Country has gone mad again

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Bearing in mind that despite the weather warning, our town is only forecast some sleet tonight and 9 degrees/rain tomorrow...

Been to two supermarkets to pick up a chicken for tomorrow- fridges are bare. No whole ones, no thighs/legs etc in either. Hardly any veg left, fruit very limited.

Assumed it was a supply issue and asked the checkout assistant- but no, they've just had a shop heaving with people all day loading their trollies high and panic buying. What's wrong with people? We're not getting snowed in for a week fgs.

😂 typical madness apparently in my town people have stocked up on toilet roll

I’ve been in bed all day. What have I missed?

Are we having a national crisis?

I actually have plenty of chicken and toilet rolls anyway, so I guess I’m set.

I think you will need to allow a good decade for the emotional fall out from walking round the empty supermarkets at the start of covid lockdowns to wear off.

Lots of people will hear “possible supply issues due to weather” and now will suddenly panic because they didn’t panic at the start of covid lockdown and found themselves walking round empty supermarkets trying to work out how they can make 7 days of meals out of what they could get.

But, you were also at the supermarket today...?

It's not surprising/unreasonable/panic buying that the people who usually go on Sunday might think "oh the forecast is rubbish for tomorrow, I'll go a day early"

Of course some people will be shopping as though it's the apocalypse. But I imagine they're a significant minority.

I wasn't complaining about folk going to the supermarket....it's just that I asked about chicken supplies and the staff said people had been in loading up their trollies because of the weather! I've even been and bought my chicken/joint on a Sunday before, no problem with empty shelves.

Does anyone have any snow yet? DH just left for work with a spade and some carpet. I have just walked the dog and it is a lovely mild evening? I am in an the amber weather area.

Yes about the chicken. I went to pick up something to eat and it was slim pickings.

No problems at our supermarket and we are forecast to be snowed on for 4 days.

I completely agree with this. I was one who didn't stock up at the start of covid. I thought everyone had gone mad. And then we had to struggle and visit different shops, whilst worrying about catching covid because we couldn't find essentials. If I could go back in time I'd have been at the front of the queue with toilet rolls, wine, cheese and crackers!

Amazon aren't delivering in my area tomorrow due to the weather. We're in the midlands!

@Unpaidviewer - me too. We didn’t rush out to stockpile then regretted that while visiting every supermarket.

DH found it particularly difficult, in that he’d always prided himself being someone who lived below our means, had savings and financial back ups, because he would always be able to put food on the table. (Grew up with family members who couldn’t always put food on the table, and while he wasn’t the child going without, he swore his family would never have that.) the horrible realisation that we had money in the bank but it didn’t matter because there wasn’t food to buy hit him hard.