A safe space to confess whether you panic bought toilet roll

Baking to avoid going to the shops seems sensible, my mum desperately wanted flour to bake bread and a damn cake but couldn't get any, if I could've got some ofr her I would've...and myself

I also remember the foreign products section in the local supermarkets being totally stocked while other shelves were empty, because apparently polish pasta or Portuguese chopped tomatoes were not in such high demand 🤷🏼‍♀️

Yup! And pasta, Diet Coke and tinned mandarins (Can't remember why mandarins specifically tbh) My working hours were weird and I struggled to get to the supermarket and had resorted to borrowing a few bloody sheets here and there so when there was a ton available in our local corner store, I stockpiled. I honestly have no regrets, shoot me.

I also during second lockdown, stockpiled tampons because in the first I couldn't get any for anything and have the most insanely heavy periods and it was a huge problem, a wonderful MNer ended up posting me some which was wonderful and looking back...insane that that's what we resorted too!

If buying a 9 pack instead of the usual 4 pack for 2 of us counts, then sure. I do remember that the little corner shop near work moved all their toilet paper behind the counter with the booze, not sure if they were worried about theft of such a prized item.

I didn't panic buy anything. I was already ready for shortages, as were lot of preppers.

Then we got a load of abuse on here because people were struggling to get what they needed.

I also wonder how many who scream/ shouted/ ranted at the lack of supermarket slots still use them today.

I have been using the same weekly or bi-weekly slot before, during and after the pandemic and lockdown. I didn't feel lucky, felt fair

No panic buy, didn't buy anything differently, but I never not have extra, including loo rolls.

I was more surprised by the amount of people who claimed they had absolutely nothing to eat after 2 days.

I bet you saw the worst sides of humanity during that time. People working in supermarkets did an amazing job over Covid and didnt get enough recognition, in my opinion. Also delivery drivers.

No, but i had previously been stockpiling toilet rolls, hand sanitiser and cleaning products for a future apocalypse so i had plenty (and was able to share)

I got accused of it because I got a who gives a crap delivery. But had been doing that for a few years and no one thought twice before the pandemic. My delivery driver did though - she knocked on the door and waited for me to come out instead of leaving it at the side of the house, in case it got pinched.

I did stock up on some tinned food before the lockdown though - seems like we knew about 10 days before that it was coming so I definitely got in some supplies.

Not toilet roll, but we did stuck up on long life food etc as we didn't want to go out to the shops while covid was still pretty unknown. Assuming we had a big pack of loo roll in there, but nothing excessive 🤣

No but I work in a supermarket and started in 2019. I only got worried when the wine aisle got depleted!

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OK whatever. Although why you'd be baking for neighbours you weren't supposed to be in contact with is a bit confusing. You had to be there to appreciate the stress of dealing with all the grabbiness and there was a lot of selfishness.

Yep, tins, pasta, rice, loo roll, smellies, nappies. Quite early as a colleague suggested and not stacks, just a few extra.

Quite a lot if they are baking for their friends/neighbours.

I didn't panic buy but I did stock up well before hand. I'd been following the covid threads avidly and had followed the stocking up thread (can't remember what it was called) on and off since Brexit so could see what might be coming and was prepared.

I didn't need to as I always keep loads in.

Didn’t see the need, tbh. Post lockdown, a mate told me she’d panic bought it, but she’s a bit ‘anal’ about going to the loo/talks about it a lot. We used to joke that she’d scruff the dc and run the tap on them post poo! She said every cupboard had loo roll falling out of it and she had ‘hundreds’. Crazy times. I recall there frequently being no pasta/hand antiseptic in the supermarkets.

For God's sake we all have water. When I lived in a third world country for 5 years with a hole in the floor for a toilet we just used water in bottles to wash with, we couldn't buy loo rolls. Nobody died.

We didnt as we had a corner shop that always had an insane amount stocked up.
But since the pandemic i now buy packs of 36 just so we have plenty. But before I would just buy 8 pack in my big shop .

I don't really understand why people call it 'panic' buying if there's literally none on the shelves and you buy more when you find it so you're not left wiping your arse with old socks? Seems sensible to me!

Anyway I already had a garage full of pasta, flour, tins and toilet roll pre-pandemic so rather smugly rode it out with a clean arse, sourdough and homemade pasta. No judgment from me to those who 'panic' bought, plenty for those who snatched it all up and fucking sold it on facebook marketplace though.

No I didn't because Im not a selfish twat.

I tried,but being disabled (unable to stand in the queues outside shops) I wasn't quick enough and everyone else had beaten me to it. At the beginning of the pandemic I was without any for a week before my DD managed to get me some.