Boris says dont stock up

janhun

Than we are given a week notice we are going into lockdown again….
Last time trying to get a delivery slot was impossible only at the end could I get one from adsa or tesco..
I was one of the people who told not to go out as my age and illness was on the list.. tried telling them I was on the N H S and the government still that never help … so I for one will have dried milk in and flour and dried potatoes ….plus others

andishdi

janhun Than we are given a week notice we are going into lockdown again….

But supermarkets will remain open - it makes no difference if there is a lockdown or not, they’ll be operating as usual

otbc11

janhun I can understand older people along with those at risk stock piling but for others it’s just panic. The supermarkets will wise up this time and restrict multiple purchases of the same item.

andyslc

janhun Boris has said this with good reason:

1) it’s not necessary, supermarkets are staying open, people can still go shopping
2) Panic buying leads to more likelihood of virus transmission by
i) increasing queues at supermarkets
ii) mpg people travel further afield and to more than one shop to find what they need

The British public has again demonstrated its ability to not listen to common sense and reason and has gone on a panic fuelled spending spree almost as soon as the announcement had been made. 🙄

browi09

janhun load’s in the shop’s and you can go out to them

thebooky

janhun Best to get the essentials but don’t hoard- not that it’ll stop everyone else. Expect the same shelves to be emptied like the last lockdown.

janhun

andishdi

only_justme65

andishdi

Along with all the lines of customers outside..

andishdi

andyslc The British public has again demonstrated its ability to not listen to common sense and reason

If only more people understood it the way you do then we’d be so much closer to a way out of it all.

janhun

browi09

andyslc

andishdi I get it, you get it, others get it, but it’s clearly not enough people that are and so we go on and the virus continues to spread.

sarahaxon

Personally I have given up on the concept of ‘common sense’.
What is common sense to one person is anathema to another - because we don’t share the same reasoning or experience.
I may think it’s common sense that there will be goods in the shops and that therefore there is no need to stock up.
You may remember visiting shops at the beginning of the last lockdown when shelves were empty and be determined not to be put in that position again.
‘Common sense’ is just too vague a concept to be trusted. What a common sense decision is can’t be nailed down - it’s too subjective.

andyslc

sarahaxon common sense is if you are told not to get together in groups of more than six and to observe distancing then that is what you do. If you’re told there’s no need to panic buy because shops will be open then don’t panic buy. If you’re told to wear a face mask because it reduces the risk of transmission and also offer limited protection against covid then wear a face mask.

Theres no mystical unknown goal we are trying to reach, No need for philosophising about it. Everyone is capable of grasping the basics just as they know not to stand on a hill in a thunderstorm, whilst wearing a copper raincoat and shouting “all the gods are bar stewards!”.

andishdi

andyslc - I just don’t understand what people are trying to achieve by saying otherwise.

They’re suggesting people have no faith in the government whilst plastering messages to that effect all over forums and social media… Is it anyone wonder people lose faith when others are telling them they should be?!?!

I’m just tired of illogical thinking or a complete lack thought - that in itself is tolerable but when the people complaining the most have got it so wrong and repeat their misguided dogma ad nauseum then what chance do we have?

Sure, let’s rake Boris over the coals when it’s all done but until then can we focus on what individuals can do, because until that happens and people take some responsibility nothing is going to change.

steeleb

andyslc it seems so simple that you would know not to travel to Barnard Castle to test your eyes or from London to Hamilton by train when you are a confirmed virus carrier. 😂

andyslc

andishdi people take some responsibility nothing is going to change.

Everyone has to own their actions to beat this. Spot on.

janhun

i know supermarkets are open but us older and some illness told not to go out

caro120

Bet boris has stocked up - or got someone else to do it for him!

johnrooney80

supermarkets profits be soaring.

andyslc

steeleb you’d think. 😂