Panic buying and the Corona virus.
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So I stopped off at my usual Pharmacy this morning to make some purchases. It is run by a lovely French-Khmer woman that I have known for years (she is actually qualified to dispense medicine). She also speaks exceptionally good English.
She grew up in Paris, but left as she did not like it - which is fair, even the rest of the French dislike the Parisians (although her dad still lives there and refuses to ever return to Cambodia).
A five minute shop here usually takes me half an hour as she always wants to chat, and force herbal tea upon me.
So I am sat at the counter (drinking a cup of Chinese 'health tea' with her, when I jokingly ask,
"Where are the $100 bottles of hand-sanitizer?"
Oops, that was a mistake, it set her off on a rant.
"Fuck that" she replied (warning: extra uncharacteristic expletives may have been added for dramatic effect) "I am not buying any more. The fucking distributors have raised all the prices about 400%. They wanted me to pay $10 for a 500ml bottle, wholesale!)."
So I ask further ask her, "how much would they normally charge outlets?"
She replies, "$2.50 to $3.50 depending on the brand and the strength !?!"
So if your local pharmacy is out of stock, it might not just be panic / bulk buying by us customers, it seems that the distributors are also contributing to the shortage and price gouging.
"We, the sons of John Company, have arrived"
I spent over $300 in Bayon and Lucky Drinks yesterday, mostly on booze. I always like to keep well stocked anyway. Now I have more booze in my house than the average Phnom Penh dive bar.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
Italy has an old population same as Japan but I’m pretty sure Japan has a better healthcare.
Didn’t 128 people die in one town in Northern Italy?
pew, pew, pew, pew!
I'd hazard a guess that I and my house mates have purchased twice as much booze than 4 Phnom Penh Dive bars can handle in one month. One cannot afford to run out of booze as one watches the world collapse around them, ( so my house mates tell me ).
Seriously, this panic buying is a shocking display of ignorant people having no regard for anyone other than them selves.
And to top it off, a supermarket chain in Oz has announced that it has set aside the hours of 6am to 7am to service the old and frail - FFS these people rely on public transport and can barley carry 3 kilos of food.
HTF are they going to get there at 6am to purchase food !
To many greedy selfish cunts.
End of rant...,
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Be aware Makro does not accept Credit/Debit cards only cash
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Not such an issue as they have about a dozen ATM at the entrance
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ive been watching the laboratories lab coated staff doing their thing working on a vaccine in the daily news article from some lab working on it
a month ago they looked rather relaxed on camera
today they look rather stressed on camera
aud is sinking towards its record low of us .47 cents. only 11 cents to go.
the mass bankruptcies should start around the middle of the year at this rate of shutting down movements and gatherings
governments are panicking too
a month ago they looked rather relaxed on camera
today they look rather stressed on camera
aud is sinking towards its record low of us .47 cents. only 11 cents to go.
the mass bankruptcies should start around the middle of the year at this rate of shutting down movements and gatherings
governments are panicking too
Public libraries are being closed in Australia.
Smart move.
They've figured out what people are going to do when the toilet paper runs out.
Smart move.
They've figured out what people are going to do when the toilet paper runs out.
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Get some good deals on Corona beer in every supermarket in Europe now.
"I don't care what the people are thinking, i ain't drunk i'm just drinking"
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