Concerns Over Stores Not Social Distancing

Concerns Over Stores Not Social Distancing

MANY PEOPLE ARE WONDERINGWHY SOME BUSINESSES ARESTILL OPEN- AND WHY THEYAREN'T PRACTICING SOCIALDISTANCING.

PROBLEM SOLVERERIN CONRAD... EXPLAINSWHICH BUSINESSES ARE NOWTAKING ACTION- AND WHATTULSA'S MAYOR IS SAYINGABOUT IT.ERIN: WE'VE BEEN GETTING ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT BIGBOX STORES HERE IN TOWN- WHYTHEY'RE OPEN- AND WHY PEOPLEARE BEING ALLOWED TOPACK THE AISLES DURING ATIME WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TOBE STAYING AT LEAST SIX FEETAPART...MAYOR GT BYNUMADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNSTODAY.

-- MAYOR GT BYNUM26:04 (INTO VIDEO) ONE OFTHE FREQUENT ONES THAT GETSPOINTED OUT TO ME AREHARDWARE STORES BUT THEREALITY IS THAT PEOPLE ANDTHE GOVERNOR LISTED THAT ASAN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS ANDTHE REALITY IS WE CAN'T ASKEVERYONE TO STAY HOME ANDTHEN NOT MAINTAIN THE HOMEIN WHICH WE'RE ASKING THEMTO STAY.

--- THIS IS VIDEOOF A BIG BOX HARDWARE STOREPARKING LOT FROM THIS WEEKIN TULSA.YOU CAN SEE IT'SPRETTY BUSY... BUT NOW SOMESTORES ARE IMPLEMENTING NEWSOCIAL DISTANCING POLICIES-LIKE LIMITING THE NUMBER OFCUSTOMERS INSIDE THESTORE... HOME DEPOT ONE OFTHEM..

YOU CAN SEE THISVIDEO FROM A HOME DEPOTSTORE HERE IN TULSA- WHEREPEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TOWAITOUTSIDE..

AND TO SOCIALLYDISTANCE THEMSELVES WHILETHEY WAIT.

A SIMILAR POLICYALSO NOW IN PLACE AT TARGETSTORES.

BUT EVEN IF THESTORE DOESN'T HAVE POLICIESLIKE THIS IN PLACE..MAYOR BYNUM IS ENCOURAGINGTULSAN'S TO USE COMMONSENSE.---- SOT= 26:20 MAYOR GTBYNUM, TULSA I'VE HEARD ALOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT PEOPLEBRINGING THEIR WHOLE FAMILYTO THE STORE.

THAT'S JUSTABOUTTHE WORST IDEA I CAN THINKOF.

YOU SHOULD GO ONE PERSONIN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IF YOUHAVE TO GO TO THE STORE ANDYOU SHOULD MINIMIZE THENUMBER OF TIMES THAT YOU GO.-- -11:41 (LEFT IN VIDEO)YOU SHOULD GO ONE PERSON INYOUR HOUSEHOLD IF YOU HAVETO GO TO THE STORE AND YOUSHOULD MINIMIZE THE NUMBEROF TIMES THAT YOU GO.

-11:33--- ERIN: MAYOR BYNUM ALSOSAYING- THAT THE CITY COULDCONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS FORPEOPLE IN CERTAIN AREAS TOONLY SHOP ON CERTAIN DAYS TOLIMIT OVERCROWDING ATESSENTIAL STORES- BUT HE HASNOT MADE A DECISION ON IF ORWHEN THEY WILL DO THAT.

ERINCONRAD- 2 WORKS FOR YOU.THE IMPACTS OF THECORONAVIRUS HAVE HIT CLOSETO HOME FOR THE TULSA