Posted on 09/28/2021 2:31:57 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I’m hearing that a lot - a local electrician hired a 19 year old who showed up for three days. Seems 0700 was too early for him to get to work.
Saw Gatorade shortages when we had that super hot spell a few weeks ago.
I was wondering why the store had no Gatoraide. Even Costco didn’t have any. (So I bought two cases of the Costco brand).
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The back of the US middle class *is* the American economy.
A destroyed American economy is the key to the vault, for Communism - 101.
We are now largely about as industrial as a cereal bowl, made in China.
Just look little bit south of Florida. There is a country called Cuba. They have had shortages for like sixty years.
Their explanations - shortages of people, supply chain, etc.
But these shortages are only temporary, as they tell you.
“Their issue is/was mainly the help crisis in their warehouse … order pickers and truck drivers.”
Me too! It reminds me of the old soviet union where there was never any product on the shelves.
Maybe they are preparing us for this type of economy.
Wait until February of 2022…
Yeah, well his prices for containers is way off. I have had several suppliers tell me they are paying $22,000 as standard, not $16K.
Although IMO, it is worse than it looks and it is going to get worse because none of the causes are actually being addressed.
The picker shortage is nothing more than lazy stiffs getting paid by government not to work. That is turning around.
The article does not make a concise case for what specifically is causing shortages. Anecdotal stories do not a case make.
I think the big brands are much more vulnerable to big contracts and just-in-time delivery problems. The smaller stores are used to scrounging among different suppliers because they order far smaller quantities.
Travelin’ Right :" ..Just because you don’t see the concrete reason for the shortages in the article, they do exist.
Every week we get a report that is called “covid shortages”.
Out of stocks, allocation, transportation issues, labor shortages, raw material shortages.
Just some examples."
" It is going to get worse in the next 6 months. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO WORK, from taking stuff out of the ground, to harvesting, to transporting,
to manufacturing, to again transporting to distributors, to warehouse order pickers, to delivering to retail outlets."
If you don't work, you die.
The bottleneck in shipping is real. You can see the freighters anchored by the dozen outside LA and NYC. There is a shortage of appropriate sized ships, so the rise in prices for shipping is real.
If you aren’t ready for The Big One by now, you never will be. How many warning shots over the brow does one need to get into survival mode?
By now, everyone who can, should switch over to the bidet attachment — and not tremble at the thought of a toilet paper shortage. One of those large packs of microfiber towels will replace an endless supply of paper towels. Buy water purifiers and purify your own water rather than buying endless bottles of the same thing.
And don’t sweat the shortage of ice cream and pizzas. If worse comes to worst, most people can go without eating for many months — and end up far healthier for it because they’re not consuming all that junk food that is predisposing them to all the comorbidities.
The Bible and all those books of wisdom advises one to prepare for the worst of times even when it seems it can never happen — or merely hopes it never will. There is nothing more important to do than be prepared for the worst — and if it doesn’t happen, so much the better. That is what all that retirement planning is about as well. You build up a margin of reserve rather than expecting that everything will go perfectly.
Sometimes one doesn’t live forever — and bad things can happen. That should not be news to anyone — even the Faucis of the world.
I agree no real reason is given, but I can tell you the shortages are correct.
In my business I have a 6 month backlog on parts from manufacturers that usually take only 1-2 months.
“Pepperidge Farm Cookies...he tells me some weeks he’s only getting HALF of what he orders.”
Shiite just got real! ;)
Store bought cookies? It is an affront to everything I hold dear in this world!
Ordered three doors five months ago. Still waiting!
“For once I recognized a good deal when I saw one — A year ago noticed a 10 KW gas / propane genset with good reviews on clearance for $750. Snapped it up. Maybe it was 2 years?”
That was a good deal.
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