Coronavirus - Overall
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
You guys living in the UK must be longing for quieter times, before Brexit, Megxit and now Covid 19 made things ‘interesting’..
Trust me, after Brexit, this seems quite normal....
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
You guys living in the UK must be longing for quieter times, before Brexit, Megxit and now Covid 19 made things ‘interesting’..
Megxit? Really? Do you think any ferner was put out by Megxit??
Hell yeah. @MajorRage even started a whole thread on it!
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Woolworths and Coles react to the "shopping crisis" by introducing elderly shopping hour and people complain that the shelves are still bare.
Like it's the supermarket's fault that they didn't magically create stock levels while every halfwit is busy hoarding whatever they can gets their hands on. This virus really needs to target the morons instead of the elderly.
They could impose limits per shopper to avoid being cleared out as fast.
They have been. Woolworths pointed out that they were selling seven days worth of toilet paper in one day and they were doing Christmas levels of retail, something that takes them five months to build up for. Once they realised they've been playing catch up and the logistics just aren't capable.
In the bottle shop yesterday tradie in front if me mentioned his boss had gone and spent $3,500 on food, and bought brand spanking new freezers to contain it.
Bottle shop attendant gets staff from adjacent Harvey Norman in and said you can't now buy a freezer until September.
Our veneer of civil society has been proven to be a lie.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
What surprised me on my last shop was that it wasn't just cans, pastas, rice, medications and tp that was bare. It was also a lot of cleaning products andbig gaps in laundry detergent, fabric softner, that sort of thing.
In theory, those that stocked up should now be leaving the shops alone so this should all come back pretty soon, assuming the deliveries are still running as they should.
I am concerned about NZ, how much is imported there? How do they guarantee supply if other nations are calling for more? Would be good to get people convincing reassurances? Some believed that most toilet tissue was imported into Oz from China, could have started the scare and everyone around the world just carried it on.
You're assuming that
a. People aren't idiots
b. People aren't selfishMaybe they'll just run out of freezer space ...
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Kirwan said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
Woolworths and Coles react to the "shopping crisis" by introducing elderly shopping hour and people complain that the shelves are still bare.
Like it's the supermarket's fault that they didn't magically create stock levels while every halfwit is busy hoarding whatever they can gets their hands on. This virus really needs to target the morons instead of the elderly.
They could impose limits per shopper to avoid being cleared out as fast.
They have been. Woolworths pointed out that they were selling seven days worth of toilet paper in one day and they were doing Christmas levels of retail, something that takes them five months to build up for. Once they realised they've been playing catch up and the logistics just aren't capable.
In the bottle shop yesterday tradie in front if me mentioned his boss had gone and spent $3,500 on food, and bought brand spanking new freezers to contain it.
Bottle shop attendant gets staff from adjacent Harvey Norman in and said you can't now buy a freezer until September.
Our veneer of civil society has been proven to be a lie.
There are still good people out there. But there are obviously other types too who will only think of themselves. Now if I can get my new generator installed this week.........
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We have been stocking up this week but nothing crazy. More so we can avoid the shops when things likely go bat shit crazy.
Extra bag of dog crackers, more flour, pasta stuff like that. Might have spent another $200 on top of what we normally spend.Toilet paper we are taking a chance on by only having an extra dozen rolls... pray for us
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@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
We have been stocking up this week but nothing crazy. More so we can avoid the shops when things likely go bat shit crazy.
Extra bag of dog crackers, more flour, pasta stuff like that. Might have spent another $200 on top of what we normally spend.Toilet paper we are taking a chance on by only having an extra dozen rolls... pray for us
Mrs CF wants more canned food. But the CF Jnrs don't like much canned stuff. It's madness, madness
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
@Virgil said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
You guys living in the UK must be longing for quieter times, before Brexit, Megxit and now Covid 19 made things ‘interesting’..
Trust me, after Brexit, this seems quite normal....
I would gladly have brexit rammed at me from ever direction, anything but this... Part of me keeps saying this isn't that bad, then I realise it is, then I think I've already had it and been asymptomatic, then I think oh shit no its coming for me... Just give me brexit.
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@Mokey said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
I have to go to town today to do a bunch of errands, and honestly if I witness fuckery they'll be sorry cos I'm in a chronic pain cycle and grumpy as hell. Fangs and claws poised to unleash.*
*please have your bail donations at the ready.
Videos and photos... please and thank you : )
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@Mokey said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
I have to go to town today to do a bunch of errands, and honestly if I witness fuckery they'll be sorry cos I'm in a chronic pain cycle and grumpy as hell. Fangs and claws poised to unleash.*
*please have your bail donations at the ready.
Best stay at home and surf porn, you know it makes sense
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@Mokey said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
I have to go to town today to do a bunch of errands, and honestly if I witness fuckery they'll be sorry cos I'm in a chronic pain cycle and grumpy as hell. Fangs and claws poised to unleash.*
*please have your bail donations at the ready.
You should have gone yesterday morning during the low sensory hour they have at the supermarket.
Question for others, do you know if your local supermarket has a low sensory hour (or two) where they dim lights, turn off music, turn down the scanning beep etc?
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@Mokey said in Coronavirus - Overall/Rest of the World:
I have to go to town today to do a bunch of errands, and honestly if I witness fuckery they'll be sorry cos I'm in a chronic pain cycle and grumpy as hell. Fangs and claws poised to unleash.*
*please have your bail donations at the ready.
They won't want to lock you up, too risky. Go wild.
Heard a prison officer tested positive yesterday in the UK, can you imagine it spreading around a prison!