BaaLocks Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Well, at least one Derby fan nailed it Alph, Eddie, ariotofmyown and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 My Morrisons order is coming today. 6 missing items. It's not just fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, sage said: My Morrisons order is coming today. 6 missing items. It's not just fuel. Pretty usual for online shopping though, been going on for years. They give you the shortest life products that people ignore, taking from the back and the substitutions are weird. We had wash power changed not for another brand, but for washing up liquid once which I politely declined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksRam Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Filled up on Saturday as I had some 20 miles left in the tank. Absolute pant stain in front of me literally put about a tenner in his car to fill it up. It's people like that causing half the problem for those who genuinely need fuel for their livelihoods or in my case getting my Mum to Oxford daily for radiotherapy, a 52 mile round trip so I need the fuel. And I've now turned on Eco-mode in my car - something I've never done before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, BucksRam said: Filled up on Saturday as I had some 20 miles left in the tank. Absolute pant stain in front of me literally put about a tenner in his car to fill it up. It's people like that causing half the problem for those who genuinely need fuel for their livelihoods or in my case getting my Mum to Oxford daily for radiotherapy, a 52 mile round trip so I need the fuel. And I've now turned on Eco-mode in my car - something I've never done before! It's a pain - but maybe that person in front needed that extra £10 worth to make sure they could complete a round trip without neeeding to re-fill? You don't know that person's circumstances and they didn't know yours, so just maybe we need to target our anger at the media who've had a lovely time creating and then stirring up a crisis and then spent days reporting on it. Without the headlines and TV/radio reporting, most people wouldn't have even noticed there were supply issues.... Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksRam Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, Gaspode said: It's a pain - but maybe that person in front needed that extra £10 worth to make sure they could complete a round trip without neeeding to re-fill? You don't know that person's circumstances and they didn't know yours, so just maybe we need to target our anger at the media who've had a lovely time creating and then stirring up a crisis and then spent days reporting on it. Without the headlines and TV/radio reporting, most people wouldn't have even noticed there were supply issues.... Yeah, appreciate it's just perceptions - he was there for literally a minute. I didn't say anything anyway. Agree re the media - they're half the problem - the other half is the lemmings that then proceed to aggravate whatever the issue may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 50 minutes ago, David said: Pretty usual for online shopping though, been going on for years. They give you the shortest life products that people ignore, taking from the back and the substitutions are weird. We had wash power changed not for another brand, but for washing up liquid once which I politely declined. Not 6 out of 30 items, It averages 1 out 30 in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, sage said: Not 6 out of 30 items, It averages 1 out 30 in the past. What were the 6 missing items? I'm going to buy 10 each of them now just in case. I blame the media, not me. They shouldn't report news that makes our leaders look bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said: What were the 6 missing items? I'm going to buy 10 each of them now just in case. I blame the media, not me. They shouldn't report news that makes our leaders look bad. Unleaded, diesel, Unleaded 95, Super unleaded, red diesel, LPG Mucker1884, cstand and ariotofmyown 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Well, they're putting the army on standby now. That reassures me this isn't a crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said: What were the 6 missing items? I'm going to buy 10 each of them now just in case. I blame the media, not me. They shouldn't report news that makes our leaders look bad. Condoms Viagra Red Bull Kleenex Vaseline Jaffa Cakes Steve How Hard?, Ramarena, Comrade 86 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, sage said: Condoms Viagra Red Bull Kleenex Vaseline Jaffa Cakes probably not to be used in that order..... Bob The Badger, TigerTedd and Miggins 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 36 minutes ago, sage said: Condoms... cut a finger off those cheap latex gloves you still have in the car, but no longer need as you can't get to the pumps. Viagra... lollypop stick and cable ties Red Bull... I-Pro Sports drink Kleenex... Yesterdays socks or nearest curtains. Curtains are good! Vaseline... Lemon Curd Jaffa Cakes... Ooh... No... Sorry... They really are irreplaceable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I went panic buying this morning. Got 20 copies of this. ariotofmyown and MuespachRam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 A friend just messaged me to say he had to go to Bakewell from Matlock to the bank and the queue for petrol started at The Peacock at Rowsley for the only filling station in the area that had fuel. For those of you who don't know the area, that's about 3.5 miles away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: A friend just messaged me to say he had to go to Bakewell from Matlock to the bank and the queue for petrol started at The Peacock at Rowsley for the only filling station in the area that had fuel. For those of you who don't know the area, that's about 3.5 miles away. Can't believe that media made us get rid of so many lorry drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 ‘ “The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Gaspode said: It's a pain - but maybe that person in front needed that extra £10 worth to make sure they could complete a round trip without neeeding to re-fill? You don't know that person's circumstances and they didn't know yours, so just maybe we need to target our anger at the media who've had a lovely time creating and then stirring up a crisis and then spent days reporting on it. Without the headlines and TV/radio reporting, most people wouldn't have even noticed there were supply issues.... But if people were getting the fuel they would normally need, there would be no problem. So maybe this guy had a good reason for his tenner’s worth, but there must an awful lot of people who don’t need that tenner’s worth. Otherwise this would be normality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, David said: Pretty usual for online shopping though, been going on for years. They give you the shortest life products that people ignore, taking from the back and the substitutions are weird. We had wash power changed not for another brand, but for washing up liquid once which I politely declined. It's a good job Lidl don't deliver. Imagine ordering a pound of minced beef and receiving a trumpet. EtoileSportiveDeDerby, Alph, Bob The Badger and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, TigerTedd said: But if people were getting the fuel they would normally need, there would be no problem. So maybe this guy had a good reason for his tenner’s worth, but there must an awful lot of people who don’t need that tenner’s worth. Otherwise this would be normality. I wasn't suggesting that there aren't a huge number of people panicking and buying fuel they don't actually need - but social media and the news channels are full of pictures of fuel queues and also people claiming they are more deserving than others (nurses, taxi drivers, etc) and stirring up emotions - I've also seen people posting photographs of people in front of them in queues and slating those people publicly whilst having absolutely no idea what that person's circumstances were. To consider the original post - maybe the person putting £10 worth was just joining the herd; or maybe he needed that extra couple of gallons to complete a long journey; or maybe he could only afford £10..... Miggins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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