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PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
by Long slender neck
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:08 am
by tuffers#1
No Panic buying here .
Not for Petrol or Turkey
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:12 am
by Jack
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
You've got a thing about older people havent you?
Do you not think youre OP was a tad racist too?
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
by Clive Evans
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:19 am
by B.whitehouse+10more
tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:08 am
No Panic buying here .
Not for Petrol or Turkey
Turkey is still on the Red list
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:22 am
by StillSpike
What is the very first thing that is likely to happen if you seed a story "There's no need to PANIC BUY!" ? What are people most likely to do immediately after reading/hearing that story?
So now we have a ready made set of "villains" of the piece, and we all focus on them, tutting over our breakfasts, hitting the frowny face on fizzbook stories, and competing with each other about how OUTRAGED we are by our fellow citizens, all the while not looking at those who have actually been in charge of the country, making the decisions that have led to this situation.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:23 am
by B.whitehouse+10more
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
Can I take it then you won’t be voting conservative then
Posted by a middle aged white man with enough money to buy petrol and shop when the mood takes him.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:31 am
by Long slender neck
Jack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:12 am
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
You've got a thing about older people havent you?
Do you not think youre OP was a tad racist too?
Just relaying what I've seen. Have you been down the petrol station lately?
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:36 am
by Long slender neck
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
No doubt theres a shortage of lorry drivers but, kind of difficult to tell if there would be enough 'stuff' to go around if people werent being greedy.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:37 am
by tuffers#1
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:31 am
Jack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:12 am
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
You've got a thing about older people havent you?
Do you not think youre OP was a tad racist too?
Just relaying what I've seen. Have you been down the petrol station lately?
i cued for 2 hours yesterday &
they didnt have any milk left !!!
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:41 am
by Currywurst and Chips
tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:37 am
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:31 am
Jack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:12 am
You've got a thing about older people havent you?
Do you not think youre OP was a tad racist too?
Just relaying what I've seen. Have you been down the petrol station lately?
i cued for 2 hours yesterday &
they didnt have any milk left !!!
Not surprising if you're looking in a pool hall
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:56 am
by Story of O
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
Plenty of non white people as well in the queues. Are you just trying to get bites?
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:57 am
by Chief crazy horse
tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:37 am
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:31 am
Jack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:12 am
You've got a thing about older people havent you?
Do you not think youre OP was a tad racist too?
Just relaying what I've seen. Have you been down the petrol station lately?
i cued for 2 hours yesterday &
they didnt have any milk left !!!
Well, you may have had the chance to get some milk if you hadn't been playing snooker for two hours.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:11 pm
by Orient_Man_And_Boy
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
And IR35
And a not overly attractive job / lifestyle
And C-19 creating a massive need for short-haul / local distribution services which are more attractive
And EU workers realising that all the above makes it simpler to work in their native country
And there are equal shortages in Spain, Greece, Germany & Poland.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:27 pm
by Stamford O
I read there was a shortage of lorry drivers and bought a few.don't need them but I don't want anybody else to have them
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:37 pm
by Mistadobalina
Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:11 pm
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
And IR35
And a not overly attractive job / lifestyle
And C-19 creating a massive need for short-haul / local distribution services which are more attractive
And EU workers realising that all the above makes it simpler to work in their native country
And there are equal shortages in Spain, Greece, Germany & Poland.
There really aren't equal shortages. Food, gas, petrol, goods shortages are proper state failure type markers. This government's one talent is wedding themselves so fully to brexit that any f*ck up they make, criticism of it becomes some kind of extension of 'remoaners' type bollox.
Brexit didn't need to result in this stuff and can't be the reason Johnson and co are given a permanent blank cheque to run the country terribly.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:42 pm
by Max B Gold
Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:37 pm
Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:11 pm
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
And IR35
And a not overly attractive job / lifestyle
And C-19 creating a massive need for short-haul / local distribution services which are more attractive
And EU workers realising that all the above makes it simpler to work in their native country
And there are equal shortages in Spain, Greece, Germany & Poland.
There really aren't equal shortages. Food, gas, petrol, goods shortages are proper state failure type markers. This government's one talent is wedding themselves so fully to brexit that any f*ck up they make, criticism of it becomes some kind of extension of 'remoaners' type bollox.
Brexit didn't need to result in this stuff and can't be the reason Johnson and co are given a permanent blank cheque to run the country terribly.
We could also have delayed Brexit in the middle of a Pandemic.
Johnsons version of Brexit was always going to result in this.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:29 pm
by Exiled O
By any measure if the population of a country can't get fuel and the shelves are running bare then it's the fault of the govt. End of.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:40 pm
by Simple Man
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:05 am
Who are these people and what is wrong with them?
All the pictures I've seen on social media at the pumps are middle aged and old white men. Shelves a bit bare in the supermarkets, so I guess they've struck there too.
What do they think is going to happen exactly?
These people are Orient fans who go into a panic when we misplace a pass during a game.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:03 pm
by RedDwarf 1881
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:36 am
Clive Evans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:14 am
PW has fallen victim to the propaganda. Yes the Public are to blame for the shortages of petrol and just about anything else. But the blame is not due to panic buying. It is due to voting ( by a narrow margin ) to leave the EU and voting for Boris and his band of crooks and shysters. The Govt wasn't prepared for all our shortcomings when we left the EU. The snivelling greedy employers, refuse to pay sensible wages. The manufacturers and producers milk this situation to hike their prices. Oh, how they must rub their hands in glee at the stupidity and gullibility of voters
No doubt theres a shortage of lorry drivers but, kind of difficult to tell if there would be enough 'stuff' to go around if people werent being greedy.
According to the government and the fuel industry there is enough to go around if people didn’t panic. These panic buyers make me sick . They turn a problem into a crisis.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:09 pm
by Long slender neck
Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:42 pm
Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:37 pm
Orient_Man_And_Boy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:11 pm
And IR35
And a not overly attractive job / lifestyle
And C-19 creating a massive need for short-haul / local distribution services which are more attractive
And EU workers realising that all the above makes it simpler to work in their native country
And there are equal shortages in Spain, Greece, Germany & Poland.
There really aren't equal shortages. Food, gas, petrol, goods shortages are proper state failure type markers. This government's one talent is wedding themselves so fully to brexit that any f*ck up they make, criticism of it becomes some kind of extension of 'remoaners' type bollox.
Brexit didn't need to result in this stuff and can't be the reason Johnson and co are given a permanent blank cheque to run the country terribly.
We could also have delayed Brexit in the middle of a Pandemic.
Johnsons version of Brexit was always going to result in this.
Its a shame MPs didn't vote through a more sensible version when they had the opportunity.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:12 pm
by Max B Gold
Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:09 pm
Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:42 pm
Mistadobalina wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:37 pm
There really aren't equal shortages. Food, gas, petrol, goods shortages are proper state failure type markers. This government's one talent is wedding themselves so fully to brexit that any f*ck up they make, criticism of it becomes some kind of extension of 'remoaners' type bollox.
Brexit didn't need to result in this stuff and can't be the reason Johnson and co are given a permanent blank cheque to run the country terribly.
We could also have delayed Brexit in the middle of a Pandemic.
Johnsons version of Brexit was always going to result in this.
Its a shame MPs didn't vote through a more sensible version when they had the opportunity.
Quite. Starmer and the neo liberals at it again. He even went on to whip Labour MPs to vote for the Boris deal. FFS!!
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:26 pm
by Admin
Am fortunate that we're not overly reliant on cars for work / personal use so not as affected. Neither car has more than 1/3 of a tank but I can't really be arsed to go and queue for 2 hours when I'm not going anywhere anyway.
What does concern me is the problem being the inability to move petrol quick enough to meet demand. Every time a petrol station has a delivery it's surrounded as soon as the tanker pulls up. Until there's enough drivers to move it all, it'll be a vicious circle of supply being constantly depleted before the situation can stabilise.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:35 pm
by y o y o y
Admin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:26 pm
... I can't really be arsed to go and queue for 2 hours when I'm not going anywhere anyway.
I know you're more of a tube man but you should go and get petrol, I'm sure you'll be offered a place right at the front of the queue.
Re: PANIC buyers
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:41 pm
by Real Al
Actually, panic buyers are being eminently sensible, and understand the situation far better than the government.
The government says there is plenty of fuel, so there is no need to panic buy. Panic buyers also know there is plenty of fuel, but that others will be panic buying, so there won't be any at their pumps when they need it. They have recognised a shortage well before the government.
