dont lets act like mad max '

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empty shelves soon it will be empty food storage units , its like we are watching a film in a movie -but its reality time '
big stores over here in uk - cannot keep up with the supply' as people are taking all sorts now - it's getting scary 'some supermarkets
are cutting back on deliveries' and it had occurred to me- why not let so many in at a time -and limit the packages of big items !

or we may end up all fighting to get what we can -it sounds very desperate and panicky- but humans can act very oddly 'we are
all in the same boat here no matter what country -but most of all dont go around with blinkers on 'saying iam ok jack'' just follow
the guide lines for your own safety....stay safe -and keep in as much as possible ...:)

please state what you want ...
 

I think most are shopping so much because they could be housebound for a bit and don't want to go out and fight the crowds. I am going to the liquor store today to stock up on some stuff (not much for me but for hubby) so I don't need to go out later on if it gets worse. IMHO
 

My daughter gets food deliveries to her home, so she can get ours and deliver them to us. She doesn't want us going out to the grocery store .. which we are still doing. Nobody has tinned tuna. I asked for baked beans, but not too hopeful. Oh, I also asked for TP, but not holding out hope for that either.
 
Seems hoarders are entering the store as soon as it opens. I went in the afternoon and the shelves were pretty bare. Stockers were working, but not very fast. They need to limit what people buy or hire more stockers.

One guy said a woman left with three cartsful of stuff. How do you even navigate with that much? If trouble is going to start, it will be in the morning as more people pick up on the idea of going early and waiting until the store opens. Count me out. People have always acted like cattle.
 
Hoarders should be fined. Three carts? Unless she had a good reason, I'd say that was excessive. What is wrong with people. There was enough before this crisis. There's still enough if people only took what they needed. And then the media doesn't help by showing pictures of empty shelves and long lines. Again, media hype. It's like they want to make it worse, not better.
 
Pinky said:
My daughter gets food deliveries to her home, so she can get ours and deliver them to us. She doesn't want us going out to the grocery store .. which we are still doing. Nobody has tinned tuna. I asked for baked beans, but not too hopeful. Oh, I also asked for TP, but not holding out hope for that either.
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ive had online delivery groceries for 12 yrs pinky every week,.......plus ..twice a week ,since hubby had his stroke 8yrs ago......but guess what, i cant get a delivery slot until april.......because the greedy people out there. Grrrrrr
 
CarolfromTX said:
Hoarders should be fined. Three carts? Unless she had a good reason, I'd say that was excessive. What is wrong with people. There was enough before this crisis. There's still enough if people only took what they needed. And then the media doesn't help by showing pictures of empty shelves and long lines. Again, media hype. It's like they want to make it worse, not better.
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Well, here's the deal. With people self-isolating at home and schools closed, parents who usually eat out 5 times a week are having to actually prepare food at home. If we are advised to self-isolate for 2 or 3 weeks, larger families simply need a lot of supplies. I raised 5 kids and I can tell you that 3 carts probably wouldn't have been enough for a family of 7 for three weeks. So stop judging people; you don't know their story. She could have been shopping for shut-ins or other people who couldn't shop for themselves. Good grief.
 
charry said:
ive had online delivery groceries for 12 yrs pinky every week,.......plus ..twice a week ,since hubby had his stroke 8yrs ago......but guess what, i cant get a delivery slot until april.......because the greedy people out there. Grrrrrr
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Why are they "greedy" but you are not? Just curious.
 
I went to CVS last night and the toilet paper aisle was bare. Instead I got 2 large boxes of kleenex. I have used it before when I've run out of TP. They had plenty of other items.
 
C'est Moi said:
How do you know they aren't "just buying what they need?" Many people are getting deliveries now that didn't used to. It doesn't mean they are hoarders or any different from you (or me.)
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then dont judge .....just get on with your life ....i buy ,what i need , you buy what you need....i have opinions ok...
 
I found some packs of 4 toilet rolls in the third shop I visited today, they were the skinniest, 2 ply, thinnest, meanest looking rolls I’ve ever seen, the shopkeeper tried to charge me just under £3.00 so I told him to keep them, I’d rather use my daily newspaper :LOL:
 
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