03-21-2020, 06:12 PM -
(03-21-2020, 02:47 PM)Makween Wrote: Tesco Stirling has been fine tbh. I haven't actually missed out on anything I've needed yet.
Haven't done any panic buying, but at this stage I don't really blame people who are. There's a kind of logic to it at this point - once you know other people are doing it, it actually makes the most sense to make sure you're stocked up. Even the argument of leaving things to make sure there's enough for the elderly or whatever doesn't really work when you know that what'll really happen if you leave it will be that someone else panic buys it. It's actually those of us who are still refusing to stock up because we feel a responsibility to others who are behaving irrationally at this point.
Not sure if this is just my contrarian side coming out but I think there's something in this.
Edit: when I say I've not missed out on anything I've needed at Tesco Stirling, I'm including stuff like tinned tomatoes and rice, both of which I bought (one tin of tomatoes and 1kg rice, as I'll be making curry tomorrow and need both for that) this morning. Got toilet roll, tea etc too. Maybe it's just that I normally go in the morning.
People stocking up on fresh stuff is a weird one tbf. Either they have massive freezers or don't understand how stocking up works.
I don’t think that is the case re: irrational behaviour, because in the end, you’re right - you can pretty much get the stuff you want, if not your choice of it. I couldn’t get a decent deodorant/one I like, for instance, but got one, and couldn’t get handwash, but got a shower cream that will do the biz for the moment. When I said shelves picked clean, I wasn’t exaggerating, though - cunts had absolutely rinsed the deodorant & toiletries, the fresh aisle, the fruit and veg (again, you could get some things, but you wouldn’t have much of a choice). That is an absolute joke, panic buying fruit and fresh meat ffs