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COVID-19: Shopping Hysteria - Misplaced or Correct Priorities?
ProtectOurFreedom | March 14, 2020 | ProtectOurFreedom

Posted on 03/14/2020 5:21:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Just got back from Safeway in Mountain View, California and I took notice of peoples' priorities in the current COVID-19 hysteria.

Pasta and tomato sauce -- wiped out...

Paper goods - cleaned out...

And right next to the paper goods section...Condoms - PLENTIFUL!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anotherdamnedvanity; anotherstupidvanity; babies; covid; priorities; vanitieseverywhere; vanity; vanityvanity
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

No actually, what are these people thinking? Really, why are they doing this?

I’ve heard because they won’t have to be in a public place like a grocery store for awhile. Sounds ludicrous but I can’t figure out what these people are thinking.


41 posted on 03/14/2020 5:47:36 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Buttons12

I also noticed the mood in Safeway was decidedly quiet and somber. The normal background noise of happy shoppers chatting was completely gone. It was very still and people’s faces were exactly sparkling. The background shopping music was more noticeable than usual because everything else was so quiet.


42 posted on 03/14/2020 5:47:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well, whatever.


43 posted on 03/14/2020 5:49:45 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I’m old, and my company is allowing me to work from home.

I made sure the freezer was full of stuff we would want to eat, the pantry is stocked, and yes I got toilet paper a week ago before the rush.

I also got cash from the ATM, figuring now is the time to get relatively DRM-free money.

Tomorrow morning I’ll visit the produce store, and then hunker down for a while.


44 posted on 03/14/2020 5:50:08 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: oldasrocks
...plenty of female products and some wet ones left.

Um...care to rephrase?

45 posted on 03/14/2020 5:50:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: virgil

Ration cards — I wonder if the federal Task Force has discussed that? I wouldn’t be surprised if they had begun thinking about that a month ago.

It’s getting close to time to get seeds in the ground here in the SF Bay Area. I’ve been wondering the past month if there will be runs on seeds as planting time gets near.


46 posted on 03/14/2020 5:51:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: HighSierra5

“ whatever. Extra gas,propane,generator,guns,ammo,plenty of well water. I’ve been prepared for years. Prudence. Prepared.”

Me too!

And that is what people who haven’t prepared are trying to do in a day or two.


47 posted on 03/14/2020 5:52:15 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

My wife and I went last night to Sam’s club to do our regular shopping for home and office. I never saw the place so crowded and the aisles were mostly empty. I overheard the butcher talking to a customer explaining he needs to arrive at 6 am otherwise the meat will be gone .


48 posted on 03/14/2020 5:52:54 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Pollster1

“Idaho now has two cases.”

Bummer...yesterday it was zero, one of the Final Three.


49 posted on 03/14/2020 5:53:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Expect a baby boom in nine months!


50 posted on 03/14/2020 5:53:13 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: chris37

No self-rising flour? People think they have that little time left?

I’m concerned because there was no shortage of toothpaste.


51 posted on 03/14/2020 5:54:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Baby boom in 9m


52 posted on 03/14/2020 5:56:04 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Some people aren’t thinking about what to eat if they are sick. They’re not going to want heavy meals.


53 posted on 03/14/2020 5:57:27 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: faithhopecharity
"computer system backed up and u have to wait for change."

When I go to the store Sunday evening, I will write a check to do my part.

54 posted on 03/14/2020 5:57:56 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: faithhopecharity
"computer system backed up and u have to wait for change."

When I go to the store Sunday evening, I will write a check to do my part.

55 posted on 03/14/2020 5:57:56 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: yarddog
I have plenty of every thing but stocking up is not totally foolish. You should have already done so tho.

Always good to have at least two weeks to a months worth on hand.

Because you never know.

56 posted on 03/14/2020 5:59:08 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: crz

I drove by a couple of local fast food and chain restaurants today, based on the cars in the parking lot it seemed like a normal Saturday


57 posted on 03/14/2020 5:59:47 PM PDT by matt04
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To: Black Agnes

Let’s hope so!


58 posted on 03/14/2020 6:00:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I'm all prepared but went to my supermarket, Fry's, in an upscale neighborhood for a couple HGs of IC.

Fear, anxiety, on all faces. Overheard one woman ask her husband why are we doing this? A woman looked me in the eyes, she was confused and overwhelmed, obviously wanting reassurance. Some were looking at other shoppers like they were zombies.

Panic is on the brink.

59 posted on 03/14/2020 6:02:14 PM PDT by coaster123 (XLV-MMXX)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Hate to sound smug, but if your head was in the game stocking up a couple of weeks ago when it was obvious that a plague was coming, just makes sense.

If you are set with supplies now, make sure you have ammunition too: if civilizations breaks down, the uglies will be coming to take what you have.

60 posted on 03/14/2020 6:02:29 PM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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