Doom: Panic Buying...

[d000hg]

Pretty basic to understand why panic buying occurs. It's just the same principle as a run on the banks. Your typical panic-buyer is not a far-right Brexiteer but a mum worried about her kids. She hears people are rushing to the stores and wants to make sure she doesn't get caught out, and so perpetuates the cycle. Since last time shops did run out of things for several weeks, it is reasonable to make sure you have things.
It's about confidence not intelligence.

[NotAllThere]

Has anyone see this level of imbecile'ism outside of the UK?

I think they've been pre-empted here - pallets of bog roll, pasta and flour have been in evidence in supermarkets for several days now. As soon as they get, low, they wheel another pallet out.

[AtW]

I think they've been pre-empted here - pallets of bog roll, pasta and flour have been in evidence in supermarkets for several days now. As soon as they get, low, they wheel another pallet out.

Your retailers paniced first

[vetran]

Did you buy them pre-soiled?

Strangely most normal people like them clean. pre soiled by NLyUK

[xoggoth]

Usual shopping yesterday. Noticed bog paper shelves were empty again. Loony!

[Mordac]

Usual shopping yesterday. Noticed bog paper shelves were empty again. Loony!

I wish everyone would hold off from panic buying until I've done my own panic buying...