Reply to: Doom: Panic Buying...

[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...

[xoggoth]

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

[vetran]

Did you buy them pre-soiled?

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

[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

[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.

[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.

[Paddy]

you don't want to see NLyUK in these?

Did you buy them pre-soiled?

[vetran]

Err highly illegal parties and raves ‘n stuff!

he is just miffed because he wasn't invited!

[vetran]

Your standards are unacceptably low, get a grip!

you don't want to see NLyUK in these?

[Gibbon]

The people in the queues mostly look like they are in their teens and twenties, so why else would they be panic buying cheap clothes in a pandemic when you can't go out?

erm, not to smarten up

Primark sees pyjamas in and suits out in Covid shift - BBC News

[AtW]

The people in the queues mostly look like they are in their teens and twenties, so why else would they be panic buying cheap clothes in a pandemic when you can't go out?

Err highly illegal parties and raves ‘n stuff!

[darmstadt]

There's feck all reason to stockpile in the first place, during the first lockdown there would've been no shortages if it wasn't for all the ******* buying tons of crap for no apparent reason. Seems like some Brits just can't grasp the idea that carrying on as normal means supermarkets restock as normal which means shopping is like normal.

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

Yes, idiots here too although this time it's not quite as bad as the first lockdown. The only thing I've seen less of on the shelves is bogroll, otherwise it seems pretty okay

[dsc]

There's feck all reason to stockpile in the first place, during the first lockdown there would've been no shortages if it wasn't for all the ******* buying tons of crap for no apparent reason. Seems like some Brits just can't grasp the idea that carrying on as normal means supermarkets restock as normal which means shopping is like normal.

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

[SueEllen]

Your standards are unacceptably low, get a grip!

The people in the queues mostly look like they are in their teens and twenties, so why else would they be panic buying cheap clothes in a pandemic when you can't go out?

[Gibbon]

People are also panic buying clothes.

There are long queues outside Primark....

People must be dressing up for their zoom calls.

Your standards are unacceptably low, get a grip!