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Panic Buying

Panic buying 
shoppers vying

People lying
not complying

They’re so greedy
others needy

No chips or bread
kids can’t be fed

There’s no pasta
pure disaster

No toilet rolls
For ‘our souls’

Pushers shovers
think of others!


We have been in lockdown for a little over a week, there was mass panic buying before the actual lockdown was implemented and the shelves were stripped bare as if by locusts in a field, it was 3 days before I was able to get a loaf of bread.  Now everything is in stock and I've not had to queue for long with more than 3 people in front of me

01/15/21

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Lindsay Laurie Date: 1/22/2021 7:28:00 PM Hello Jan … nicely written couplet Jan. Who ever thought that toilet paper would send people into hysterics - thank you Jan - Lindsay Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/31/2021 11:04:00 AM thanks Lindsay:-) hugs Jan xx

M. L. Kiser Date: 1/19/2021 12:36:00 AM This piece sums it all up so tidily. Enjoyed. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/31/2021 11:05:00 AM thanks ML:-) hugs Jan xx

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 1/17/2021 10:43:00 AM Two major food chains deliver in 60 seconds which means that if you are perhaps cooking and forgotten some ingredient, it comes so very quickly you can whip up a dessert in between and hey presto your ingredient arrives. Love it, no queuing any more. Selfish people annoy me, it's blissful this way. Great write my friend. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/17/2021 11:40:00 AM wow my friend tried to get a delivery slot the next one was for 3 weeks time... i shop for them they are late 70's early 80s. So sad when they are at risk and cant get stuff because others are so selfish. hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf Date: 1/16/2021 6:36:00 PM 'No toilet rolls -- for our souls' So hilarious, Jan. You are the Good Humor Lady! Thanks, gw Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/17/2021 11:38:00 AM I am so glad you 'got' that line lol its my fave lol:-) hugs jan xx

Mark Koplin Date: 1/16/2021 1:04:00 PM I have a stash of old National Geographic magazines in the attic, I can ship them to you if you get in a bind. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/17/2021 11:38:00 AM ha ha ha:-) hugs jan xx

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 1/16/2021 1:03:00 PM The shortages began here last spring. It's still hard to find toilet paper sometimes and now it's hard to find meat/poultry. I read the line about "pasta" with a British accent and it does compliment disasta :) Panic seems to be growing again because vaccines are in short supply and most can't get them. Enjoyed very much! Hugs, carolyn Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/17/2021 11:38:00 AM thanks carolyn:-) hugs jan xx

Paul Callus Date: 1/16/2021 6:56:00 AM Lol ... must be the result of fear and the need for survival!! As for toilet paper, I wonder what they'd have done 60 years ago!! Hugs // paul Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/16/2021 12:29:00 PM I remember going to a friend of my dad's and we had newspaper lol:-) hugs Jan xx least we could read as we sat lol:-)

Jenna Logan Date: 1/16/2021 12:55:00 AM In such times people show their level of greed and always hoard more than they need. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/16/2021 12:28:00 PM so true Jenna:-( hugs Jan xx

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/15/2021 11:06:00 PM Beware fear. Besides you have to be careful what to stock. Some fresh goods will go sour in time. You could bake your own bread you know, ~~ Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/16/2021 12:28:00 PM Its many years since I baked bread, we can do without it if necessary:-) hugs jan xx

Judy Ball Date: 1/15/2021 9:33:00 PM Oohoohoo! We've been in lock down for a long time now and I remember people swarming the stores and stocking up on toilet paper Seems like they would have been going for staple foods. Good job here. God Bless, JB Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/16/2021 12:27:00 PM we've had 6 months of no masks or distancing but the routine was easy to get back inot this time:-) hugs JAN XX

Caren Krutsinger Date: 1/15/2021 8:57:00 PM People go insane when they allow fear to rule judgement. You have expressed this well Jan. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/16/2021 12:27:00 PM thanks Caren:-) hugs Jan xx

Terry Flood Date: 1/15/2021 4:02:00 PM ‘Our Souls’ indeed... did you really think we’d all miss your outlandish ploy to beat the moderator. You should know by now... they’re not complete ‘our souls’. Nothing like real life to inspire the observant poet. Love it, Jan. Terry Login to Reply Rico Leffanta Date: 1/16/2021 10:56:00 AM Yet Bill Brooks slipped one through today! Jan Allison Date: 1/15/2021 4:18:00 PM BRAVO Terry I put 'word play' in my categories you are awarded a first place for your cunning detective work lol... I mean i didn't want to make an ass of myself by putting anything else lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 1/15/2021 3:57:00 PM lol I know that feeling when it first started here it was the same thing. Now its bars of soap that all went, lol, can always wash with baking soda lol, Nicely written Jan, take heart, this will one day be a memory I'm sure. xo Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/15/2021 4:16:00 PM thanks Vienna:-) hugs jan xx

Alexis Y. Date: 1/15/2021 3:09:00 PM Hi Jan, This took me back down memory lane, this is exactly how it was when Covid first came out last March. The shelves were bare and the lines were really long. Have a great day and weekend, my friend- Alexis Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/15/2021 3:26:00 PM It was quite shocking Alexis, thankfully apart from distancing and wearing masks and hand hygiene in store then the shops are back to normal :-) hugs Jan xx

Charlotte Puddifoot Date: 1/15/2021 3:01:00 PM this brings back memories when shelves were stripped in my area last march, thankfully it didn't happen again this time..keep your eyes peeled jan i'll be doing some contests again, haven't done any since 2017, but i warn you no 'porn' is allowed! haha :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/15/2021 3:24:00 PM Same here Charlotte we had the panic buying last year but after we had 6 months of being covid free I never expected the same scenario. I'm told that pictures on facebook showed people with trolley's piled sky high. thankfully its a lot calmer now and I have only had to queue for a couple of minutes. oh drat I wont be able to enter your contests as I'm allegedly adept at porno poems lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Tom Cunningham Date: 1/15/2021 2:00:00 PM These lockdowns have brought out the best in some people and the worst in others. A lot I blame the press for, don't panic buy and of course the selfish ones amongst us think of no one but themselves. I read of someone in the first lockdown bought loads of Toilet rolls hoping to sell them at a high price, of course there was no shortage and he tried to return them where he bought them, hats off to the manager who sent him packing. Tom Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 1/15/2021 2:25:00 PM yeah i was chatting with someone in the queue today ( one person in front of me 2 folk behind me ) and we agreed it does bring out the best and worst in people. we took lots of shopping to elderly friends yesterday and again I was paid by the 'fishing net' we used last year lol:-) hugs jan xx