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I bought bog roll today but that was a routine purchase (2 rolls left. I'm a 4-5 a day man and Mrs Spiney seems to use half a roll per shit).

I'm not buying extra.

I don't think there'll be a shortage (partly because the spike has come at a time when supply lines can still react pretty much as normal) but even if there is I can just shower my arse which is much nicer than bog roll anyway.
 
SpineyNorman said:
I bought bog roll today but that was a routine purchase (2 rolls left. I'm a 4-5 a day man and Mrs Spiney seems to use half a roll per shit).

I'm not buying extra.

I don't think there'll be a shortage (partly because the spike has come at a time when supply lines can still react pretty much as normal) but even if there is I can just shower my arse which is much nicer than bog roll anyway.
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best way apparently - never got used to in India, mind
 
We built up a sizable Brexit stash but the offspring kept coming round to 'borrow' from it, I suspect the same will happen with a Coronavirus stash
 
Purchased 15 cans of Guinness for 12 squid from All Die. Got 12 left so considering another purchase shortly in case they start running out.
 
planetgeli said:
Empty shelves are a direct result of irrational, or worse, profiteering panic buying. Here in the UK we have one of the best supermarket logistical delivery systems in the world. There should never be any need for shelves to be empty. This is well beyond the idea of supply systems responding accordingly to increased demand. What we are seeing is selfish, anti-socialist panic buying of certain items. A lot of which is ending up on ebay for profiteering.
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Someone said hand sanitiser is going for silly prices on eBay, so I looked, and saw a small travel sized bottle that costs around 40 pence in Aldi being sold for around £9 + £3 postage. Others were being sold in a batch, maybe half a dozen bottles of the same stuff for around £40. Madness.
 
I can understand a bit of stocking up on loo roll. While many people routinely bulk buy, many others only buy a pack of two or four and know if they run out they can get some from the corner shop. That's what I used to do. Because there's only me, (although maybe sometimes some lodgers/houseguests), and my bathroom's small with no storage. But then a few years ago I started bulk buying and keeping in the cupboard in the hallway where I keep the vacuum cleaner. I'm not generally a bulk-buy type of person, don't have a big family and/or am not that cost conscious.

There are probably other people switching from buying small packs to stocking up on big multipacks, hence shelves being emptier than usual, because if you usually get enough to last you a week, you need more in case you need to self-isolate for two weeks, so you need at least double your usual purchase, and then if you do get it and stay off work/studies, stay home ill for a week or two, you're going to need another week or twos supplies. And then bearing in mind if you get flu you're going to be sneezing and coughing and snotting a lot, so you might want to buy more bog roll for that, because it'd be more expensive to buy boxes of tissues and a bit of a waste of money. And then multiply that by the number of people in your household...

So yeah, people are going to stock up on loo roll in case they're stuck at home in self-isolation and then stuck at home some more if they actually become ill.

Multiply those sensible precautions by millions of households and you have empty shelves in supermarkets.
 
For days now my local FB groups have been awash with pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets. People joking but rightly making the point that toilet paper wasn't being panic bought during the norovirus situation, but now is with COVID 19. I imagine that's more to do with the idea of having to self isolate more than expecting the shits. Who knows though?

Today, some supermarkets in the area have begun to limit what customers can purchase. No more than 2 packs of toilet paper per customer.
 
Rutita1 said:
For days now my local FB groups have been awash with pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets. People joking but rightly making the point that toilet paper wasn't being panic bought during the norovirus situation, but now is with COVID 19. I imagine that's more to do with the idea of having to self isolate more than expecting the shits. Who knows though?

Today, some supermarkets in the area have begun to limit what customers can purchase. No more than 2 packs of toilet paper per customer.
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Yes, I think it's the self-isolation thing. People don't usually stock up on loo roll and other supplies in the winter in case they get a cold or 'flu. I suppose because they figure if they're really desperate they can drag themselves to the corner shop or get a family member, friend or neighbour to run an errand for them. But the self-isolation means that people are going to have to be more self-sufficient, they can't run the risk of running out, because they know they shouldn't/can't nip to the shop if they run out of something, so it's better to be safe than sorry.
 
Went to B&M bargains and stocked up on Goose Island IPA, Zoflora, Uncle Ben's Mexican rice and Dettol.

They also had some Ibuprofen but that's mainly for period hell and not self isolation. :thumbs:
 
planetgeli said:
Empty shelves are a direct result of irrational, or worse, profiteering panic buying. Here in the UK we have one of the best supermarket logistical delivery systems in the world. There should never be any need for shelves to be empty. This is well beyond the idea of supply systems responding accordingly to increased demand. What we are seeing is selfish, anti-socialist panic buying of certain items. A lot of which is ending up on ebay for profiteering.
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This is bullshit.

Everyone here has probably experienced empty shelves in supermarkets, not as a result of panic buying but because of a combination of inflexible delivery systems and unpredictable changes in demand, eg because of unseasonable weather.

Which is not to say that "panic buying" now is a good thing, but it's an understandable human reaction to a real possibility of stuff running out
 
Due to a bit of a "cock-up on the toilet roll purchasing" front - where I went out early this morning to do the shop (of which toilet rolls featured) AND Mrs Voltz also went out and has just texted me that "to stop you panicking I've got some toilet rolls" we now find ourselves with a slight glut of bog rolls

So much so, that, for the immediate future, I shall be wiping my arse on rolls of bog paper rather than torn off sheets as is usual
 
andysays said:
This is bullshit.
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No it isn't. It's exactly what is happening atm. You're talking like we live in 1970s Poland. And that's bullshit.

It isn't inflexible delivery systems that is seeing hand sanitiser go for 25x its normal price on ebay. Understandable human reaction? Nah. Profit from chaos.
 
pesh said:
My wife got home last night and announced she'd been panic buying, she'd got 4 tins of soup, 4 tins of beans and 2 ounces of Thai stick.
I'm a lucky man.
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I haven't seen Thai stick for years. The last time was in Amsterdam ages ago. :(
 
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Rutita1 said:
For days now my local FB groups have been awash with pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets. People joking but rightly making the point that toilet paper wasn't being panic bought during the norovirus situation, but now is with COVID 19. I imagine that's more to do with the idea of having to self isolate more than expecting the shits. Who knows though?

Today, some supermarkets in the area have begun to limit what customers can purchase. No more than 2 packs of toilet paper per customer.
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There was probably a lot of panic buying buckets for norovirus (which has annual outbreaks anyway) :D :eek:

I think it's reasonable to not want to run out of loo roll. Loo roll, pasta and tinned tomatoes seems to be the most popular covid accessories. I didn't look at paracetamol.
 
hmm so will we get it from the USA today or Tomorrow

Man shot during row over toilet paper...


:hmm:
 
This is the ultimate programmed response to stress from a late capitalist consumer. Purchase, purchase. Purchase water, Purchase paper, purchase.
 
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