront. Again I was struck by how quiet everywhere was, and how forlorn the beach looked deserted. How cool a way was that, using technology to give me a virtual walk outside so I could see for myself what was going on. And how kind of them to think of doing that for me. What thoughtfulness and kindness have you been shown?