Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: » A mate of mine was in Tesco today, and this was a single-file queue to the checkout he was standing in Please note: the till is around the corner and all the way to the top-right (off screen)
Deleted User wrote: How many people have you compromised? None of us know who we are compromising.
Strumms wrote: » The EU need to act fast and amend laws to suit the health crisis that is engulfing the continent. Otherwise Ireland needs to act in defiance of the EU to hell with the consequences, to hell with pleasing the European Union..
sioda wrote: » Alcohol content isn't high enough in most vodkas cases
Cedrus wrote: » I'm thinking of block buying all the available disposable teaspoons in the country and re-marketing them as bum scrapers for when the toilet paper runs out. Anybody want in on this?
johnnyskeleton wrote: » So we know what the shops were like today, but what are the pubs like this evening? e
MrKingsley wrote: » I’m just after finishing a shift in a Dublin pub there.
Infini wrote: » Couldn't believe the amount of idiocy with people today there was no need to run out and panic buy they repeatedly said supply chains are fine not to mention this is just the schools closing not the entire fecking country.
mrsdewinter wrote: » I found myself in a very similar queue. Was that in a store in Co. Galway?
hatrickpatrick wrote: » The schools weren't closing two days ago. The Paddy's Day parade wasn't cancelled last weekend. People are frightened of what's coming down the line next week as this situation escalates, particularly because twice in one year we had full-on countrywide lockdowns due to storms (Hurricane Ophelia and The Beast From The East) in which literally everything closed down - and with no more than 24 hours' notice. Now it was justified on both of those occasions - lives would have been lost if the country hadn't battened down the hatches - and if it happens this time it'll probably be justified as well. But it doesn't change the fact that for all people know, the shops could be ordered to close their doors on Monday with an unknown and indefinite time period before they'll reopen again. Ultimately, this is because of exceptionally bad communication on the part of our officials and government, over such a long period of time that people expect last minute snap decisions in times of crisis. They take far too long to tell people what's really going on and by the time they do, people have already taken the situation into their own hands. It's not as if Ireland doesn't have form for this in fairness (remember when "the IMF are not coming to Ireland" when they were literally being photographed getting off the plane at Dublin Airport?) and people are legitimately worried that the whole country could go into "red weather alert" lockdown next week for an indefinite time period. I'm not suggesting that panic buying is necessary or responsible, by the way. But I do think the condemnation of those doing it is unfair. Official Ireland does not respond well to real time crises, always reacting and never being proactive. I think this is an example of people trying to be proactive because they're aware that those in charge will make arbitrary decisions with absolutely no warning whatsoever and it'll be too late to do anything once those decisions are made. In other words, the government saying "supply lines are grand, there's no need to panic buy" today will be no use to people if they say "change of plan, we want all shops and businesses to close indefinitely from 9AM today" tomorrow morning - and this is the kind of thing which does happen in Ireland. So people are preparing for that kind of scenario. Again, I'm not doing it and I really don't think it is or will become necessary, but I understand the mindset behind it. A sizeable cohort of people don't believe a word of any official announcements since they're liable to be U-turned without a moments notice mere hours after they're announced, and that's because we have a longstanding issue with appalling communication between those in charge and everyone else.
GreeBo wrote: » It doesn't matter how full the shelves are next week if no one is leaving their houses due to high rates of infection such as we see in northern Italy at the moment. It's a far better idea to be in crowded shops today with 50 odd cases compared to potentially thousands of cases in a week's time.
Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: » I get your point, but at the same time it still doesn't curb the fact that many of those doing the panic buying are in fact behaving in a very selfish manner. In this moment we're supposed to all be in this together and help one another out but there are too many individuals giving it the "me me me" attitude by buying supplies that someone else in a worse situation might need more than them. 20 something year olds who are healthy, have a great immune system and can work from home, still deciding they have to have 10 loaves, 20 bars of soap, 9 santisisers, five bags of 6 rolls of toilet paper... obviously I'm exaggerating the numbers but they are buying more than what THEY need when there could be an elderly sick person who may have desperately needed that one last item that is no longer in stock because a healthier person wanted 5 more of it. It's blatent selfishness. That's all I can see from it.
Widdershins wrote: While I'm at it. When did people become some mean spirited that they have no respect for old people? I've noticed it getting worse for a few years, as if it's a backlash against our strict, controlling culture in the past. Maybe to some, all older people represent that judgemental authoritarian past when people were expected to show unquestioning deference to older people regardless of their character. Whatever, it's very dehumanising and callous.
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