The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[flyer]

Me and Mrs flyer are considered at risk due to our age and other health issues, but can't even buy essentials like loo roll, bread, milk etc presumably because of panic buying. Hope it fucking chokes you.

I fully understand if you're buying for relatives etc that you would appear to be being selfish when you're actually doing something sensible.

With these infections coming around every couple of years, I've always thought that we should have some sort of ID card that is only active during times such as these which can be scanned at the checkout and can limit people in the same household to certain amounts of goods per week to stop this happening and bollocks to individuals privacy. People will be starving while others have tons of stuff.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Me and Mrs flyer are considered at risk due to our age and other health issues, but can't even buy essentials like loo roll, bread, milk etc presumably because of panic buying. Hope it fucking chokes you.

I fully understand if you're buying for relatives etc that you would appear to be being selfish when you're actually doing something sensible.

With these infections coming around every couple of years, I've always thought that we should have some sort of ID card that is only active during times such as these which can be scanned at the checkout and can limit people in the same household to certain amounts of goods per week to stop this happening and bollocks to individuals privacy. People will be starving while others have tons of stuff.

I've had an email from those nice people at Lidl. This is a snippet for those canutes who still feel they need to buy every last crumb of bread and every last drop of milk: Please be assured that there is sufficient stock for everyone. We are continually monitoring sales and increasing supply on products that are experiencing high sales volumes. And, our warehouses are full, with our stores receiving deliveries every day!

 

[yeseye]

Me and Mrs flyer are considered at risk due to our age and other health issues, but can't even buy essentials like loo roll, bread, milk etc presumably because of panic buying. Hope it fucking chokes you.

I fully understand if you're buying for relatives etc that you would appear to be being selfish when you're actually doing something sensible.

With these infections coming around every couple of years, I've always thought that we should have some sort of ID card that is only active during times such as these which can be scanned at the checkout and can limit people in the same household to certain amounts of goods per week to stop this happening and bollocks to individuals privacy. People will be starving while others have tons of stuff.

Have you anybody who can help you out mate?
If I wasn’t in my sick bed I’d gladly go to 50 shops and get you your essentials
and leave them at your door.
Are you Mcr area?

 

[Ban-jani]

Is stockpiling Stella frowned upon?

 

[Ban-jani]

Me and Mrs flyer are considered at risk due to our age and other health issues, but can't even buy essentials like loo roll, bread, milk etc presumably because of panic buying. Hope it fucking chokes you.

I fully understand if you're buying for relatives etc that you would appear to be being selfish when you're actually doing something sensible.

With these infections coming around every couple of years, I've always thought that we should have some sort of ID card that is only active during times such as these which can be scanned at the checkout and can limit people in the same household to certain amounts of goods per week to stop this happening and bollocks to individuals privacy. People will be starving while others have tons of stuff.

Where do you live?

 

[The perfect fumble]

Me and Mrs flyer are considered at risk due to our age and other health issues, but can't even buy essentials like loo roll, bread, milk etc presumably because of panic buying. Hope it fucking chokes you.

I fully understand if you're buying for relatives etc that you would appear to be being selfish when you're actually doing something sensible.

With these infections coming around every couple of years, I've always thought that we should have some sort of ID card that is only active during times such as these which can be scanned at the checkout and can limit people in the same household to certain amounts of goods per week to stop this happening and bollocks to individuals privacy. People will be starving while others have tons of stuff.

The super markets round our way are looking very thin, they get their deliveries in at six in the morning and they're stripped bare of essentials in no time at all.

 

[sir baconface]

If you find any proper milk you can freeze it,online shopping is including milk

I have everything i need now except for my medications,the surgery is strugglung to get those done. I have set up some neighbours with online shopping,one of my elderly neighbours was crying to me down the phone,i was desperate to go round and give her a hug,lack of human contact is a huge problem already,i went and put some chocolate biscuits through the door and promised her a massive hug as soon as i find out if i am immune now or not,getting that answer is proving hard

Lovely gesture, Karen.

 

[The perfect fumble]

If you find any proper milk you can freeze it,online shopping is including milk

I have everything i need now except for my medications,the surgery is strugglung to get those done. I have set up some neighbours with online shopping,one of my elderly neighbours was crying to me down the phone,i was desperate to go round and give her a hug,lack of human contact is a huge problem already,i went and put some chocolate biscuits through the door and promised her a massive hug as soon as i find out if i am immune now or not,getting that answer is proving hard

Being a blue isn't the only thing great about you.

 

[yeseye]

Is stockpiling Stella frowned upon?

Wife beater?
I’m going to need plenty of that!

 

[kaz7]

@The perfect fumble @sir baconface

That has made me cry,thanks

 

[flyer]

Thanks everybody for your very kind offers to help out. We're not house bound by any means and have our own transport so can get to the shops no problem. Its just that when we get there, everythings gone. I'm sure in a couple of days the shelves will start to fill and we'll be able to get some stuff. I think somebody mentioned the small local stores so I think we'll give them a go tomorrow.

Thanks again Blues

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Off out panic buying later, meant to go last week but didn't get round to it.

 

[blueparrot]

Just spoken to the manager of the local hardware / electrical shop they have no freezers left in stock, had people coming fro as as far as a town 50 miles away to buy freezers. Which they will no doubt fill to the brim. Madness.

 

[Barcon]

Think i'll head out to home depot at 6:00am when it opens and see if i can get some shit tickets.
Not been able to get any in 4 or 5 trips to the supermarket.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Couldn't get onto Broadway from the M60 slip road at lunchtime....people sat in cars waiting to sit in queues in cars in Costco car park to wait for spaces.

 

[Shellac]

Thanks everybody for your very kind offers to help out. We're not house bound by any means and have our own transport so can get to the shops no problem. Its just that when we get there, everythings gone. I'm sure in a couple of days the shelves will start to fill and we'll be able to get some stuff. I think somebody mentioned the small local stores so I think we'll give them a go tomorrow.

Thanks again Blues

Yeah Tesco in Burnage looked like some clowns had swept the whole shelves into trolleys. Walked over to Heaton Moor Co op and picked up couple of things I needed no problem. Reckon there's some fuckers hoping to make something out it all. Hopefully they'll be left with a load of shit they can't get rid of

 

[Ste1969]

Just back from morrisons bristol,Twats had cleared the place the freezers all empty, and the usual loo rolls bread etc.Alcohol aisle not a can or bottle of lager or cider to be seen. On a plus note these southern softies don't like mushy peas as there was a large stash of them in the empty aisle. We have some really selfish twats stockpiling. I can't see how they could possibly restock the store for tomoz.

 

[bluebaja]

Is stockpiling Stella frowned upon?

No.

 

[BigOscar]

Are the smaller supermarkets less bad generally? As I work between a Sainsbury's local and a smallish Morrisons and both seem alright. They run out of pasta and toilet paper, but restock It twice a day, although it only lasts an hour or two it seems, but most of the other stuff remains pretty steady. This is Sheffield though not Manchester, not sure it's been as bad here on a panic buying front.

That being said, my hardware store has had to start limiting purchases as some crazy twats keep trying to buy literally everything that looks like it could clean anything. Some **** wanted to buy all 30 packs of antibacterial wipes we put down today and looked offended when we said he could only have 2.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Off out panic buying later, meant to go last week but didn't get round to it.