re: Could a stricter lockdown/stay home order be coming for louisiana?

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Just an observation of what people are buying. If you think all the people in the stores are simply there for essentials, you're being very ignorant to reality.

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For you to make this observation, this implies that you've been out multiple times in the last 10 days. Which is violating your strict stay-home schedule.

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If everyone was following a strict stay home schedule, the stores would not be more packed than normal. Did people not need these same essentials before?

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Since we're using your anecdotal stories, I'll use mine to answer your question. I'm now predominately at home with my spouse and children. We both work outside the home. A typical week has us getting our own coffees and lunches outside the home. One of our children would also be getting snacks provided by school. We also typically have two to three nights a week where we have an event to go to as a family or for work where meals would be provided. Weekends are similar, March and early April was actually packed with birthday parties each weekend.

On top of that, we're now teaching our kid from home. There's only so many non-toys we have that can be used for enrichment. So we've made a run here and there to add to the items...some which we generally ran out of and needed to purchase.

So if you glace in my cart and see a plethora of snacks, treats, and "non-essentials" you'd make the same assumption as you have for others not in your situation.

What should people be limited to buying as “essentials”? What does “shopping for things as though life is still normal” mean? I’ve been to to the store three times over the past week buying groceries. That includes snacks, drinks, milk, eggs, various meats, all sorts of shite. 5 people staying home consume a frickton more food than usual. Seems you only want people buying what - bread, water, flour and rice?