Jessie
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well I'm glad nobody's panicking (LOL)
Jessie
my county went into a formal state of emergency yesterday and I guess some people are taking it literally
Jessie
I texted my mom to make fun of people thinking there might be a bread emergency and she was like "WELL YOU CAN FREEZE IT IF THEY PUT US ON LOCKDOWN" and I'm glad she's being firmly levelheaded about everything as well
Jessie
/just. buys the normal amount of biweekly items
.uǝǝʇ
I’m just laughing cuz I went to bath and body works today (they had a soap sale) and I have never seen that store sold out of hand sanitizer before. They had one box behind the counter in one scent and it was limit 2 per person
Jessie
my stepfather was freaking out that he can't find hand sanitizer so I gave him some of the single wet wipes from the box in my car and he was like "this isn't hand sanitizer!!!!"
Jessie
like. dude just wash your fucking hands calm down
Fallen
RIGHT like the one thing this whole situation has highlighted is how DOWNRIGHT NASTY a lot of people are when it comes to washing their hands...
Jessie
I mean like, he's one of the people who have a reason to be spooked. he's got breathing problems and is pretty immunodeficient healthwise - a flu put him in the hospital back in december
Jessie
but he's going headfirst into panic mode
Jessie
just watching virus coverage 24/7 and letting himself get wrapped up in the panic
Jessie
so I sympathize with him but also this morning I needed to explain to him that hand sanitizer expires and if his was more water than gel now it's probably not ok to use anymore
Jessie
(the expiration date on it was 2011. I wanted to die a little bit)
ash hole
siiiiigh
𝐳𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤
we're cancelling so much shit over here and I'm still mad people are stealing the hand sanitizer which rightfully belongs to me, a person who has always used hand sanitizer regularly. I called dibs. it's so rude.
Jessie
you can't shop your way out of a pandemic that's now how this works (LOL)
ash hole
it's so stupid, cause on the one hand i'm like "this is ridiculous stop panic buying" but on the other hand i'm like "shit i'd better go buy toilet paper before it stops fucking existing"
Jessie
yeah I couldn't find any but my house always over buys paper products so it's like "oh no we had to open the 60-pack! time to buy a new one!"
Jessie
there's time for the store to restock before we NEED need it
Jessie
we were hoarding tp before it was cool
ash hole
the next time i do a grocery run i'm just gonna have to buy tp and soup
ash hole
it's not here yet, but when it gets here the shelves will go empty
ash hole
at a certain point it stops being panic buying and becomes "i have to get it before it's gone because everyone ELSE is ruining this for us"
𝐳𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤
oh my god this, I hate it, I have the urge to... panic-panic buy? like well no we're totally fine EXCEPT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HOARD SO BETTER HOARD FIRST
ash hole
exactly!
ash hole
it's the same reason i'm entertaining the idea of selling my stocks, despite KNOWING that the market will eventually recover
ash hole
like at a certain point you have almost no choice but to contribute to the problem because otherwise you're left out in the cold
ash hole
it's a snowball effect
ash hole
it'd be different if people could just. buy a reasonable amount of stuff
horny on main.
I dread going to the store now that there’s three confirmed cases in my whole state.
horny on main.
I’ve already seen people walking around with masks on.
antler queen
yeah, I' m not panic buying but I have picked up a few extra staples just in case panic buying means I can't get ANY
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