Some of the seeming schadenfreude is a concern.
Because we weren’t hand wringing over those who waited and ended up in the situations they find themselves in?
You don't have to hand-wring. But some of the comments (not from you) come across as "serves you right for not prepping".
This has been in the news since at least Jan. ANYONE who is watching and taking things seriously figured it out.
I've been there. In mid January I was telling folks there's a problem. Getting Purell additional hand sanitizer stations ordered and installed led to comments of "paranoid". Now there's none to be had and people are ticked that we have them.
In early February, our group started to build out additional remote access systems so we have redundant systems to access. I already work staggered hours and encouraged others to do so. And then this week people acted surprised. For many companies there has been a real failure of leadership in response to COVID-19. Normalcy bias, etc.
Lots of us did, got ready for it, and are now not in line making things worse
Agreed and that is a great point. What little I am buying now is via delivery or pickup at the curb (right in the trunk).
It’s not schadenfreude.
It’s genuine shock that things got this bad this fast.
I honestly didn’t expect the grocery store runs (on everything) like this.
I just wanted to stock up a bit so we wouldn’t have to mingle in the store with possibly infected people.