Not only do I get really frustrated with folks making fun of preppers and calling us hoarders, but I’m beginning to feel a little irritated with people complaining about the amount of toilet paper people are buying. If the stores want to place a limit, so be it! People should follow the rules. But, if the store doesn’t place a limit, then buy what you want and those who get there and find the shelves empty — next time, be a little more prepared!
Prescription meds in short supply — that’s a different story and a path I’m not even going to go down today.
People buying everything and selling it on ebay or Amazon at high prices . . there are measures to punish those people. Report them when you see that happening.
For those of us who stay prepared and are on the receiving end of a lot of jokes, be thankful for us because we weren’t the ones trying to buy water, toilet paper, hand sanitizer. We’re set. We always are!
We did go out today . . not once but twice! With our sausage stuffer coming soon, I’m chomping at the bit to make sausage. Vince said . . if you want to go to town, let’s go today because there’s a chance of rain tomorrow through Friday. So, we went to town, got everything we need to make sausage, found some of the candles everyone has been raving about at Aldi (I’ll post pictures in another blog post), got buttermilk (I have a birthday cake to make this week!) and then we bought plants for the garden. The car was full because we took a big cooler and still had Nicole’s shelf in the car, so we came home, unpacked the car, got the pickup and went back to Home Depot for dirt and timers to make a raised bed. Before we got home from that trip, the pharmacy called and said they had gotten Rita’s drops in and assured me there was plenty to supply the humans right now so that was a relief.
What I can report from the stores:
Walmart had plenty of toilet paper – all brands, all sizes; They had Clorox wipes – seemed like plenty. I didn’t see any limits. The had no Vitamin C, hand sanitizer, anti-bacterial hand soap, no alcohol and no aloe gel. That means people are making their own hand sanitizer and that’s good. I didn’t need any of those things . . I was just looking while we were there.
Home Depot had hand sanitizer in the garden area. I walked by it and stopped. I looked at the lady and said “Y’all have hand sanitizer??” She said yes and I have not seen anyone buy any except one lady bought some this morning. They also had anti-bacterial hand soap and had no limits on what could be purchased.
I did feel bad because there was one old guy in Walmart looking for powdered milk and they were out of that. Of course, I didn’t check everything. I was just wandering around while Vince was picking up what he was there to buy.
Two trips to town and I’m wiped out!
Anne Greene says
i have enough regular food to last myself and my 13 year old nephew for about 4 months. On top of that, I have enough “other” food to last me for a year. I have water and toilet paper and soap etc. because I always have plenty on hand. We did run to the big store last week and pick up a few extra things, esp. some of the food he really enjoys. I figure if we get stuck in the house for weeks or months, at least he’ll be happy with the food!
I live in the middle of nowhere here in Arizona and I always keep enough to last, one never knows when it might be difficult to get to the store.
Walmart was out of soap, hand sanitizer, & powdered milk last week. I always have these things on hand. My mom always had tons of this kind of stuff on hand, she’d buy it when it was on sale and so we never ran out of it, and that apparently has rubbed off on me!! 🙂
Judy Laquidara says
I do think it’s a way of living and we learn from our experiences. Good for you! We also end up wanting things we’d never buy otherwise – like storebought cookies but we all need comfort food when things get stressful. I’m glad your mom’s preparedness skills rubbed off on you.
Diana Rose says
So agree, talked to a friend the other day and mentioned my sis was going to see her grandkids for few days its about 5 hours away. She said I won’t go anywhere because of the coronavirus, Sis;s daughter has 5 little germ factories (I mean kiddos) under the age of 9. I told her I was sick of the fearmongering, and did she realize how many people died each year from the “old regular” flu’s. It’s many many thousands. She didn’t want to hear that cuz she’s one of those “I’m always right” people which is why I don’t talk to her but maybe every couple weeks, it’s all I can take. On a side note, on a quilting facebook group the other day someone said she wasn’t worried about running out of tp because she was a fabric hoarder and has many “ugly” fabrics she could cut up and us for tp!
Judy Laquidara says
I did cancel my trip to MO that I was going to make this week. Addie brings home lots of germs. A lot of people do die from the seasonal flu but the percentage is about .001. The percentage of people dying from the coronavirus in the U.S. was at 5% yesterday and for those in the 65+ years old range, it’s even higher so . . put me in the “I’m always right” category . . or wherever I fit but I’ not leaving home right now.
Cassews says
Governor Polis just put up a State of Emergency for Colorado this am I sure am glad we went to the store a couple weeks ago and did a stock up on canned good and TP along with paper towels etc.. I have a stock up but were getting low. So now I am happy in case they lock down Colorado and have enough food for at least 3 months and more.
Hubs has even bought a few of those kits that has 7 day breakfast, lunch and dinner along with several cans of dehydrated veggies etc,, for at least 6 months or longer if we need to stretch them out. Water is stocked, TP is stocked and freezers are full along with firewood cut and ready for use if need be. So glad I have a Lopi fire stove. Even our dog is well supplied.
Ready just in case and yep I am one of those who stock up and have supplies handy- year round. Better to be ready than caught without anything in the pantry.
Nelle Coursey says
I would never make fun of people who are prepared. I wish I was as good as you about doing these things. I went to the store today and bought paper towels and toilet paper. Brookshire’s has plenty, except for the really cheap toilet paper. There was not much of it left. I didn’t check the water but I am not going to hoard anything. I have plenty of bottled water because I bought 3 cases of 24 or more and I have not opened any of them yet. I just bought them because they were on sale. Those people who make fun of you are just jealous because they didn’t have sense enough to try to do it themselves. And the people who are raiding the stores right now are stupid because there will be plenty more that comes in to replace what they bought. I may be wrong but that will be my problem and not someone else’s. You keep on being you because I like you just like you are!
Judy Laquidara says
Thanks, Nelle!
vivoaks says
The fear-mongering is ridiculous. Heard on the radio today that in 2009 the Swine Flu affected 12 million people, with something like 6,000 that died. (Don’t quote me on that second number – I don’t remember exactly. In any case, it was thousands that died from 12 MILLION that caught it! This corona virus may be very catching, but to cause panic, like the news media is doing, is not only stupid, it’s a national disgrace!
My daughter NEEDED TP today, so made a trip to Costco. She was told that the TRUCKLOAD of toilet paper that came in yesterday was gone in 15 minutes!! People are so gullible it’s ridiculous. She ended up coming home and going to the local grocery store, where the shelves had plenty of toilet paper.
I agree we need to be cautious, but to cause a national panic is irresponsible, and dangerous. I heard that even a Congressman told all his staff and everyone else in Congress that they should go home to their districts. (As if that would do anything!) My daughter that lives in the D.C. area said one of the doctors that works in the clinic she works at had a respiratory problem (asthma) so was told she had to be quarantined. She said she KNEW she couldn’t have the virus, but because her asthma was causing her problems, they quarantined her. Talk about over-reacting!!
As I read on one of my facebook posts I follow: 5 ways to avoid the corona virus: 1) Stay home and sew. 2) Stay home and sew. 3) Stay home and sew. 4) Stay home and sew. and 5) Stay home and sew. 🙂 But hubby and I are leaving on Friday for an 8-day trip where we’ll be in the company of hundreds of other people. I’m not going to worry about it.
Susan Nixon says
One of the benefits of not having TV service is that I miss all the panic. LOL
Judy Laquidara says
Mostly I’m seeing it on Facebook.