YABU - we are already expected to be the mask police,the social distancing police and now we are supposed to be the panic buying police ... why is it our responsibility?
I work in a supermarket and it's hard enough just doing our actual jobs without having to police the general public on sensible shopping.
Everyone has a valid excuse as to why they are the exception to the rules and it is exhausting just trying to ensure policies are fair and adhered to when people argue with you every single day as to why you should make an exception just for them.
During the initial pandemic lockdown in March we had limits on high demand things like loo roll, pasta, baby food etc and for every person that was trying to hoard multiple 24pks of loo roll for themselves, someone else was trying to buy the same number to keep a care home or children's centre stocked or to split between care packages for multiple shielding people. Unfortunately in order to prevent the first we couldnt make allowances for the second because we cant tell which is which, especially when people will straight out lie to get what they want.
I, and my colleagues, were screamed at, threatened, intimidated and subject to all kinds of abuse for trying to enforce limits during our original lockdown, despite my company hiring in extra security, so no I do not want to have to deal with that again, all for barely above minimum wage whilst also dealing with the risk that one of the hundreds of people I have to interact with every day could be a covid carrier.