The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[dronefromsector7G]

My wife has crohn's, can't get a toilet roll anywhere. Went to local newsagents and asked for old papers. Hope some people are happy.

Of course they are. They’ve got their huge supplies and that’s all the selfish cunts care about. I hope their toilets get blocked and their houses flood with piss and shit.

 

[andyhinch]

Since we came back in mid-January I’ve been doing the shopping early doors to avoid other people. Usually around 7am but has gotten earlier each morning. Theres’s usually me, the staff and one or two other blokes in there. Today there was a queue outside the store to get in. As soon as the doors opened the locusts descended on the pasta and toilet rolls, what the Rucker they’re eating with the pasta god alone knows.

Walking round there was an old woman with two 24 packs of toilet role in her trolley, one or two other items. “You do know you’ve got enough there for almost a year don’t you?”
Carried on to see a different woman with three, yes three which is now the limit, 10kg bags of pasta. Within 5 minutes all the pasta had gone.

I wanted to get some lager, the premium lager is always on offer at four bottles for £6. So i checked with a supervisor could I get 4 and she said no, three was the limit. So instead of four Tiger beers I got three Tiger beers and a Cobra, Estrella, unfortunately, was sold out. What’s ridiculous is I could have got three crates of Amstel, and three crates of *name other drink they sell* as well as an additional three crates, but I couldn’t have four bottles of Tiger?

Next up was wine, three bottles she said. What three bottles of Malbec?, three of Sauvignon?, three of Shiraz etc etc, “no! Three bottles of red and three of white”. Fucking Philistine.
We nearly came to blows over my six bananas.....
All Smirnoff and Russian vodka gone, going to have to treat myself to some Belvedere or Grey Goose if vodka goes, no one panic buying them.

Best result was the pack of toilet rolls I could get my daughter as she had only one roll left and a pack of flour for my other daughter so her husband could make some pies.

He could always make his own pasta as well :-) between Waitrose and my corner shop I’ve had no problems getting what I need so far.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I am fucking ashamed of this country.

When this is all done, I'm off.

I went to Sainsbury's in Sale this morning to get a birthday cake and pizza for my little girl's ninth birthday this weekend (had to cancel her party)

Everything, and I mean everything, was basically stripped from the shelves (it was 9am)

Fresh, non perishable, it was pretty much gone.

There was an elderly lady about 80-odd and she was having a panic attack right in the middle aisle. Nothing in her trolley and was tearing up when I went to see if she was okay?

She had wanted long-life milk and some toilet roll because she had none.

I told her to stay put and I would try and find a staff member to see if they had any in the stores being kept behind on the QT.

Nothing.

When I got back to the aisle, someone had taken the pizza out of my trolley.

The elderly woman was really apologetic.

She had nothing to apologise for.

Shouldn't even be going out.

Shameful.

dont think it’s happening in every country ?

agree. It’s beyond awful.

wish there could be bank controls on max spend.

army lads to ensure fair distribution on vital stocks.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

I am fucking ashamed of this country.

When this is all done, I'm off.

I went to Sainsbury's in Sale this morning to get a birthday cake and pizza for my little girl's ninth birthday this weekend (had to cancel her party)

Everything, and I mean everything, was basically stripped from the shelves (it was 9am)

Fresh, non perishable, it was pretty much gone.

There was an elderly lady about 80-odd and she was having a panic attack right in the middle aisle. Nothing in her trolley and was tearing up when I went to see if she was okay?

She had wanted long-life milk and some toilet roll because she had none.

I told her to stay put and I would try and find a staff member to see if they had any in the stores being kept behind on the QT.

Nothing.

When I got back to the aisle, someone had taken the pizza out of my trolley.

The elderly woman was really apologetic.

She had nothing to apologise for.

Shouldn't even be going out.

Shameful.

This. In a nutshell. These people, and it is more than a few, are a f..king disgrace. Selfish barstewards. They are taking anything they can get their hands on.

 

[squirtyflower]

He could always make his own pasta as well :-) between Waitrose and my corner shop I’ve had no problems getting what I need so far.

We’ve had no issues here until this weekend, when all the knobheads started the rush. Pushing past people, rude and obnoxious for some fucking rice and pasta.
Half the cunts don’t even know what to do with the stuff, they’ll start eating it straight from the packet.

I looked into making my own after someone mentioned it on here but i couldn’t really be arsed.
A local Chinese supermarket was well stocked on Friday and had a pallet full of 20kg bags of Tilda rice.
The only thing is I tried some and its much drier and harder than you get in the takeaway

 

[MillisleBlue]

Of course they are. They’ve got their huge supplies and that’s all the selfish cunts care about. I hope their toilets get blocked and their houses flood with piss and shit.

Another occasion when the "Like" button just isn't good enough...

 

[BobKowalski]

I looked into making my own after someone mentioned it on here but i couldn’t really be arsed.
A local Chinese supermarket was well stocked on Friday and had a pallet full of 20kg bags of Tilda rice.
The only thing is I tried some and its much drier and harder than you get in the takeaway

You need to cook it mate #protip

 

[domalino]

He could always make his own pasta as well :-) between Waitrose and my corner shop I’ve had no problems getting what I need so far.

I made pasta yesterday.

Ate dinner about an hour later than I expected to and it was a bit rustic looking tagliatelle but it was fun and tasted better than store bought anyway.

Only problem was it used a lot of eggs (6) and I'm not sure how easy it will be to get more of those.

 

[domalino]

This. In a nutshell. These people, and it is more than a few, are a f..king disgrace. Selfish barstewards. They are taking anything they can get their hands on.

And theres literally no need to.

These people arent worried about 2 weeks self isolating it's all doomsday bullshit.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

So much for the Government's 'all in this together'. It's every f..ker for himself.