General Chat

making a good profit

my friend as usual on a saturday went to do my shopping.
I'm down to last 2 toilet rolls.
He came back and said it was manic out there.
Luckily got 6 loo rolls and the last box of eggs.
Shortage on the shelves of baked beans etc
of course supermarkets won't stop people buying excessive amounts, making too much money
oh well what can we do

Get all your shopping delivered as it comes from the warehouse and not the shops.

Doesn’t that depend on who you order from?

Asda online shopping comes from the superstore and not the warehouse. I was having a conversation just yesterday with an employee who was filling orders to be delivered. She was checking the dates on some teacakes and I said I thought they would just pick up the first they came too on most fresh products (which is why I have never been keen to order online) but she said no, we have to pick the best dates as they get regular quality checks on what they pick.

Must admit that there seemed to be a shortage of lots of the usual items on the shelves. Absolutely no hand sanitiser and very few wipes of any kind, Not so many veg around either.

Kath. x

What is it they say

'It's an ill wind that blows NOBODY any good'

Most goods ordered on-line here (Western Oz) come from the local supermarkets. You can either have them delivered or collect the yourself.

Absolutely no loo paper available, even though all stores are now limiting customers to just four packs.

Queues are forming long before the shops open....crazy times we are living in :-0

Not much loo roll or kitchen towel left in my local Tesco superstore today - and the cat litter was pretty low too :-(

Before we came away i just bought two weeks shopping tins .pkts rice. pasta & loo rolls dog food .just sensible but not to much but while I was in Sainsbury's one woman came out with 10paks of 6 large bottles of water 4pks each 48 loo rolls in each .what they are doing putting big pks near the doors so customers think oh these will keep we are being conned I think there is enough for every body if folk are sensible it's media hipe leading to panic buying supermarkets deliver we have Tesco Asda a local Cost cutter .Co.op stop spending so much All it does is make the big men richer Barbara.

I wonder when people will twig that within the home at least, toilet paper is not, strictly speaking, required.

When on a long journey we try to avoid public toilets, but we do keep a roll of loo paper in the car just in case.

I remember years ago the council I worked for had a spate of toilet paper thefts from all the public loos. It will be interesting to see if history repeats itself :-D :-D

We are so pampered now suppose though in the years gone by Telegraph news paper cut in squares on a string was used because had bigger sheets :-D ;-)

I remember the bucket in the shed, squares of newspaper - and the hornet's nest!
A flushing loo, soft paper and no hornets - civilisation!

Then there was the shed and bucket in Shetland. Why did it have a chimney, that ended in a hole behind the bucket.
Those early morning chats, from the bucket, with the landlady who had come to feed her chickens - housed in upturned rowing boats, just behind the shed.
I mean, who REALLY wants a 'chat' with their landlady whilst having a poo?
..then appearing from shed, wearing an off-white mid calf brushed cotton nightshirt, snorkel jacket, woollen hat and wellies?

The amount of money spent by some people on stocking up would have paid for a bidet to be fitted in their bathrooms :-D :-D

That's true!
Somewhere handy to wash your feet! :-D

I like his Operas, particularly 'Carmen' ;-)

Allan, is it true that one Qld pub is giving a free loo roll with every bottle of Corona?
:-D

Your post about a loo roll in the car reminded me - and, yes, it's still in my car. An individually-wrapped small Andrex loo roll made especially for a journey. I must have bought it at least five years ago!

And now some supermarkets have begun to ration some foodstuffs!!!

Obviously the woman I saw at Tesco’s this morning got her shopping before the rationing started.
She had half a large trolley load of iceberg lettuces :-S

tescos have started rationng around here
so glad i got some loo rolls as i am using more. Got a stinking cold, nose is like tap and i need something to mop up the moisture
Apparently baked beans are in short supply even tho tescos have removed the wrap individual cans are now 75p, guess i'll have to self ration :-(

JoyLouise, I've not heard that one about the beer, but one Newspaper in the NT has printed an issue which contains eight blank pages for use as loo paper :-D

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/05/australian-newspaper-prints-extra-pages-to-help-out-in-toilet-paper-shortage