https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54677669 I'm feeling more than curmudgeonly. I'm angry, disgusted and ashamed In 21st Century Britain children are going hungry and many parents are going hungry to feed their children. A fraction of the money that Dido squandered could have been used to solve the problem and there would even be a bit left to provide ' luxuries' like decent clothing, heating etc
I bought 11 bottles of beer to see me through Lockdown. I drank 2 this weekend but poured the rest down the drain as they were all contaminated with something. Â
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Where did you buy those @wild edges? The problem is never simple though @B3. Unless there's a proper, foolproof way of determining 'poor and genuinely in need' there will always be those who screw the system too- and we all know the types I'm talking about. Look at the folk who use food banks and aren't entitled to do so, and the ones who claim everything they can get, while going on holidays abroad, have cinema sized TVs and all the latest mobile phones etc. Before anyone asks - I do have actual knowledge of it.  There are also too many 'celebrities' who love to shout from the rooftops about how much they're doing, and there are the ones who just do it without the hoopla that surrounds it. Drives me up the wall. That's all I'm saying on the subject.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I hope they didn't cause any stomach upset wild edges as you won't be able to buy any new underwear for a couple of weeks. Going 'commando' as the temperature drops won't be much fun.
No adverse effects from the ones I drank but they seemed normal. After reading some of the news reports about what counts as 'essentials' I'm surprised no one has complained that they needed replacement underwear in an emergency. Maybe I'm just reading from outlets that are too highbrow though  I've emailed the brewery to see if they've had a bad batch reported to them anyway.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That chap in Wales who turned up to a supermarket in his pants He's just been interviewed on TV. I must congratulate him on getting his 15 mins of fame for such a massive non-story. If I understand correctly, other outlets are still available for items that can't be sold from supermarket shelves and you can still get the stuff from the same supermarkets online anyway. It just means that people should spend less time inside amongst other people. The entitlement that we all seem to feel during this pandemic is playing a large part in how much of a problem it still is.
My caveat would be that the supermarkets aren't quite doing it right though. Shutting aisles will mean that the chavalanche of rule-breakers have a ready made excuse for not following the correct flow. Simply empty the shelves and leave the aisles open?Â
I agree @Biglad. 'chavalanche' is a great term. There's a core of people who just think they're 'entitled', and it's been magnified a hundred fold by this pandemic. I think the biggest problem for any supermarket is that there isn't anywhere for that clothing to go, apart from back to the distribution warehouse it came from.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm a big fan of the term, @Fairygirl which always reminds me of the Jeremy Vine audience being allowed into the studio.
If that's the only option then so be it. Certainly in our local SMs, the clothing sections are larger and occupy a corner so could be closed more easily without the need to move the stock. For the odd aisle elsewhere (eg cards/stationery, kitchenware), there must be a big enough area out the back to store the small volume of goods. Alternatively, cover the goods so that they aren't readily accessible (maybe use some of those water-squirting cat scarers )
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I'm feeling more than curmudgeonly. I'm angry, disgusted and ashamedÂ
In 21st Century Britain children are going hungry and many parents are going hungry to feed their children. A fraction of the money that Dido squandered could have been used to solve the problem and there would even be a bit left to provide ' luxuries' like decent clothing, heating etc
The problem is never simple though @B3. Unless there's a proper, foolproof way of determining 'poor and genuinely in need' there will always be those who screw the system too- and we all know the types I'm talking about. Look at the folk who use food banks and aren't entitled to do so, and the ones who claim everything they can get, while going on holidays abroad, have cinema sized TVs and all the latest mobile phones etc. Before anyone asks - I do have actual knowledge of it. Â
There are also too many 'celebrities' who love to shout from the rooftops about how much they're doing, and there are the ones who just do it without the hoopla that surrounds it.Â
Drives me up the wall. That's all I'm saying on the subject.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My caveat would be that the supermarkets aren't quite doing it right though. Shutting aisles will mean that the chavalanche of rule-breakers have a ready made excuse for not following the correct flow. Simply empty the shelves and leave the aisles open?Â
I think the biggest problem for any supermarket is that there isn't anywhere for that clothing to go, apart from back to the distribution warehouse it came from.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If that's the only option then so be it. Certainly in our local SMs, the clothing sections are larger and occupy a corner so could be closed more easily without the need to move the stock. For the odd aisle elsewhere (eg cards/stationery, kitchenware), there must be a big enough area out the back to store the small volume of goods. Alternatively, cover the goods so that they aren't readily accessible (maybe use some of those water-squirting cat scarers