PANIC BUY!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Do you know, I didn't know there were ducks in the Middle East, I don't know why I thought there wouldn't be, as you obviously get birds in hot countries.

The one that gets me is that there are ducks in Antarctica.

[Skub]

There are even ducks in Peking.

[Pirahna]

Looks like bog roll will shortly be sold out:



https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/10/food-sho ... -15396536/

[Mussels]

FFS, every time I went to Costco I left with a huge pile of bog roll, it's how they sell it. As for the fresh veg counter being nearly empty, that's not unusual at the end of a day in my local supermarket.

[wheelnut]

FFS, every time I went to Costco I left with a huge pile of bog roll, it's how they sell it. As for the fresh veg counter being nearly empty, that's not unusual at the end of a day in my local supermarket.

I think the Metro are doing their bit to to cause a panic buy on bog roll again.

[Mussels]

I did my bit of panic buying today, the tumble dryer went tits up and the thought of living without one fills me with dread.
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[Pirahna]

FFS, every time I went to Costco I left with a huge pile of bog roll, it's how they sell it. As for the fresh veg counter being nearly empty, that's not unusual at the end of a day in my local supermarket.

Looking at the picture there seems to be 5 or possibly 6 packs of toilet roll. Looking at the top pack I see 5 rows of 4x2, that's 40 rolls a pack, 200-240 rolls on that trolley. To my untrained eye it seems a bit excessive for family use, maybe they're buying for a care home?

[MrLongbeard]

https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/10/food-sho ... -15396536/

Sights like this have become common place in the UK post-lockdown

Nope.
I've never been faced with empty shelves or not been able to buy everything on my weekly shopping list.
I've got all the fuel I can use, I'm not worried about not being able to wipe my arse or not have a turkey for Xmas.

[Felix]

Aldi was running low on my favourite tipple so i bought four bottles. My bad

[Docca]

I drove to Birmingham for a conference last week. ‘No Fuel’ on all the motorway gantry’s on the way up and down. Plenty of fuel in Birmingham though ( I was in the electric car so it didn’t really matter).

Local ( Farnham and Aldershot) last night: no fuel in most of the stations. I was buying a campingaz bottle and the chap at the counter said that hadn’t had fuel for 5 days. Also said that most of the people queuing up were not filling completely, rather putting in £10/£15 quids worth ‘just in case’.

Don’t know about panic, but I do believe we’re not far off calling people snowflakes again when other folk say stuff you don’t want to hear.

[weeksy]

I reckon out of the 10 i saw yesterday from Berks to Minhead, 8 of them had both petrol and diesel.

I've still got 200 miles in the car so didn't bother...

[irie]

I'm not surprised that so few Eastern European HGV drivers are coming to work in the UK ... they probably can't because of their vaccination status!

https://www.politico.eu/article/the-los ... ccination/

In Bulgaria, just 23 percent of the adult population is vaccinated and in Romania, it’s 34 percent.

[Saga Lout]

This weekend I have filled my car up with BP Ultimate and didn't queue to do so either. In fact, I had the choice of several pumps. We also went food shopping and got everything we needed and there were no shortages of anything. I also walked my dogs through some beautiful woodlands that are in abundance in this green and pleasant land. Life is good. I'm going nowhere, both geographical and career-wise!

I posted a happy, happy, joy, joy post on this thread yesterday too.

We are happy little bunnies

Positivity is catching

We went to watch the new James Bond film in the Gary Rhodes Theatre, food was smashing, then we went for a stroll along the sea front, bought an ice-cream and marvelled at the never ending energy of the ocean, Mrs Potter had a paddle in the warm clear water. I had a call to do so we walked over to the yacht and Mrs Potter made us a nice cup of tea in the galley whilst I did my call, then we chilled on the deck and fed some ducks that came around the boat on the scrounge.
No panic involved.

Life is good

This is a panic thread, for panicking people, there's nothing for you here.

[weeksy]

This weekend I have filled my car up with BP Ultimate and didn't queue to do so either. In fact, I had the choice of several pumps. We also went food shopping and got everything we needed and there were no shortages of anything. I also walked my dogs through some beautiful woodlands that are in abundance in this green and pleasant land. Life is good. I'm going nowhere, both geographical and career-wise!

Positivity is catching

We went to watch the new James Bond film in the Gary Rhodes Theatre, food was smashing, then we went for a stroll along the sea front, bought an ice-cream and marvelled at the never ending energy of the ocean, Mrs Potter had a paddle in the warm clear water. I had a call to do so we walked over to the yacht and Mrs Potter made us a nice cup of tea in the galley whilst I did my call, then we chilled on the deck and fed some ducks that came around the boat on the scrounge.
No panic involved.

Life is good

Wasn't Skegness a bit chilly?

[Supermofo]

Wet out on the bike Sat and got fuel easily with no queue. Same again this morning so looks like its over with here.

[Taipan]

I was lucky as the only disruption I experienced was one c10 minute queue to get fuel. Anyway, I think we'd all guess this...

Petrol station stock levels have recovered after a recent surge in demand for fuel, new figures suggest.

Filling station storage tanks in Great Britain were 45% full on average at the end of the day on Sunday, statistics from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show.

That was the highest level seen since May.

A few weeks ago, many forecourts had run dry after people queued to fill up due to supply chain concerns.

Panic-buying was sparked in late September after warnings that some petrol stations were having delivery problems due to a shortage of lorry drivers.

Stock levels dropped to a low of 15% on 25 September, after demand peaked the day before.

However, supermarket chain Asda said on 13 October that it had not had any petrol supply problems for a week after demand eased, while the Petrol Retailers Association said supplies in London and the South East had improved.

Petrol and diesel prices nearing a record high
Asda reports no petrol supply issues for a week
IEA: Green energy needed to avoid turbulent prices
London and the South East were the slowest regions to recover from the shortage, but petrol station storage tanks in these areas were an average of 42% and 45% full on Sunday, according to the Department for Business.

The situation in the most populous parts of the country had been described as "serious" at one point.

But the latest numbers also show that UK sales of fuel have slowed from an average of 35,900 litres per filling station on 24 September to 11,800 litres on Sunday.

During the supply crisis, motorway service stations were prioritised for deliveries.

[irie]

But the latest numbers also show that UK sales of fuel have slowed from an average of 35,900 litres per filling station on 24 September to 11,800 litres on Sunday.

Says it all.

That ducker and diver Rod McKenzie of the RHA, previously of the BBC, has fucked up yet again.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/medi ... 78443.html

‘Newsbeat’ chief Rod McKenzie moved after complaints of bullying from over 30 BBC staff

‘Newsbeat’ chief Rod McKenzie moved after complaints of bullying from over 30 BBC staff
The allegations against Mr McKenzie are spread over two decades.

The BBC has moved one of its senior news executives from his job in charge of Newsbeat, the broadcaster’s youth news service, following complaints from more than 30 members of staff over his alleged bullying management style, The Independent has learnt.

Rod McKenzie, Newsbeat’s long-standing editor and a former presenter, has denied any wrongdoing during a BBC disciplinary process that has lasted for almost a year.