Virus worries
- Thread starter ronk
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So supermarkets have started to ration now and I can’t see them allowing people to take large quantities of valuable items (toilet roll, bread, pasta, tinned goods etc). Anyone could say “oh it’s for a neighbour”.
I hope more adapt and allow vulnerable and elderly people to have an hour to shop on their own. For those that can get there of course.
I went to my local Sainsburys yesterday. It was very busy but the shelves were decimated.
I hope more adapt and allow vulnerable and elderly people to have an hour to shop on their own. For those that can get there of course.
I went to my local Sainsburys yesterday. It was very busy but the shelves were decimated.
ronk said:
I have to agree somewhat with Ronk here.
Having spent time in Tianjin, I was pretty repulsed by some of what i saw there in terms of what ends up in some peoples dinner bowls and how it gets there.
All the honking and spitting and chainsmoking was bad enough. Jesus the stench of those cheap chinese ciggies had to be showered off me at the end of each day! And eating cats and dogs I thought was bad enough, but when I saw people eating partially live fish in a restaurant, I found that totally repulsive. You can very easily and justifiably make the assumption that this is EXACTLY how cross-species infections occur.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re lovely, friendly, hard-working people. But their habits and culture is just totally different from ours. In most echelons of society the appreciation for basic hygiene isn’t there. You have to go back to your Marriott hotel or other Western franchise establishment to expect any sort of hygiene we’re used to.
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Its about time supermarkets started rationing if people can't be sensible. I had an email from Tesco at the weekend as I get the shopping delivered and advised they were restricting certain items. ALL shops should be doing this now and get appropriate security to enforce it. People won't listen, to them it's end of the world regardless what's said that everything is plentiful. Great idea some shops opening just for pensioners. People are simply selfish bastards no care for others but themselves.
Tim.
Tim.
TitanTim said:
A great many are Tim yes....utter and complete selfish bastards....anyone who is stockpiling and panic buying is a 42 carat arsehole....just the sort that ought to be made to go without...We're all in this not just them but they don’t give two Tuppeny fucks for anyone else, as long as they’re ok that’s all that matters. f**k the elderly, the non mobile, the poor...who cares a s**t about them....me me and what’s more ME...!! Utter :wkr: :x :x
been scratching around trying to find some paracetamol leftovers in the house just in case - found a few odds 
couldn't get any in Sainsburys thanks to the hoarders - while I was looking a woman was frantically emptying the shelf of ibuprofen - besides being selfish not sure how she thought she would get it through the cashiers - anyway I am a great believer in karma and lo and behold latest medical advice is not recommending ibuprofen as a safe alternative 
looking forward to Sainsburys dedicating the first hour for the elderly but a bit worried that because of my youthful looks they won't believe I'm 71
couldn't get any in Sainsburys thanks to the hoarders - while I was looking a woman was frantically emptying the shelf of ibuprofen - besides being selfish not sure how she thought she would get it through the cashiers - anyway I am a great believer in karma and lo and behold latest medical advice is not recommending ibuprofen as a safe alternative looking forward to Sainsburys dedicating the first hour for the elderly but a bit worried that because of my youthful looks they won't believe I'm 71
john-e89 said:
Just beggars belief, we've been told time and again the past few weeks there is no shortage of food/items etc and most likely there won't be, no supply issues so why can't people just shop as normal. Even if there are curfews you will still be allowed to get essentials. It just shows how todays generation simply can't cope, pathetic really when I think what my parents and grand parents went through in the last 2 wars, sobering.
Tim.
The stores opening for the first two hours is ok - but then us over 70 has been told to stay at home and self isolate
What an option, join a throng of old gits who may have the virus OR stay at home and starve!
(I don't really think we will starve but we will be on short rations)
What an option, join a throng of old gits who may have the virus OR stay at home and starve!
(I don't really think we will starve but we will be on short rations)
ronk said:
ronk said:Yes my thoughts precisely - queuing early has always been a favoured pastime of the elderly so I can visualise a massive influx of old gits descending on Sainsburys doors at the crack of dawn
Reckon I'll take my chances in the early evening when things may have quietened down and I can keep the 2 metre distance apart
I presume us just 70 somethings might have to produce ID to prove our age - ironic really