Panic buying chain reaction.
I just went to the loo before and saw we had only 1 and a half rolls of toilet paper left. Bloody kids I thought, do they not know how to buy loo tickets? So i headed off to the supermarket to buy an 8 pack that should last us a few weeks. I was aware of all the nonsense on TV about people in Australia panic buying, especially toilet paper for some odd reason, but I gave it little thought. I got to the supermarket and was greeted with blank shelves...nothing left.
No toilet paper, no tissues, no hand towels, I looked further and noticed so many empty spaces.
People are panic buying.
My first reaction was irritation, and anger. People are just plain stupid I thought.
Then I thought, bloody hell, next time they get a shipment, I better buy a few extras just in case!!!!!
Bazinga, see what happened, I just went in one short moment from a victim of others stupidity to part of the problem,
So once I realized, I thought no, bugger it. I will buy only an 8 pack like I always do.
But it occurred to me this is for something as lame as the corona virus which is barely effecting us in OZ.
Imagine something far more serious,
I could easily see a situation as a result of say a serious global problem where I see some selfish bastard in the supermarket with say 20 loaves of bread and me missing out, So I am willing to challenge him for what he has.
Would I take from him if I thought him unfair, would I fight him, if it got crazy, would i hurt him, or worse.
It is madness, I did not like my train of thought
How dependent we all are on the rest of society looking after us.
It made me think of a cartoon strip I once saw,
2 cockroaches sitting on a hill watching nukes leveling the planet.
On cockroach says with a laugh..."So they finally did it" the other laughs and says, "Yeah" They walk off together,.
As a civilization (I use that term very loosely) we really don't deserve to survive do we.