Food shortage or hostage?

[jjzepplin]

HAHA! I actually LOL! What are you in here for? Toilet paper heist. You?

[Boog]

Originally Posted by jjzepplin

Well it has begun. I was a our local Publix yesterday morning waiting in line for the store to open up. I was the first one in line and there was about twenty people behind me sitting in chairs etc, when A guy walks up and declares "there is NO line and if we didn't like it he would be glad to clean our clocks!". Well a small argument erupted between him and the Veteran sitting behind me. End result is there definitely IS a line and the 65+ year old fella had crossed it. Heck - I just wanted some toilet paper. So the older fella that did the declaring marched up the line and took cuts in front of some older lady and so the thing erupted again. We are in this together and we can't act like that people! Try going to Burger King and declaring that there is No line... Anyway, if we take the civility out of the equation-- we are all SOL. So lets all be civil eh? I will look for Aunt Jemima the next time I am in the store and if I find her I will send her to you with some cornmeal and flour and sugar. OH, and a roll of TP- FREE!

Some people. I tell you what. I know an older woman who marched herself to the front of a line just like she owned it. When told to get back there where she belonged she said "well I'm old". She stayed there too only because everybody in line showed respect for elders. It would have been different if she had asked if anyone minded her going to the front of the line but she didn't. On another note, me and Aunt Jemima may be through. We just can't go on like this. But I had some Martha White tonight. Yep, big ol pan of corn bread with a home made stew. Oh man, that's good eating.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Just shoot me now...

K

Luckily I have all of the stuff to make a big batch of homemade Ice Cream.....

LockDoc

[flashed]

Here , ground beef , fresh chicken and pork is in short supply , they did finally put a limit on things , but thats no help as Im still working full time and everything is gone by the time I get there . Not sure about toilet paper as I have not needed any , got plenty still .

[72gmguy]

[Steeveedee]

^ The only frozen vegetables at a local Stater Bros a couple of weeks ago was one lonely package of turnip greens and a few of "riced" cauliflower.

[pritch]

I noticed that I was getting dangerously low on Crown Royal, so I had to man up and brave the liquor store. I put on my respirator and rubber gloves. No one else was in the place, and I was thinking that during normal times, I probably would have been confused for a bandit, but it's completely normal now. At any rate, I didn't want to have to go thru that again for a while so I bought a half-gallon. That's a good month's worth since the bar's been closed. I don't mind talkin' to myself, but I sure hate drinkin' alone.

I happened to run out of TP just before the panic set in, and picked up my usual years-worth, so I'm good there. I could probably hold out on food for a couple more weeks if I had to, but I'll need to go to the store this week sometime. The old-guy hours are nice, but 7:00A to 8:00A Mon, Wed & Fri is useless for us that still have jobs.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Quite a test run to see how people act in a panic right?

[special-K]

This ain't no test run. This is the real deal.

If someone ignored the line and walked right up to the door saying, "There is no line", I would say, "Correct. We are going through this door in the same order we arrived in. Now get back behind the person you got here after"

[FleetsidePaul]

My friends baby just turned one year old. They sent my wife this pic of the party.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

My friends baby just turned one year old. They sent my wife this pic of the party.

Too funny! Better than a bunch of kids sharing potentially lethal cooties.

[A1971Blazer]

Taco Bell is stepping up
On Tuesday they were giving free tacos
Glad they're doing their part to help get rid of all the excess toilet paper...!

[Dead Parrot]

Aunt Jemima pancake mix is available. Don't know about corn meal. I pretty much suck at making cornbread. Flour and sugar keep swapping places for being out of stock. Last trip to Walmart, the flour was missing but the sugar bin was completely full. Bread was very brand specific on availability. Either the shelves were fully stocked or empty. Think I saw one pack of TP the last trip but didn't need any having made sure all my normal TP storage places were filled just before this thing really blew up.

[Richard2112]

A lot of the shortage is from profiteering. Some people are in line with carts overflowing with the same products (carbonated beverages for example). I followed a van that was being loaded with just such a product and they went directly to a small mart (about 8 miles away), pulled around back and started unloading. Worse, it was done with an EBT card and the "van" was a Cadillac Escalade. 100% profit on tax payers dime.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

My friends baby just turned one year old. They sent my wife this pic of the party.

Awwww, poor little guy. My wife is upset, it took us a long time to get a little one, and we're happy it's on the way, but she can't have a baby shower, I can't go to appointments with her anymore, if this keeps up, I might not be allowed in the delivery room. We're on the one and done plan.

[72c20customcamper]

We had the "panic" buying hoarding here mid March. Guess what, they are still making everything 2 days ago at Shoprite in town plenty of food eggs bought a box of Whole wheat pancake mix some fish . Everything was well stocked . Even TP and sanitizing wipes . Bleach and everything else was shelved. Hope the hoarders choke on their TP preferably after it's used. I laughed at the all theidiots with carts of tp. I shop at BJ'S so you have to buy a years worth everytime.

I did buy paper towels for my daughter's father in law he and his wife are in quarantine not because they have it but he just got done with chemo and lost a lung. I dropped it at their house on the front porch with some lysol .

[72c20customcamper]

47 years ago the same thing happened the great tp shortage of 73

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-to...rtage-of-1973/

[kwmech]

I was working retail at nights when Johnny pulled that stunt. Came in to stock the shelves the following evening and there was nothing to stock, shelves were bare along with the back room. this was when stores actually carried inventory in the back room

[Boog]

AJ is back! My niece found these two small packs today for us.

[72c20customcamper]

Anyone notice they have the plungers next to the paper towels.

[Boog]

Looks like dust pans to me.

[jjzepplin]

Well I don't hope that anyone chokes on anything. I get it. I would not want to run out of TP. As long as people are not trying to sell it for a huge profit, I don't see the issue with the tissue. We will eventually use it all up. I have a bunch but I always do. I have to say that I used to pull on that roll like it was the Wheel Of Fortune. Now anything more than 4 sheets is Taking a shower. We are all in this together and I hope we ALL make it. I am on the "Next Door" app which is a neighborhood specific app. A guy on there said his Fed Ex package is missing and he was looking for it. Come to find out he is kinda touchy in his other posts and very vocal. The package in question. apparently, contained AR 15 ammunition. I am counting on everyone to stay sane. Hang in there. I am not ready for a Mad Max world.

[special-K]

The thing is people are hoarding, not buying what they need. This is ridiculous. There is fresh meat fully stocks, milk, fresh produce, all sorts of perishable items fully stocked, yet not a stich of TP in the entire aisle. The TP plants are up and running and so is the shipping. This has gone on for a few weeks now. No, it's not people buying TP because they need it. They are buying way more than that. The fact is, they are wiping their asses on the rest of their community! I don't hope they choke on it either. That's only because I know they won't be eating it. Choking on whatever it is scumbags eat suits me just fine.

[Gregski]

my wife chatted up some of the grocery clerks on her last trip for food, she buys one of what we need, one chicken, one bag of rice, one dozen eggs (if they have them, eggs are scarce in our area) etc.

the point being the clerks and the managers were talking about how they expect a ton of returns at the end of the month or at the end of all this, it is sad really, as so many people decided to hoard stuff and then they will either toss it (American style, sorry we waste a ton of food here) or they say they will "donate it" yeah right, or return it. shame on all of them

[jjzepplin]

Stores in my area have suspended returns indefinitely.