In Australia, the same level of panic buying of toilet paper and hand sanitiser obtains. Yes, the zombie apocalypse is clearly imminent: my supermarket-managing nephew tells me that canned vegetables are also being bought up, if only to throw the cans at the rampaging zombies! We did manage to buy one 6-pack of toilet paper for my indigent (or disorganised) twin granddaughters yesterday, otherwise it would be torn-up newspaper for them - except they don't buy the papers...
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Pdml Sent: Sunday, 15 March 2020 5:28 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT Covid-19 > On 14 Mar 2020, at 13:46, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't know what's happening in the rest of the world but UK supermarkets have recently instigated buying quotas: > > ASDA > 2 hand sanitisers and a 4 pack of toilet roll > > TESCO > 1 hand sanitiser, 500g of rice and 4 pack of toilet roll > > Waitrose > 1 lobster, 6 quail's eggs and 100g of Pate de Foie Gras > > Aldi > 1 MIG welder, 1 pink sports bra, 2 trumpets and 1 wetsuit. > Oddly enough, in my local Waitrose early this afternoon there was very little fresh produce, no canned goods like beans and tomatoes, no muesli or porridge, even the expensive brands, no pasta, no rice (which is what I went in for), no toilet paper, no antibacterial wipes (for my hearing aids) even though a virus is not a bacterium..., no household cleaning products. And no people. They must have all been in for an early morning raid. My local Co-op on the other hand was overflowing with bounteous wonder (and it wasn't labelled 'Waitrose'... I managed to buy some toilet paper in Waitrose earlier in the week. There were three packs left, at the back of the top shelf where only the tall could see and reach them. I bought one 4-pack, but couldn't fit it in my saddlebag with my work clothes and other stuff, so had to carry it on my back in a musette. Oh the shame! of being thought a hoarder... but in fact practically everyone I saw on my way home was carrying enormous quantities of toilet paper. For the benefit of the unBritish, Waitrose is posh and middle class, Co-op is down-to-earth working class. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
