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As of today, Jun 11, 2020 Peet’s Coffee on Charleston nearby Middlefield has switched over from holding your sequence and remuneration during a list restraint a front doorway and carrying we collect adult during a list in front of their other door, to we need to come into a store to sequence and pickup your splash (unless we sequence and compensate ahead, afterwards usually come in and collect up.) I’m feeling like a day before it was not protected to go inside, and now a subsequent day it’s OK, all is well? They pronounced they were seeking folks to wear masks and usually 6 business let inside during a time.
Is there any reason they can’t offer business a choice: sequence and collect adult inside a store, or sequence and collect adult outward by a back door? The existence is business who are going inside are some-more or reduction guinea pigs and if there is a spike of cases traced to Peet’s, they could finish adult with 0 business for a while.
I’m presumption as of currently dine-in is authorised during cafes, restaurants and coffee shops in Palo Alto. Let’s cranky a fingers, wear masks, amicable stretch and wish for a best. But usually given “people were seeking to be authorised inside” doesn’t meant we would wish to presumably discharge half of your stream business who feel usually protected adequate for extraneous grouping and pickup to condescend we these final few months.
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Posted by Scare tactics,
a proprietor of Another Palo Alto neighborhood,
3 hours ago
Max- we should unequivocally review adult on how a pathogen is spread. But tell us about The spike in cases during wal mart, target, Safeway, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods etc.
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Posted by Max Greenberg,
a Palo Alto Online blogger,
3 hours ago
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Scare Tactics interjection for your comment. Can we share your stats on how a pathogen has or hasn’t widespread due to a stores we mentioned being open? At a same time, those are essential businesses. Sorry to contend a coffee emporium is not. And we like Peet’s a lot.
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Posted by Scare Tactics,
a proprietor of Another Palo Alto neighborhood,
2 hours ago
My criticism was some-more about how we get a virus, that appears to be close, enlarged strike with groups of people- that is because we review about outbreaks in prisons, beef make-up comforts etc.. Hard to get it from surfaces. You should wear a facade and amicable distance. Chances of removing a pathogen from someone we pass wearing a facade and 6 feet divided in a Safeway is minimal.
I am certain if there would have been outbreaks during a Safeway, Wal outlet etc we would have review about it. We have review about infections occurring to workers during supermarkets , though not to any vast extent.
AS we say, Peets is not essential, that means that people need to confirm if a risk of going to Peets is value it.
I consider that will be a new norm- places will free in approach or another and any particular will have to confirm either to go there or not.
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Posted by Max Greenberg,
a Palo Alto Online blogger,
2 hours ago
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Scare Tactics, interjection for a construction and your thoughts. Your finish is good stated. we usually suspicion it competence be probable to offer a integrate ways to do business during a place like Peet’s. Be protected out there, or in there.
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Posted by DB55,
a proprietor of Leland Manor/Garland Drive,
1 hour ago
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Max, dining inside is not authorised in Palo Alto (outdoor dining has usually resumed). Ever given a shutdown people have been means to go inside restaurants to sequence takeout food and collect it up; that’s what Peet’s is now doing and they are not formulating any some-more risk than what has existed given Mar for restaurants in city that do takeout (such as Green Elephant in that same selling center). we determine with we that a picking orders adult outward is a good choice and we wish Peet’s kept it for now.
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