The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

When does "panic buying" actually become prudence?
In a utopian society, where we all understand the concept of only buying what you need. Big government warnings not to panic buy would work.
However, in the real world, all the warnings do is alert people to the fact that there will be a problem. So get in quick before others do.

So if i'm shopping and the shelves are empty, and then suddenly a big batch comes through. If i buy more than i need, am i panic buying?
Or am i just being prudent, because i know it might be the last chance to get food for my family for some time?

It's the unpredictable nature of not knowing if supplies will run out that is causing the problem.
Why isn't the government showing live feeds from food warehouses showing we have plenty?
This would be about the only way people might reduce their fears and stop over buying.

I remember the fuel shortages. People where filling right up and then filling cans. The thing is they were proven right.
The fuel did run out and there was no more coming. Panic buying only made it run out a few days earlier.
It took government control to get things back moving.
I remember the pleasure in being able to fill up again, knowing there was plenty more left.
 
So they over seventies might be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months so how do they stock up on food or are they aloud out for food shopping?
 
The only thing i've had to stock up on is Oat Milk as my 1yr old can only drink that due to cows milk allergies. We usually just get 2 and it lasts a couple days before we go and buy another 2, but i went Asda the other day and there wasn't even one. Had to go Morrisons and get the last 4 as we wouldn't make it through a week.
 
im going to the shops in a bit to get5 jars of coffee , 5 bags of sugar don't need milk theres a woman up the road who has just had a baby so ill milk her if I need milk for my brew, 30 packets of rizla and 10 boxes of filter tips that should see me right for a week or two
 
waspish said:
So they over seventies might be asked to self isolate for up to 4 months so how do they stock up on food or are they aloud out for food shopping?
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Advice has been for them to buy it online and have it delivered or for friends/family to do it for them and leave it outside the door.
 
There is no chance to panic buy as everytime I have gone to a supermarket the toilet roll, pasta, rice and numerous tinned good shelves are empty. These people must rush the doors on opening, like a black Friday day and buy the lot.

I have had no problem buying fresh produce but I am down to my last two toilet rolls and have no pasta or pasta sauce left. I phoned my sister who was in Rhyl and mentioned it to her in case the situation was better there. It wasn't in the major supermarket's but she found some in BMI so I'm not using old newspapers just yet.

I am deeply disappointed in how selfish people have been and this does instill a sense of wanting to grab stuff if and when it ever appears. It is the elderly I feel sorry for and now all this talk of shutting them indoors for four months, well the government better start delivering food as there is no way they can get enough to last that long, even if they can afford it.

Do you know I used to take the mickey out of these mad end of the world preppers stockpiling, not anymore!
 
Was going to pop into Costco for an ill relative to get her some water but couldn't even get into the car park. This was before the general public were allowed in.

Ended up in Lidl up the road, again car park almost full and one one pack of water per visit. Rice, pasta & bog rolls were not available not that we needed any.
 
Quite a reasonable dignified experience at the local Lidl this morning. Obviously the hard of learning have been out and cleared the shelves of bog roll, pasta and tinned tomates....I haven't got a clue but hey ho......All in all a bit like christmas eve without the cheer, or beer.
Fortunately one of our suppliers has a wagon load of 2 ply arriving later this week, the order's in....

Edit..the woman at the queue next to us was even panic buying freezer bags...6 of them. She asked me to pass them over for her...obviously not for her she said...
 
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I want to know how the shortage ends. when the supermarkets restock are the same cunts going to stockpile on top of their stockpile or are the wankers going to leave some for the rest of us?
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Was going to pop into Costco for an ill relative to get her some water but couldn't even get into the car park. This was before the general public were allowed in.

Ended up in Lidl up the road, again car park almost full and one one pack of water per visit. Rice, pasta & bog rolls were not available not that we needed any.
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A packet of water? Water comes out of the fucking taps you mentalist - why do you need to stock up on a product that is delivered direct into every home in the country.
 
Mayor West said:
I want to know how the shortage ends. when the supermarkets restock are the same cunts going to stockpile on top of their stockpile or are the wankers going to leave some for the rest of us?
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Your right it’s an illness’s??what they don’t realise is they can buy all the hand sanitizer in the world but the rest of us that can’t get any will infect them as there won’t be enough to go round tossers
 
I tried Costco over the weekend. No luck even getting into the carpark.
Tried again this morning, with no real problems.
You could almost feel a tense atmosphere going through the doors.
That soon evaporated when you realised the shelves were stacked full.( Well as far i could tell)
To be honest, i planned a much larger shop. In the end i spent just £125, which is much less than when i normally shop there.

I fully expected empty shelves, and the meat fridges to be scalped. Yet no, they were a little short on some things, but no more than would be expected after the weekend rush.
I got a couple of packs of beef/lamb mince. And two packs of chicken breasts. Then moved onto the toilet roll hunt.
Needn't have worried. Stacked to the ceiling. They were limiting you to one pack, but that pack had 40 in!
I bought a few other bits and pieces and headed for the tills.

The queues were horrendous. Nearly extending to the back of the warehouse.
But as always, they know how to shift stuff.
I did have time to have a chat with others in the queue. I think the general consensus was that people were trying not to panic buy, but were worried. (not so much today though!)
Most people were doing really modest shops. However, some people were not so considerate.
This is were Costco really shone. The allowed people who had been earlier/twice (today) and had towering trolleys to queue right up to the till, then refused to serve them again!
Getting out of the car park was a nightmare, it took 30 mins. But i actually felt privileged that that was my only issue.

Just been next door (either side) to my elderly neighbours, to see if they were short of bog roll.
One had two left, the other had sent the hubby on a search as they ran out last night. Both are sorted now!
 
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