Panic Buying

[Bigmallly]

Yep seen it too and all those plonkers queuing STILL

Bladdy typical...........I have heard of a garage in Leeds turning everyone away except taxi drivers. The last time a garage did that, the local yocals remembered and it shut down within 6 months.

[VirginVegGrower]

It's pure greed. Tell people they can't have something and they have to have it all the more. Sometimes I despair with the world.

[Mikey]

Yep seen it too and all those plonkers queuing STILL

To be fair you can't know what percentage are running on empty and need fuel. Personally I wouldn't sit in a queue unless I had no choice.

[cardiffsteve]

Forget the petrol what about the pasty crisis?

Will we have to queue to get a pasty before extra vat is added?

I can live without petrol but cant live without a pasty.

Creemteez lives in Cornwall, she'll have to do food parcels to send to people.

[zazen999]

Creemteez lives in Cornwall, she'll have to do food parcels to send to people.

Stamps are going up too.

[cardiffsteve]

Stamps are going up too.

I forgot about that.
And they wont be able to deliver my pasties coz there'll be no petrol.

PANIC!

[VirginVegGrower]

To be fair you can't know what percentage are running on empty and need fuel. Personally I wouldn't sit in a queue unless I had no choice.

All those queuing are running on empty? In that case there would be queues out of the petrol stations every day. Greed and silly behaviour IMO. Like the bread strike years ago. Look how people pillage the shelves at Christmas - why?!

[Creemteez]

Creemteez lives in Cornwall, she'll have to do food parcels to send to people.

I'll get 'em to you somehow, Steve.....Carrier Pigeon???

[SlugLobber]

They've been queueing out onto 60mph dual carriageways round here. I have to fill up at least once a week (or it's a 2 1/2hr journey to work each way). There's no public transport to where the ponies are and very little in my village (none after 7pm at all and nothing Sundays), so I'm stuffed, really. I still refuse to queue with a load of plebs, though - will cycle the 10miles to the ponies, first (all uphill, but hey, roads will be quiet!!)! I shouldn't need any until Monday morning, though, so hopefully the idiots will have come to their senses over the weekend and a delivery of fuel will have happened.

On a lighter note, a friend of mine lives up North and saw a sign outside a pub which read, "Beer shortage. Please panic buy!" It's now doing the rounds on Bookface.

[Seahorse]

On the bright side, the govt and right wing press drumming up all this panic buying has made us forget all about the Granny Tax and Come Dine With Dave, eh?

[veggiechicken]

I have petrol in the garage - must be a few years old. Does petrol deteriorate in storage and can it still be used in a car or the lawn mower? My car is diesel!

[Bigmallly]

Is it really worth it...........

Woman who suffered 40 per cent burns while decanting petrol named LATEST - Top Stories - Yorkshire Evening Post

[veggiechicken]

No, that's a terrible thing to happen - but decanting it in the kitchen????
My petrol was bought for the lawnmower but I have a "man" who does for me now.... although he's only been here once this year so far! Hope he comes back as I can't start my mower

[petal]

hmm, yes, i have just had a right go at my parents for them announcing that of course they rushed out to fill up their car today. erm, why said I - you are both retired, erm, shop once a week , usually fill up once a month. my hard working, weary husband had to queue up for 2 hours to fill his car on his day off today- he said there were pensioners doing the same and he had to bite his tongue. The only difference is, he will use this tank of over priced fuel as he HAS to for work- I doubt some people need to do the same.

[petal]

sorry, cross with my parents right now for panic buying, i thought they were too intelligent for that.......