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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
I can never understand, if stores are seeing this, why they can't stop people going mad, l tell you something, as anyone tried by more than two packets of pain killers or more than four bottles of beer.
My wife got stopped buying three packets of painkillers and also told you would have to separate twelve bottles of beer and pay for six at a time, and that was Asda.
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Stores are not interested in two customers wrestling over the final loaf on the shelf, they just see ££££££££££££'s.
When the shelves are completely empty and no deliveries anticipated due to the weather they can just lock up shop and save on the overheads!
But given that the above would probably never happen, yes people do panic and go into the survival mode.
Your tale about Asda is interesting, must be different Asda's, I bought three boxes of Bud before Xmas, and I did not have to open each box to split them into 12's.
I know that pain killers are limited, but that is to try to prevent overdoses, has nothing to do with " Rationing ".
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
The last time I saw weather like this I was 30 years younger and far more sprightly so I guess getting around wasn't a problem..plus all the roads got cleared and the pavements were gritted..and there was more public transport.
In the 1963 freeze I lived in London on Shooters Hill.The pavements were cleared by the council workers(with shovels) but we still had snow piled in heaps well into March it was so cold for so long.
Yes I coped but local councils and their workers and the community at large pulled together to take care of others..it was a more joined up effort.This time round it seems more disjointed.
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Difference now Mags is probably every area has less Workers to Shovel the snow and throw the grit from the back of a wagon.
Our taxes now go to keep the Council bosses in the comforts they enjoy at home.
And probably a lift home at the end of a tiring day from the door of the town hall to their front doorstep, all at our expense to be fair
