Ok I get it. Peace and love to all. But I draw the line at Arsenal fans. Sorry I’ve got to have some self respect left.
You’ve set up that kissing booth on your driveway again haven’t you Snots? This will not end well..... What’s your address again? ....asking for a friend....
No of course not. he’s made his bed. Now he’s got to lie in it. I’ve got no sympathy. People have to learn from bad choices sometimes. A bit of tough love. life’s tough some times. I must be honest I’m a little surprised you even need to ask this question.
Should we distinguish between people who, even before this current crisis, have always bought bits and pieces as they went along and have a modest “hoard” as it were, from those selfish opportunists who have been emptying shelves over the past few weeks? I’d include us in that first category by the way
Come the glorious day brother.... the names on the list have changed... odd isn’t it. We’re all in it together but it’d be nice to chuck them out!
How about this. Most middle class people I know and that included my parents, could have survived for months at the drop of a hat on the stuff they routinely just had in the house. Full freezer, outhouses with shelves full of tins, a stocked actual pantry and it goes on. Could be WW2 training? Most "poor" people exist hand to mouth, clear the food constantly and restock on pay or dole day. If it happened to be, not saying it is BTW, that it's merely the poorer section of society sort of catching up the "haves". Not a problem? If it's people, like my parents used to be, ramming their already well stocked food stores, then yes - hang them high! I suspect it's mostly people who are already comparatively well stocked, really going for it. Poor people simply don't have hundreds of spare £s to behave like this? Of course that is generalising, there are tossers in all sections of society, but who has the means?
We have the means, but it's not us. We are already running out of fresh stuff, I ate the last banana at lunchtime and I note that we have 4 apples left between the three of us, the fridge is a quarter full, but fortunate to enough some stuff in the freezer to fall back on. We have cut our consumption already and I reckon I will lose a bit of weight during this, I already have. I do have a few tins on the boat so if things get really desperate will go and empty that first. I suspect the hoarders include a wide cross section of society.
Maybe more of a WW2 hangover then? That'd good for the oldies. Even now at 90 my dad panics in normal times if there's less than 2 weeks grub in the house. First thing I did when I bought this boat was chuck out the freezer. Doh!
