Later in the day we went to our local grocery store and using their store app we got lunch for SIX CENTS. Occasionally free things will pop up on their app so we got a free roast chicken from the deli and six ears of corn for a penny each! We also got two cases of water for 99 cents each and butter for $1.67 a pound. We are slowly but surely stocking up our food stores in case we end up in lockdown again in the fall.
Also today, I filed for unemployment. I've never filed for unemployment before in my life so this was a new experience. I have to believe that the people who design the unemployment website have never had to actually use it since it was pretty confusing to use. At least I think my application went through. Since my job that I do every summer was cancelled, I read that if a person was scheduled to start a job but that job is no longer available due to the pandemic, you can apply for unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program so I gave it a shot. If I get paid that will be great, if I don't that's OK too but since this is a unique situation, why not try to get extra money?
Some stores say that if a garment is tried on, it has to be isolated and not put back into stock for three days. So, the garments will not be available. I think that the store would have very little stock after a bit.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. I hadn't heard how retail/clothing stores were handling such things now. It will be interesting to see how the Goodwill stores are doing these days.
DeleteGreat grocery deals. Clothing is so not worth standing in that lineup for...give it a few weeks. We are trying to figure out (complicated) if we qualify in Canada for business relieve. We didn't in April due to the way we bill but likely will for a couple of months, and like you say if you qualify, why not try for it? You have a legitimate claim, especially since you've worked it for a few years
ReplyDeleteI hope you can get the business assistance. It the US, the entire business stimulus program sounds like a hot mess. Hopefully it works out in small business owner's favor but the problem now seems to be that since people are getting so much money in unemployment, they don't want to go back to work!
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