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Usual shopping yesterday. Noticed bog paper shelves were empty again. Loony!
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Originally posted by dsc View PostHas anyone see this level of imbecile'ism outside of the UK?
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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.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThe 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?
Primark sees pyjamas in and suits out in Covid shift - BBC News
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Originally posted by dsc View PostThere'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?
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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?
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