Dealing with panic buying morons?
Discussion
Apologies for yet another CV 19 thread.
One of the more unpleasant aspects of the current situation, is the seeming rise in panic buying morons. It has been said that the breakdown of normal civilized society is only a few square meals away, and given some of the recent scenes in supermarkets it would seem there is a grain of truth in this.
It also seems that some just cannot be trusted to behave responsibly, normally, and like civilized human beings.
I for one have been surprised that initially the shops / supermarkets appear to have done little, or nothing to limit, or stop this behavior, and have only recently brought in limits on how many items of an individual product a person is allowed to buy to try to curb the actions of the PBM`s.
I read an article where a PBM was challenged by the checkout lady, because he had a large excess number of goods in his trolley, at which point he started verbally abusing the checkout lady, and actually threw, some of the excess goods he had in his trolley at her. Fortunately a policeman was also standing in the queue, who stepped up, and instructed the PBM to leave his trolley where it was, and escorted the PBM to the shop door with nothing (something I have been suggesting is done for a some time now)
On a lighter note, My Brother did his weekly shop the other day, and had bought a pack of four mini pork pies, The checkout lady said with a grin, sorry you are only allowed three items, so I am going to have to take one of the pies out, and eat it, My brother agreed, but said he wanted a bite out of it first!
But back to the serious stuff, How do people think the problem of PBM`s should be dealt with? To me they represent the beginning of the breakdown of normal, responsible and considerate behavior, and consequently must be dealt with very severely. It would be too easy to just shrug this unsociable behavior off, but to me it is something that must be jumped on very fast and very heavily.
One of the more unpleasant aspects of the current situation, is the seeming rise in panic buying morons. It has been said that the breakdown of normal civilized society is only a few square meals away, and given some of the recent scenes in supermarkets it would seem there is a grain of truth in this.
It also seems that some just cannot be trusted to behave responsibly, normally, and like civilized human beings.
I for one have been surprised that initially the shops / supermarkets appear to have done little, or nothing to limit, or stop this behavior, and have only recently brought in limits on how many items of an individual product a person is allowed to buy to try to curb the actions of the PBM`s.
I read an article where a PBM was challenged by the checkout lady, because he had a large excess number of goods in his trolley, at which point he started verbally abusing the checkout lady, and actually threw, some of the excess goods he had in his trolley at her. Fortunately a policeman was also standing in the queue, who stepped up, and instructed the PBM to leave his trolley where it was, and escorted the PBM to the shop door with nothing (something I have been suggesting is done for a some time now)
On a lighter note, My Brother did his weekly shop the other day, and had bought a pack of four mini pork pies, The checkout lady said with a grin, sorry you are only allowed three items, so I am going to have to take one of the pies out, and eat it, My brother agreed, but said he wanted a bite out of it first!
But back to the serious stuff, How do people think the problem of PBM`s should be dealt with? To me they represent the beginning of the breakdown of normal, responsible and considerate behavior, and consequently must be dealt with very severely. It would be too easy to just shrug this unsociable behavior off, but to me it is something that must be jumped on very fast and very heavily.
p4cks said:
A greed tax:
Treble the price of everything and with the difference, the supermarkets donate it to a worthwhile cause.
And/or do away with trollies.
My Brother suggested that all the big trolleys are chained up leaving only the shallow ones for the old and disabled ( I was mortified at the recent picture of the little old lady in a supermarket, with an empty shallow trolley, looking at all the empty shelves, and wondering what to do)Treble the price of everything and with the difference, the supermarkets donate it to a worthwhile cause.
And/or do away with trollies.
The rest of us should be limited to what we can get into just a supermarket basket, with perhaps the addition of one pack of toilet rolls, which wouldn't fit too well, even if the basket was empty of other goods.
Any PBM's should be publicly shamed in the store, goods taken back, and barred from that store for the duration! Saw a woman with 2 trolleys herself and her daughter had another, all overflowing!! Imagine a lot of the fresh stuff would spoil before she has a chance to use it, what a waste!
Of course, she may have been buying for the street, but I somehow doubt it!!
Of course, she may have been buying for the street, but I somehow doubt it!!
NoNeed said:
Supermarkets are responding by offering the elderly an hour of a morning, I would like to see this made law temporarily
Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
An elderly friend said he tried to get into his local supermarket for the hour reserved for the elderly, and was in a long queue outside the supermarket. In front of him was a group of Eastern Europeans, who were clearly not elderly, who on reaching the door, made out that they did not understand the hour for the elderly rule, and just pushed their way into the store anyway.
Not sure how this would be dealt with by ordinary store staff, Perhaps a policeman should be on duty to deal with any disputes with PBM.s or others who don't want to behave civilly, and with consideration for others?
NoNeed said:
Supermarkets are responding by offering the elderly an hour of a morning, I would like to see this made law temporarily
Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
Yes that helps to some extent, though I have a couple of questions. Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
Haven’t seen anywhere what age ‘the elderly’ need to be. Assuming it’s 65/70 those people are meant to be staying at home aren’t they? So how can they take advantage of this offer?
Let’s say they have a younger (eg early 60s) partner. Can they shop in this hour for the elderly person? How will they prove this?
Also Tesco have set this hour at 9-10am, but they often open at 6am. There’s f
k all left at 9!NoNeed said:
Supermarkets are responding by offering the elderly an hour of a morning, I would like to see this made law temporarily
Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
My elderly mother has no chance of getting to a supermarket in the first hour of trading, before she can go out she has to wash and dress my very frail father, wait for someone to come and sit with him etcAlso they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
foxbody-87 said:
I'd suggest door to door raids and anyone found stockpiling toilet paper manufactured in the last 6 months is used as meat.
Now thats tricky - I buy my bog roll via an online supplier. I bought a pack just before the nonsense started. Smallest pack they sell is 36 rollsPan Pan Pan said:
My Brother suggested that all the big trolleys are chained up leaving only the shallow ones for the old and disabled ( I was mortified at the recent picture of the little old lady in a supermarket, with an empty shallow trolley, looking at all the empty shelves, and wondering what to do)
The rest of us should be limited to what we can get into just a supermarket basket, with perhaps the addition of one pack of toilet rolls, which wouldn't fit too well, even if the basket was empty of other goods.
Why just the elderly? There were two of us (relative) youngster in the shop last night looking at the empty shelves with empty baskets and we both ended up just laughing at it. Didn't get us any further forward with the shopping though.The rest of us should be limited to what we can get into just a supermarket basket, with perhaps the addition of one pack of toilet rolls, which wouldn't fit too well, even if the basket was empty of other goods.
Fully armed unit of soldiers at every supermarket with shoot to kill policy. Seriously, this is getting out of hand!
I went shopping midday yesterday: no chicken, bog roll, canned food. Half the other aisles empty......
I was surprised that the 3 items only also applied to wine though.....
I went shopping midday yesterday: no chicken, bog roll, canned food. Half the other aisles empty......
I was surprised that the 3 items only also applied to wine though.....
REALIST123 said:
NoNeed said:
Supermarkets are responding by offering the elderly an hour of a morning, I would like to see this made law temporarily
Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
Yes that helps to some extent, though I have a couple of questions. Also they should lock up the trollies and allow one person one basket or have a maximum daily spend
Haven’t seen anywhere what age ‘the elderly’ need to be. Assuming it’s 65/70 those people are meant to be staying at home aren’t they? So how can they take advantage of this offer?
Let’s say they have a younger (eg early 60s) partner. Can they shop in this hour for the elderly person? How will they prove this?
Also Tesco have set this hour at 9-10am, but they often open at 6am. There’s f
k all left at 9!It can be infuriating when ones see what appears to be a great spherical a*sehole with a big trolley loaded to several feet above the top of the basket, but we must temper this with the thought that he `might' be shopping for others, who cannot get to the shops by reason of age / disability, but then again he might just be shopping for himself, which is why it seems some sort of rules must be applied to the way people are buying goods, at the present. To me a PBM is only a slight shade better than a looter.
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