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That won't last if they shut the pubs, I'm off to stock up today, fuck the bog roll
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The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying
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blue b4 the moon
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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.
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.
Super David Silva 21
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Yep, just back from the shops and no loo rolls at all.
Tuearts right boot
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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...
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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Mayor West
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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?
Southbanken
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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.
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.
Indaparkside
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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?
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
denislawsbackheel
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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.
I wonder how many over 70s have any idea how to buy anything online?
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!
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!
kippax4ever
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Plus the house will go up in seconds with all that much bogrollsI honestly wonder if there are millions of loons around the country manically constructing mountains of bog roll in their front rooms like that bloke out of close encounters did with clay.