The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Panic buying doesn't take place in a vacuum. It is leadership that prevents these situations from emerging and we have had simply disastrous leadership.

What exactly can government do (any flavour) in this situation. They come out and make a statement that 'there is no need to panic' and everyone loses their minds. They don't make a statement and things go tits up and it's 'Why didn't you warn us?'

 

[Bill Walker]

What exactly can government do (any flavour) in this situation. They come out and make a statement that 'there is no need to panic' and everyone loses their minds. They don't make a statement and things go tits up and it's 'Why didn't you warn us?'

Correct.
It's usually the fucking media who are the cunts in these situations.
Social media bollocks as well.

 

[Bill Walker]

Noticeably quieter on the roads this morning. I guess a lot of people struggled to get fuel... or at least that's the excuse they are using ;-)

Any extra pushbikes ?

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Any extra pushbikes ?

Not really, but then I did leave the house at 0630, and it was bloody windy.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

I've got a gallon can full in the garage, it's for my lawnmower but I could be persuaded to flog it to someone. Obviously overheads will be taken into account.

 

[Bill Walker]

I've got a gallon can full in the garage, it's for my lawnmower but I could be persuaded to flog it to someone. Obviously overheads will be taken into account.

Ebay ?

 

[oldius]

What exactly can government do (any flavour) in this situation. They come out and make a statement that 'there is no need to panic' and everyone loses their minds. They don't make a statement and things go tits up and it's 'Why didn't you warn us?'

There are shortages - my supermarket freezers have been empty for weeks; my pet food dealer had no food because of three failed deliveries. That is an environment that creates nervousness and the public then reacts, buoyed by media headlines. These shortages are primarily the result of poor leadership, however it is dressed up, and largely (as identified by the head of the hauliers association) a consequence of Brexit, the referendum brought to the people by David Cameron and voted for by the people because of the clear lies that they were told by government and others. What is happening now is the consequence of that.

 

[shemnel]

completely anecdotal but still: spoken to 2 petrol station workers this week and both have told me a similar story that petrol purchasing is done on a very controlled system based on purchase patterns of previous years (and many other seasonal factors) and that it is not very resilient to shock at all, you cant simply dial in more petrol for tomorrow, it takes weeks. So a lot of the problem, in their opinions, was a rush on the pumps and an inability to refill. Throw in a driver shortage and that is exacerbated.

 

[BlueMoonday]

The scum media drive this behaviour through hysteria, GMB especially.

But the public who panic buy are also selfish wankers, I hate the UK public sometimes.

 

[Len Rum]

It's not really just now though is it, whatever governments is in I guarantee half the British population will be calling them useless lying snakes.

Ah the old 'they're all the same so no-one's to blame' argument.