The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Am i selfish for keeping a jumbo pack of toilet/kitchen rolls in the garage since the shortages?
Or is this just prudence because of what happened last year?

I also keep the freezer in the garage stocked up with frozen food. The food is rotated but always kept full.
Since the fuel shortages many years ago, i also make sure both cars and my van never run low on fuel.
We tend to keep a good stock of tinned food in the house. Again it is rotated, but never allowed to run low.
There is also nearly always at least a sack of rice under the stairs.

I'm not a prepper, but have seen constantly over the years how people react to shortages.

Since the latest fuel shortages, i haven't been to the garage to "top up".
This isn't out of the goodness of my heart, rather i couldn't arsed hunting around or queuing.
I will need fuel this week though as we are actually getting low. Since i didn't add to the panic buying, am i now allowed to get some fuel? (thought i better ask the guardians of public morals on here first etc)

No, no you can't. Hope this helps. 'both cars and a van' - you probably caused the fuel crisis ;-)

 

[Indaparkside]

Try to buy a mars duo bar but could only eat one then had to put the other back on the shelf for the next customer

 

[inbetween]

Am i selfish for keeping a jumbo pack of toilet/kitchen rolls in the garage since the shortages?
Or is this just prudence because of what happened last year?

I also keep the freezer in the garage stocked up with frozen food. The food is rotated but always kept full.
Since the fuel shortages many years ago, i also make sure both cars and my van never run low on fuel.
We tend to keep a good stock of tinned food in the house. Again it is rotated, but never allowed to run low.
There is also nearly always at least a sack of rice under the stairs.

I'm not a prepper, but have seen constantly over the years how people react to shortages.

Since the latest fuel shortages, i haven't been to the garage to "top up".
This isn't out of the goodness of my heart, rather i couldn't arsed hunting around or queuing.
I will need fuel this week though as we are actually getting low. Since i didn't add to the panic buying, am i now allowed to get some fuel? (thought i better ask the guardians of public morals on here first etc)

The idea that buying a few extra toilet rolls or tinned food is panic buying is just ridiculous. If you were buying all of the toilet roll then fair enough but a few spare for yourself so you don't need to buy anymore for a bit isn't panic buying.

The only reason why any shop runs out of stock is because they operate systems of minimal stock to control costs. Every supermarket runs on the JIT principle where stock is delivered on a daily basis and stock in the warehouse is kept to a minimum. The days of nipping in the back to see if they've got something is over because deliveries are only designed to fill shelves and not stock rooms.

This is especially true for meat, fruit and veg as obviously it goes off and most of it must be sold on the day or else they're binning it. To combat this they will only ever order what they think is enough as opposed to more than enough.

Tesco would rather have an empty shelf than a full shelf where they might have to bin some of it due to shelf life etc.

 

[BobKowalski]

Well, at least we know the reasons behind the shortages. Note, none of this applies to NI as it has a ‘different economic model’.

‘The change from ministers in only a matter of weeks is striking. Not long ago they were keen to impress that any disruption was minimal to non-existent or demand led. Now not only is there an acknowledgement that it exists but that it’s a manifestation of the (Brexit) strategy itself.’ @BBC

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Am i selfish for keeping a jumbo pack of toilet/kitchen rolls in the garage since the shortages?
Or is this just prudence because of what happened last year?

I also keep the freezer in the garage stocked up with frozen food. The food is rotated but always kept full.
Since the fuel shortages many years ago, i also make sure both cars and my van never run low on fuel.
We tend to keep a good stock of tinned food in the house. Again it is rotated, but never allowed to run low.
There is also nearly always at least a sack of rice under the stairs.

I'm not a prepper, but have seen constantly over the years how people react to shortages.

Since the latest fuel shortages, i haven't been to the garage to "top up".
This isn't out of the goodness of my heart, rather i couldn't arsed hunting around or queuing.
I will need fuel this week though as we are actually getting low. Since i didn't add to the panic buying, am i now allowed to get some fuel? (thought i better ask the guardians of public morals on here first etc)

Bet you're a riot at dinner parties ;)

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Went out in the car for the first time since the fuel panic started.
Tesco Handforth Dean, no queues, no limit on how much.

 

[Del_Bosque]

I keep loads of toilet roll, kitchen roll, bin bags, wipes, toothpaste and shower gel etc in the loft

saves me having to go to the shops when I can’t be bothered

 

[lazerblue]

wtf will they do when they realise they can't hoard gas and electricity

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I keep loads of toilet roll, kitchen roll, bin bags, wipes, toothpaste and shower gel etc in the loft

saves me having to go to the shops when I can’t be bothered

Could just get it delivered!

I buy bog roll once a year. 90 rolls of decent quality for about £30.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

wtf will they do when they realise they can't hoard gas and electricity

Batteries and gas tanks?