To say stop. Just stop!!

[PinkiOcelot]

My daughter has just popped to Tesco for a couple of bits and pieces. She’s just sent me a photo of the pasta aisle. The shelves are bare!!
Surely, we’re not having to go through that again. Not being being able to buy a packet of pasta or toilet roll because some people are filling their garages to the rafters with the stuff.
Seriously, there’s no need!!

FFS, people aren”t filling their garages, just like they weren’t last time.
You are not privy to what everyone else is doing.

Half the things in my delivery tonight were unavailable and the driver said he was delivering up to nine crates of goods to each house! Nine! Mine’s normally two per week!

FFS, people aren”t filling their garages, just like they weren’t last time.

Er, anecdotal personal evidence says they are doing precisely this.

@MadameMeursault

I bet none of the morons that panic bought flour and yeast last time ever made any bread at all. Whereas we who make all our own couldn’t for ages 😡

I don't think people panic bought flour to stock up. Supermarkets around my place ran out of bread to sell. If you can't buy bread then surely most people just bake their own. I did, used to bake my own, quit because DH prefers supermarket bread, took it up again when bread ran out where I live. Same with my friend, she used to buy it because it's less time consuming, but before she had kids she actually was a professional baker so is very capable of baking one if need be. Most people can bake bread, just don't choose to if they can save time by buying it.

@MintyMabel

FFS, people aren”t filling their garages, just like they weren’t last time.

People are making sure they have an extra pack or two because the chatter is, there’s a risk we go back in to lock down. The reason it is impacting shelves is because supermarkets are on just in time deliveries and they’ll need to catch up.

The thing that makes it worse is people everywhere bleating on about “ohhh! The empty shelves” which only makes more people go out and get some. Keep your hair on, sit tight, and the supermarkets will catch up next week.

I haven’t been in a supermarket for months. If it weren’t for the plethora of people on here and SM whining about empty shelves, I’d have no idea there is a problem. Now I’ve heard there is a problem, if I didn’t already have plenty toilet roll, I’d be adding it to my next delivery “just in case”

I always go to the supermarket myself, and in March there very much were people filling their trolleys with toilet rolls, pasta and frozen foods. far more than they'd have needed for themselves or even a second household. Happily this time around my local supermarket has quickly stepped in to ration certain items, so today when I did my normal shop there was plenty left on the shelves.

This very post means that I will , again, struggle to provide for my elderly mum, who lives 200 miles away . Yes , she has a priority slot, but if there's no bog roll, there's no bog roll.
Bloody hell.

@Miljea

You know a thing?

I don't give a Pygmy flying fuck about what 'others' think about my shopping habit.

Not one.

I have, since June 16, come to the realisation that much of what passes for 'critical thinking', in our private and public spheres- is horse shit.

So, guess what? In MN parlance, I'll 'do me'; and you can 'do you'. Or 'do one', whatever that means....😂

So I will 'stock up'. Or 'get another one in, just in case'. I'm not 'panicking', I'm being prepared, as best I can.

I don't care what you think. I can't look out for everyone. But I don't vote Tory, either. Who don't care about anyone.

Covid has chucked a nasty curve ball into this mix, but Brexit is what will do for us. Easily hidden among the latest Covid 'OMG!'... But, currently, if I take 2 packets of loo roll, not one; supply chains will swiftly fill that gap.

Come January, the necessary supply chains aren't there.

So, guess what? As a Remainer, and non-Tory voter, (and a coalface NHS worker, through 'all this')- none of this is 'on me'.

If, with this backdrop, I decide to look closer to home, not societally, that's because our 'society' decided Brexit and Tory was best.

Own it, or protest. Like I have, for three, fruitless years. I did what I could. My conscience is clear.

So please don't attempt to stick any 'moron' or 'selfish' labels on me.

'We' voted for this incompetence (I didn't). I will now do what I can for my family.

Your labels aren't sticking on me.

Excellent I agree with every word of this

Lol you sound like that silly cow crying nurse back in March. “Just stoppit”.

Should have been a bit less dense, saw what was happening in Italy in February and quietly topped up and kept up an almost constant stock since instead of thinking that because the pubs were back open it had all gone away. 🙄

Very few home delivery slots now as well!

I haven’t been to a supermarket in 6 months! I was just starting to think I might and it’s all kicked off again! Been LucMy enough to have deliveries or made do when I couldn’t. I am more prepared for lockdown this time, we have ibuprofen, wine, gin and frozen goyoza in abundance!!!
I’ve also discovered tinned goods (proper Italian toms) and pasta eat to get on amazon and often cheaper if you have prime.

With 3 toilets in the house it is easy to run out
I don’t understand this. Do you poo more frequently because you have more loos? Surely the number of poos is fixed regardless of how many loos you have? Most normal people who have multiple loos just designate one as the “poo loo” and put most of the TP supplies in there.

Most normal people who have multiple loos just designate one as the “poo loo” and put most of the TP supplies in there.

Do they? I have never come across this concept.

I agree that the number of toilets doesn’t affect the rate of usage of toilet roll.

@Ranunculi

With 3 toilets in the house it is easy to run out I don’t understand this. Do you poo more frequently because you have more loos? Surely the number of poos is fixed regardless of how many loos you have? Most normal people who have multiple loos just designate one as the “poo loo” and put most of the TP supplies in there.

😂😂😂 Pmsl at legitimately using more bog roll because you've got more loos.

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😂😂😂
Pmsl at legitimately using more bog roll because you've got more loos.”

Crying! 😂😂😂

Oh and Just Stoppit! 😂😂😂😂

If you’re pmsl a lot, that might be a reason to use more loo roll.

You should think about stockpiling.

@PurpleDaisies

If you’re pmsl a lot, that might be a reason to use more loo roll.

You should think about stockpiling.

I don't have three loos, so I automatically use less than Three Toilet Lady. It's simple maths, innit?

@PerfidiousAlbion

Half the things in my delivery tonight were unavailable and the driver said he was delivering up to nine crates of goods to each house! Nine! Mine’s normally two per week!

If you get two a week then people who shop monthly (which lots do) will get 8/9 surely?

@BikeRunSki

I hear that Morrison’s are rationing things again

Ours isn't. Where did you hear that?

When there is a national crisis Americans buy guns and Brits buy loo rolls.

In Scotland, there is 1 distribution centre per company ( 1 centre for Tesco, 1 for Asda, 1 for Sainsbury’s etc). Each centre holds enough product for EVERY store it deals with in Scotland for ONE week. So, to those stock piling....stop! Stop being selfish and think about those around you who are more than likely going to have to go to food banks, or will starve(yes, it’s real) who are also suffering. Stop stock piling! There is no need!!

Do they? I have never come across this concept
The Poo Loo is definitely a thing. It needs to have a window for ventilation. In our house we do not pass solids in a room with no windows. Ideally it should be in a different room to the washing facilities because nobody wants to take a bath in someone else’s poo smell.

Oh god. Here we go again. Don't these people ever learn?

Well, I've got 4 loos, does that mean I qualify for a bumper pack of loo rolls every day even though there is only me and dh here?

Blimey @Miljea go and get a cup of tea or something.

Originalyellowbelly it depends how many of your loos you’re allowed to poo in. Personally I would be exhausted from pooing in four loos.