Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone,
I was diagnosed with an ASC of the Aspergers type last year.
I thought I'd see how everyone else is coping with lack of essentials in supermarkets due to panic buying of customers and stock pilling because of the Covid-19 virus impacting our lives?
I cannot stand doing my weekly shop as it is on a Sunday but even more so now that every time I have gone recently through the week for toilet roll I cannot seem to find any anywhere not only that but they are more busier than usual.
I have seen the true selfishness of people with the thought of "me, me, me" springs to mind of some people I see in shops. I cannot help but think if everyone just bought what they needed that there would be more than enough to go around everyone.
I'm approaching almost a week with no toilet paper which is really angering me even though I'm using tissue paper and kitchen roll. I have a family of five so as you can imagine we get through quite a lot through the week but having said that usually 9 rolls will last a week.
Anyway my question to you all is how are you all finding the current situation we are living in? Do you think the supermarkets could have done/do more to enable all of us to continue to buy basic essentials without a problem?
Anyway sorry if it comes across as a whinge but I needed some where to vent my feelings.
I work in a supermarket part-time and have ASC.
Our company limits the amount you can buy of certain products so everyone can have something.
Also has mandatory lining up with 2 metre gaps and regular announcements to remind customers to keep 2 metres away from staff and everyone. We also have sneeze guards in checkouts.
“Always try to be nice, never fail to be kind.” 12th Doctor.
The American tactic of 'Price Gouging' makes sense, in this scenario. It would restore a sense of order in the shops.
Americans were just talking about the toilet paper; while here, there is also a lack of pasta, rice, beans, bread and - at my village shops - chicken.