Just what is it about the British public at xmass time? they seem to go into some kind of frenzy at the shops,hell sometimes you cant even get bloody parked up .
Anyone would think there is going to be a nuclear war or something,god it pi**es me off .:gag:

queues outside asda this morning waiting for it to open
panic buying?

roy welcome to this morning :)
theres already a thread on the go on this subject



maybe it was all the asylum seekers using up there super duper food vouchers courtesy of the british government........maybe the terrorists are denying us food so we starve and have a slow miserable death over christmas, or, or

Nah look on the asylum seeker thread they dont need to worry about food---- too busy stealing of all of us.;)

Originally posted by royjames
Just what is it about the British public at xmass time? they seem to go into some kind of frenzy at the shops,hell sometimes you cant even get bloody parked up .
Anyone would think there is going to be a nuclear war or something,god it pi**es me off .:gag:

Why not go to one of those Asian owned corner shops then?:hihi:

Can you believe it,No potatoes at Tescos on Infirmary road,this morning. Got all my christmas shopping list ready,and as we wont be shopping now until next Tuesday,thought I would get plenty of potatoes in.(After all got to do roast potatoes& parsnips on Christmas day) Not a one to be seen anywhere ! The man said they were waiting for them to come in ?Not as though we were there early,this was about 11.a.m. What a let down for Christmas, and their losing money as well,as everyone was hunting high & low for them. Got to get some tommorrow now.!:mad:

Try Marks and Spencers :thumbsup:

Their your best bet

They had some yesterday, don't know about tomorrow tho' :(

Originally posted by royjames
Just what is it about the British public at xmass time? they seem to go into some kind of frenzy at the shops,hell sometimes you cant even get bloody parked up .
Anyone would think there is going to be a nuclear war or something,god it pi**es me off .:gag:
Me too Roy.Was there this morning,couldnt park,couldnt buy a potatoe as there wasnt any! Its like war time.They are only closed 2 days,and people are stocking up like its the last day on Earth.!:mad:

Over the years I've found it funnier and funnier that you see people with trolleys literally full of bread, beer and that they would kill you for a bag of sprouts.

A few years ago, Xmas eve - Asda at Doncaster, man in front of me has a big trolley crammed full of cases of Stones best, with a frozen chicken all of two pounds perched on top. He's TOTALLY bladdered, sees me looking at him, and says

" Well, she did send ME to get Xmas dinner sorted ", I nearly wet myself with laughing.

Bet her face was a picture - wonder if they're still together??

First X-Box 360's and now Potatoes are the thing everyone wants for Xmas and can't get!

Have you tried looking on e-Bay? ;)

Originally posted by royjames
Just what is it about the British public at xmass time? they seem to go into some kind of frenzy at the shops,hell sometimes you cant even get bloody parked up .
Anyone would think there is going to be a nuclear war or something,god it pi**es me off .:gag:


I find it quite funny really when i see all these people "panic buying" anyway i popped down to my local supermarket yesterday as i needed to use the cash point and i saw people fighting over shopping trolleys.

just got back from Tesco's - the local one opened at 7am - I was the only non-staff member in there...

:D

I went to Tesco yesterday on abbeydale road and it was fine. There was a jazz band playing in the entrance, it wasn't chaos and there wasn't a shortage of anything.

The staff said everyone had gone early in the morning to avoid the rush and then created it. I was there around 3pm.

I then went to waitrose at around 7pm (as they have really nice anchovies there) and it was like a ghost town.

Originally posted by Internetowl
just got back from Tesco's - the local one opened at 7am - I was the only non-staff member in there...

:D
scared the other customers off again eh? :)



or

was roy and the potato heads protesting outside?

Originally posted by pk014b7161
queues outside asda this morning waiting for it to open
panic buying?

Well what do you expect?.......the shops are going to be closed for a whole two day. :D

Originally posted by the_rudeboy
Well what do you expect?.......the shops are going to be closed for a whole two day. :D
1 day, our local post office / grocery shop reopens boxing day for the papers, you can get bits and bobs then

Originally posted by melthebell
1 day, our local post office / grocery shop reopens boxing day for the papers, you can get bits and bobs then

You've blown it now......the queues are going to huge. :P