Mastodawn

Did you stock up too much food (cosmetics, medicine) in the first months of the COVID pandemic, and did you have to throw away much because it expired?

#prepper #prepping #panicBuying #preparedness #contingency

No, shopped as usual

51.9%

Bought more, but managed to use it up

25.9%

Bought more, some went to waste

3.7%

Bought more, ate expired food, it was fine

7.4%

Bought more, donated before it expired

Bought more, fed expired food to non-human animals

Something else (comment)

11.1%

Poll ended at May 16 at 3:12pm.

A Joke A Day May 11

Light Bulbs

It’s getting dark outside.

I think I’ll go and panic buy light bulbs.

#AucklandComedy #Comedy #Lightbulbs #NZComedy #PanicBuying

A Joke A Day Apr 30

Toilet Paper Shortage

Panic buying toilet paper is a shitty thing to do.

#AucklandComedy #Comedy #NZComedy #PanicBuying #ToiletPaper

Mark Holmwood🪬🏳️‍🌈Apr 29

Brits can withstand many different shortages but this is a step too far

#photography #streetphotography #baking #bakery #sign #scone #cake #shortage #humour #panicbuying

Frits van der Holst Mar 26

Okee, #panicbuying gebeurt al in Australië, vele pompstations uitverkocht. Terwijl het land letterlijk omkomt in zonnestroom en ze makkelijk voor vrijwel nop #elektrischeautos kunnen laden. Maar de mensen zijn misleid door fossiele propaganda en rijden rond in hele dorstige dino auto's. #fossieleenergiecrisis #electricviking
https://youtu.be/-bV0F6OP31U?si=au96ECT1SNkQrWR8

Panic buying sees more than 1000 Service (Gas) stations run out of fuel!

YouTube

Mathrubhumi English Mar 24

‘No stock’ boards seen at Hyderabad petrol pumps amid panic buying. Govt assures no fuel shortage and urges citizens to avoid rumours and unnecessary rush. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/hyderabad-petrol-shortage-clarification-skwuf86s?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Hyderabad #FuelCrisis #PetrolPumps #PanicBuying #Telangana

The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & Entertainment [Unofficial]Mar 1

Tesco, Lidl, Asda and Sainsbury's shoppers warned over fruit and veg aisle

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/tesco-lidl-asda-sainsburys-shoppers-36792565

Clay T Feb 28

These lines are to commemorate my spectacular failure to win the North Street Book Prize with my 2024 collection “After Spruce: Poems in the Manner of Tom Jenks’ ‘Spruce’ During the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic”.

Originally published Infection House July 2020

#ExperimentalPoetry #poem #poetry #PoetryCollection #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Australia #UnitedStates #coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic #DonaldJTrump #ScottMorrison #GladysBerejiklian #HorseshoeBats #OnlineMigration #OldNormal #SanitiserFatigue #ExponentialGrowth #PanicBuying #Asymptomatic #LafayettePark #FlatteningTheCurve #ZombieBusiness #HerdImmunity #RespiratoryDroplets