To think the words gone mad or am I just boring?

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There’s a man who owns a jacket potato van in Tamworth town centre called Spudman. Recently gone viral on TikTok- and his jacket potatoes are now selling over a 1000/2000 a day! Obvs pleased for him making money while business lasts- but people have been queuing up for a jacket potato cheese and beans for hours every day.

Anyway, friend messaged this morning and she’s taken her nephew to his van. They left at 5am, the jacket potato van doesn’t open til 9/10- and when they got there there was already 30 people in the queue. She’s just messaged to say there’s now over 500 people in the queue? For a jacket potato?

The world I think has just gone mad. I know it’s a TikTok trend but it’s beyond belief. She said the queue is over 4 hours long now that’s longer than a ride at Alton Towers!

The world has gone mad. I love a good jacket potato, but you can make one at home in less time than the 4 hour queue!!

I overheard a mum the other day saying she 'had' to buy a Stanley cup for her 7 year old that cost £75. That and everything about the Prime thing that had parents queuing at Aldi at 6am for a disgusting drink makes me think that like you, the world has gone mad or I just don't get it.

At 10 a.m on the weekend, it's breakfast.

And slagging people off on the internet is a grand old life aye?

Was it The Company Shed? Being nosy - you dont have to tell me!

Well said @HaddawayAndShite

It's a lot I agree but it's just a modern sort of advert for a product. Like in America when an excitable car salesman advertises his cars on a local channel. I love those adverts 😁

me and ds queued at midnight for the latest harry potter book, how ever many years ago that was
it was the experience

How many years did people used to queue from the early hours of the morning for the Next sale?

Plus there might be those people who see a queue and join it...Brits do love a queue!

I agree, it's harmless.
Good for him selling his spuds. And if people want to queue round the block to join in with this and put it on social media.. it harms nobody. It probably marks them out as being a bit easily influenced / desperate to be part of something bigger than their own lives have to offer, but was always the way.
When you really get insightful data (we do through my job) you quickly realise the average person on the street is a bit thick in terms of their own ambitions and defaults to seeks out very simple pleasures so that they feel they fit in with others.

Do you not see a difference between being desperate to read the latest installment of a huge multi-novel series and being desperate for a bog-standard baked potato? They don't feel comparable to me.

I hope he makes his millions off his potato van. Make hay while the sun shines and all that.

Maybe try the potato before you judge it

no as i said
It was the Experience,
or as known nowadays making memories

No, it was Riley's Fish Shack.

@fonfusedm

@Mothership4two but lots of people are daft though! Is that a surprise?

That is basically what this thread is about. Obviously I am aware that people follow trends and can be daft (it's hardly a new thing) but still am surprised that those people will actually do silly things and don't use common sense. I'm aware some people drink and drive, but find it surprising that an individual would get in a car over the limit knowing what the consequences could be.

Yanbu! People are the weirdest creatures. I would never queue for food if I had a choice about it.

I would never wait 4hours for a potato. YANBU

These tik tok bubbles just burst and then things go back to normal. I hope he can make hay while the sun shines. There was a chip shop everyone went mad for and queued for hours but then it just all went quiet.

It's a baked potato with cheese and beans, not Heston Blumenthal!

Heston Blumenthal could probably make THE ULTIMATE BAKED POTATO and everyone would lap it up.

Absolutely bonkers!!!!

Especially those who travelled hours and have stayed in hotels overnight before queuing!

Also I love a good baked potato but the fact his chilli con carne and chicken curry comes from tins makes me feel sick 🤢

Shame they're not as enthusiastic about doing something meaningful though.
To me it just shows a massive lack of imagination, the sleep walkers out in force again.
If someone had demanded they stand out in the cold for hours waiting on a jacket spud they would be up in arms. I think sheep are actually more intelligent than this gullible lot.
Spud man will now take on more staff which he will then have to dismiss in a week or two once the imbeciles have grown bored of it.

Its gotta be cheese-beans-cheese!!

Life annoys me enough, thank god i don't have tiktok