I had to do my monthly supermarket shop today (overdue by a week, so almost nothing left in my fridge or cupboard). There were huge gaps on the shelves where there should have been tinned goods like baked beans and soup. No chance of
any rice or pasta (luckily I still have some left), the frozen food section was empty apart from the occasional lonely item (such as a lobster at £9!), so no chance of frozen chips, veg, fish, or anything like that. As for loo rolls, tissues and kitchen roll, not a single item left on the shelves!
I saw one woman grab a cardboard tray 2/3 full of tins of spam/luncheon meat and put it in her trolley. She heard me sigh loudly and said "Did you want some?". To which I replied "No, but someone else might!" - I doubt there was much conscience there to prick though! I would love to have seen her face when she got knocked back at the checkout and was only allowed 2 or 3 of those tins, as the Supermarket had put limits on quantities!
Once finished, I had a chat with the lady on the checkout till about what was going on. She confirmed that the spam-raider would have been unlucky as the tills would have detected and blocked any bulk buying! I said I'd waited until 8am before getting there as the first hour was for over 70s and vulnerable groups. She told me she thought that had been something of a farce, as some of the older people had apparently been accompanied by younger ones (presumably buying what they wanted too!), with a long queue there at opening time.
There's me telling my 80 year old mother she mustn't go shopping from now on in case she catches the virus, and I'd do her shopping for her instead. However, it appears some people might have taken an alternative approach, and been using their elderly relative/s as a 'front' so they could grab what was on the shelves before the shop was open to under 70s?
If so, I think that's appallingly selfish behaviour. I suppose they'll be blaming everyone else (including the government) if their elderly relative catches the virus and dies, of course it could never be their own selfish fault, could it? Once again, however, I don't think there'd be much conscience there to prick if they're pulling tricks like that!