The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[ganganvince]

Back by popular demand the bog roll hoarders

Panic buying is back! Shoppers fill up trolleys with toilet roll

Panic-buyers queued outside a Costco store in Manchester to stock up on goods including toilet roll as the ONS said one in six adults have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[fulabeer]

Back by popular demand the bog roll hoarders

Panic buying is back! Shoppers fill up trolleys with toilet roll

Panic-buyers queued outside a Costco store in Manchester to stock up on goods including toilet roll as the ONS said one in six adults have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yeh!
I still have a mountain leftover since the last panic buy...

Just a hint if it happens again. Costco never actually ran out last time.
They did limit people to one giant bail (per visit) of it though.
Bit pointless when you could visit as many times as you liked...

 

[LongsightM13]

Is the petrol thing still a thing?
Apparently the next shortage is cling film btw

 

[BlueMoonday]

Is the petrol thing still a thing?
Apparently the next shortage is cling film btw

No, stations seem back to normal. Probably because people are still driving round with full tanks they didn't need..

 

[kaz7]

Is the petrol thing still a thing?
Apparently the next shortage is cling film btw

Still not back to normal in the south east and london but much better than it was

I brought some loo roll today , just nine rolls and i needed it ,had it delivered so no idea what the stores are like , had to look at three different online supermarkets to find one that had all i need, usually they all have so some shortages i think

 

[117 M34]

Back by popular demand the bog roll hoarders

Panic buying is back! Shoppers fill up trolleys with toilet roll

Panic-buyers queued outside a Costco store in Manchester to stock up on goods including toilet roll as the ONS said one in six adults have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Costco always has a queue outside 5 minutes before it opens on a Sunday

 

[Mike N]

Two petrol stations near me were both empty last night. Got petrol at the third one I visited.

 

[Centurions]

Costco always has a queue outside 5 minutes before it opens on a Sunday

I had a quick look and I think there's just the one picture of someone who's got multiple packs of loo roll, for all I know they run a corner store and sell it.

The DM is a shite paper deliberately driving this 'panic buying' narrative in order to generate clicks.

 

[bluetonium]

I think I've found a solution to this mess.

Eat less = poop less. Need less toilet roll. Need less food. Need less shopping trips. Save petrol. Save money.

Rationing here we come!

 

[Mike D]

Rationing here we come!

Can't wait that will teach them all.