Panic buying morons

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Kawazaki
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Absolute cunts. What is wrong with these people?
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laurent
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YOu ran out of bog roll ?
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ScarfaceClaw
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Soak the bog roll in petrol and lob it at everyone in the queue.
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After all this time and people haven't realized it's not the end of days?
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Raggs
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Lots of locals to me rushing out to get petrol.

It's nice having an EV :D.
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Margin__Walker
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Meh, Petrol panic buying's not an issue for me. We just do the odd run around town or school run these days. A tank lasts us more than a month.

Bog roll last year on the other hand....
tc27
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Yeah all the editors running 'Petrol shortage' stories last night must be feeling powerful today.
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tc27 wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 3:51 pm Yeah all the editors running 'Petrol shortage' stories last night must be feeling powerful today.
This. Scare mongering idiots!!




Plus I filled up in the weekend, phew!!
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What is going on?! :wtf:
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Twats!!!!!
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Why are they idiots?
Is there a shortage of essential stuff?
Yes.


So are we labelling them idiots, to dissuade people, so you can get there first?
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the level of smug driving past the queues in an EV is off the charts.
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I'm buying a takeaway curry tonight and quickly before panic buyers get there before me. Ditto a few pints of Cobra
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The issue with panic buying is that once somebody starts it, the rational response if you actually need the commodity in question is to join in.

I spent almost 8 weeks having to borrow bog paper from people last year because my initial response was 'no, I'm not going to do anything that stupid'
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frodder wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:41 pm I'm buying a takeaway curry tonight and quickly before panic buyers get there before me. Ditto a few pints of Cobra
Takeaway pints of Cobra along with the curry eh, how far do they deliver?

Doesn't seem to be significant fuel shortages in the midlands, still went out and filled the cars up in a rather sad act of civil disobedience
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Line6 HXFX wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:50 pm Why are they idiots?
Is there a shortage of essential stuff?
Yes.


So are we labelling them idiots, to dissuade people, so you can get there first?
They are idiots because there is NOT a shortage, there are some supply issues but if everyone buys as they normally do there is enough for everyone...ergo idiots
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BBC send a reporter to Tesco fuel station to check out the situation: Mr Phil McCann
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Any idea when peace breaks out on this one?

Still a quarter tank left so fecked if I'm queuing for anything that isn't booze, culture or cake.
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My dear wife went food shopping about 9.00 this morning, they were queueing out of the supermarket petrol station onto the access roundabout (200 or so metres and then onto the forecourt queues). When she left after the shop at about 10.45 they'd closed the pumps.
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Margin__Walker
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FFS. Mrs has just come back from town and announced that she's going to go out and get petrol. Neighbour has accosted her outside talking about how you wouldn't be able to get any by the end of the week, so better do it now...

Thankfully I talked her round.
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Kawazaki wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:04 pm Absolute cunts. What is wrong with these people?
The great, British public, innit? F**kwits blocked the dual carriageway on my way home yesterday in their panic buying surge to reach any petrol station.
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Massive queues at every station in town. Selfish cunts, I’m getting a cab home tonight from a dinner party and if there aren’t any running by 11 pm….. :mad:
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Attending my dad's 91st birthday tomorrow.

Or I think I am. My car is about 1/3 full. Not sure that will get me there and back. Borrowing fuel is more troublesome than borrowing TP.

FFS.
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People filling jerry cans as well. Total and utter fuckwits.
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Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:48 pm The issue with panic buying is that once somebody starts it, the rational response if you actually need the commodity in question is to join in.

I spent almost 8 weeks having to borrow bog paper from people last year because my initial response was 'no, I'm not going to do anything that stupid'
Good man. I don't even use TP. :thumbup:
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sorCrer wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:31 pm
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:48 pm The issue with panic buying is that once somebody starts it, the rational response if you actually need the commodity in question is to join in.

I spent almost 8 weeks having to borrow bog paper from people last year because my initial response was 'no, I'm not going to do anything that stupid'
Good man. I don't even use TP. :thumbup:
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TB63 wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:35 pm
sorCrer wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:31 pm
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:48 pm The issue with panic buying is that once somebody starts it, the rational response if you actually need the commodity in question is to join in.

I spent almost 8 weeks having to borrow bog paper from people last year because my initial response was 'no, I'm not going to do anything that stupid'
Good man. I don't even use TP. :thumbup:
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ASMO wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:37 am
Line6 HXFX wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:50 pm Why are they idiots?
Is there a shortage of essential stuff?
Yes.


So are we labelling them idiots, to dissuade people, so you can get there first?
They are idiots because there is NOT a shortage, there are some supply issues but if everyone buys as they normally do there is enough for everyone...ergo idiots
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I replaced the brake pads in my bike this afternoon and need to give it a run to bed them in. 2+ mile queue for a small village petrol station to fill up. Feck that. Utter waste of time. Will give it a couple of days until the morons finish up filling up empty water bottles.
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Just been a broadcast on our net that there's no fuel in Tayside outside of Dundee overnight (I'm assuming in the areas crews normally fuel up) so crews are to fuel up in Dundee.
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When I am King of the world, I will be able to nominate items as being in short supply and the price will automatically double - with the money coming to meeeee.
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Kawazaki wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:36 pm People filling jerry cans as well. Total and utter fuckwits.
Why are stations even permitting that?
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Line6 HXFX wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:50 pm Why are they idiots?
Is there a shortage of essential stuff?
Yes.


So are we labelling them idiots, to dissuade people, so you can get there first?
Ah, well, if you need it explained to you...
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