Blitz Spirit. Not.

[callmemadam]

I was in the village shop early this morning. Having posted a card and got some cash, I asked for something they hadn’t got, which led to a chat about shortages generally and loo rolls in particular. I asked the owner if he had any. Yes, a secret stash out the back, which he would only sell to regular customers because ‘strangers’ (a broad term in Dorset), had come in and tried to strip his shelves. He also told me two customers had personally witnessed actual fights in Tesco and Morrisons over loo rolls. No wonder there’s a newspaper headline this morning about people being ‘shelfish’.

Comments

[gwendraith]

It's madness isn't it and definitely "shelfish". There was a YouTube video shown on the news of three women fighting over a pack of loo rolls. The staff had to break up it up. One woman already had a trolley full of loo rolls and was prepared to fight over the last one on the shelf. It's an illness ;)

[callmemadam]

These people must be bonkers!

[dozydormouse]

I’ve ordered extra tonic and chocolate in case I’m shut in...

[callmemadam]

Good choices!

[lethe1]

Strangely enough, this stockpiling of loo rolls happens predominantly in the US, Britain and Australia (and perhaps also New Zealand).

I could understand it if the virus causes diarrhea, but that is not the case.

[callmemadam]

I didn't know that. Bizarre! So far, I've not heard the Netherlands mentioned on the news, so I assume there's no panic there yet.

[lethe1]

The only things in short supply here are the more obvious ones, such as mouth masks and sanitizing gel.