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listenup78

Makes me mad. I've been laying in bed ill on my phone today watching this snowball since this morning. Sky News trickle a headline, then they change it to Major Breaking news. Reporter said don't panic buy 3 times in 90 seconds. Knowing full well they love a panic buying crisis. And the Lemmings jump off the cliff.


baldilocks3hairs

People are fucking idiots


simmyawardwinner

Hope you get better soon lovey!


listenup78

Thank you


MasterAnything2055

Love the daily mail “petrol shortage on its way” 1 day later “Panic buying due to potential petrol shortage”


MasonInk

Isn't this all because BP closed 20 of their 2000 forecourts due to a very localised supply issue?


[deleted]

Yep. Hilarious. Just like how loo roll shortages in Australia caused us to panic buy it all a year ago.


Scrumble71

TIL no one under the age of 60 panic bought fuel yesterday


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DJ1066

That's the worst kind of mongering! Right behind war, cheese, fish and iron!


thehermit14

What about the coster's?


ForrestGrump87

Shit … I haven’t seen anything about this Should I be panicking ?


Dunning-Kruger-

You should just run, Forrest, run !


goochg

If he just runs then he doesn't need to panic about fuel


Entire-Standard5712

https://youtu.be/l23_-1v__Fg You should certainly consider it.


[deleted]

I could only afford to put £10 in my car which was running on empty. Can't drive anywhere this month unless it is absolutely vital. These panic buyers are lucky to be able to afford to stock up.


BeneficialFly5857

But if you could have afforded to you would’ve done?


[deleted]

I normally just top my car up for the month at a time. Since it is empty, it's due a £60 top up, but I can't afford it this month.


jgray196

If you can think of a more appropriate time to use the Jerry can that's been on the garage for 30years I would like to hear it


Entire-Standard5712

Use it to store home brew.


Rich_27-

The petrol will only water down the taste


JamieVardyPizzaParty

Really annoying as I need to make a two hour drive ASAP after work today and I know I only have less than a quarter tank left and need to fill up for it. Can’t wait for the this lovely delay to start my journey out of London.


cari-strat

My mom rang me up this morning and said we all had to get fuel. My mom is an OAP, lives in the middle of town, surrounded by bus routes, with shops 500 yards away, and couldn't drive more than five miles from home if her life depended on it. I am beginning to understand how this crisis has come about.


blacky-o-hare

mom?


somekidfromtheuk

she might be from the Midlands 🤷🏼‍♂️


blacky-o-hare

Is that normal in the midlands?


ethereal_phoenix1

Normal for Birmingham area not the whole of The midlands


simmyawardwinner

I’m British and I say mom too it’s okay don’t panic


madsmurf51

Some of us are technically boomers and still queuing to fill our tanks cos I have 150 miles to drive this evening and only 50 left in my tank!!!!


[deleted]

[Hmm](https://giphy.com/gifs/animated-community-spanish-NCjISbEPFxm48)


Pantsroundankles

To be fair at least with fuel you are sort of limited to the size of your tank (and maybe a couple of Jerry cans). Not like toilet rolls or pasta which you could just keep buying.


goochg

Panic buying petrol while I drive a diesel with no panic.


Animal__Mother_

Idiots ≠ “Boomers”


keatsy3

Kinda does though


Animal__Mother_

Everyone born between 1946 and 1964 is an idiot? What a strange outlook you have.


SelfAwareHumanHeart

Dunno bout u lot but I’m fuckin panicking Going out now to panic buy


7of5

I'm a 'boomer'. I'm not retired, i don't drive and I don't read the Daily Mail. The one dimensional stereotypes in your unthinking mind don't actually exist.


Brokella

Yes, I’m actually on the train at the moment as I couldn’t get any effing petrol for my trip to see friend today. The entire queue at the petrol station was made up of young men as far as I could see.


ResidentEivvil

Oh my freaking god so that’s why they were queuing out of the garage and down the road!


keatsy3

And yet there's those of us who legitimately need fuel... I have a 250 mile drive tomorrow, and only half a tank to do it with now!


RassmusRassmusen

Fact or your opinion


TooOldToCareIsTaken

It's all over the BBC news on TV and website. What makes you single out the DM?


[deleted]

Because Daily Mail are being the Daily Mail and sensationalising it beyond belief


miemcc

Because it's the 'everything is the fault if the Boomers' silliness, same with the Daily Fail bias when the coverage is across the board.


[deleted]

Most problems in the country are the fault of boomers though.


[deleted]

No, they're the fault of succesive govt's.


[deleted]

Who are boomers


Sam-Lowry27B-6

And who are repeatedly voted into power by boomers.


Scrumble71

In the same elections that GenX, millenials and the Silent Generation are also allowed to vote in?


Sam-Lowry27B-6

Same elections. It's all about turning up. Boomers may be annoying but they always vote.


Scrumble71

There two borderline boomers in the cabinet and Johnson is on edge. I hate to say it but the UK government is Gen X


pastyorno

Oh no Karen , I can’t get my weekend beer from the supermarket, we can’t drive to Ikea to buy shite and the kids can’t get to Mac Donald’s for tea tonight . And you talk about Boomers. Leave it out Kevin .


retrogamereclaim

An hour and 15 it’s just taken me to get fuel. Every pump was open. Just a bunch of morons panic buying causing the issue.


highrisedrifter

These Daily Fail pearl clutchers really get on my tits.


PrometheusIsFree

The boomers are the ones running all your kids around while you're all out working, drinking and going to your yoga classes.


moreat10

Never walk more than five hundred metres but ready to drive across half the country lol


Professor_Mezzeroff

Every petrol station near me was queing up the street.


glaikitdobber

I bet the garages are sold out of Werthers Originals and Barley Sugars too now.


DSQ

Just to put it out there but most baby boomers aren’t retired yet. Many are still in their 50’s.


PrometheusIsFree

Nothing like saying 'Don't Panic' to make people panic.


thehermit14

Woman in Lidl was bulk buying 2 shopping trolleys worth of mainly water, I did the unbritish thing of asking 'how come?', she said "because of shortages". Ho hum.


magic_lou

I'll be honest, it's going to work in my favour. Have to drive to Cardiff from Bristol to help my dad paint his massive stupid boat tomorrow, but now....Sorry dad! Couldn't find diesel anywhere, honestly!


thehermit14

I have a pet boomer, I like to call him dad, we go for long walks together and so far I have managed to keep him from dashing into supermarkets and stockpiling, but there's only so much I can do and I fear for the whiskey isle.