Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Sounds like a plan.

Walmart is important to many people. They supply a pick-up service for groceries and store items if people want to purchase in that manner. So, the management has made a good decision to not only check employees for exposure but, protect them from exposure from others.

Walmart and other grocers can actually have NO CONTACT pick-up. 

The plastic bins that bagged groceries are placed in can be left at the side of the car or at the trunk and the employee can step away at least six feet. The driver loads the merchandise into the car. Then simply takes the entire trolly and crates back into the store for cleaning to be used again.

It sounds like people are finally getting the picture of what is involved in ending this virus.

March 31, 2020
By Melissa Repko


Walmart (click here) will start taking employees’ temperatures when they report to work and tell them to stay home or seek medical care if they have a fever of at least 100 degrees.

The retailer also said it has ordered masks for employees and will offer masks and gloves for them to wear, if they choose.

Walmart is shipping infrared thermometers to all stores, distribution centers and fulfillment centers, which could take up to three weeks.

Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, Dan Bartlett, said Tuesday that temperature-taking will begin at distribution centers and fulfillment centers and in coronavirus hotspots, such as New York and Louisiana.


“In the meantime, we are going to continue to encourage employees to take their temperatures at home,” he said....