Panic buying?

Good day everyone!

I saw this article and thought it would be interesting. Is the latest 'prompt to panic buy' evidence of stupidity or is it a smoke screen?

http://t.co/dWfrbXQG

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I don't know about a smoke screen, but the Minister's advice (can't remember his name - he's that memorable!) of filling up your car & hoarding petrol cannisters at home is ludicrous! The Fire Brigade are furious with him!

Well they didnt make much money out of me at the petrol pump yesterday.I stuck £10 in mine.But a guy in front of me was there filling up his car,then started filling up a huge petrol cannister

I only ever put £20 in at a time anyway. I certainly wouldn't start to stockpile. If I can't get petrol I'll walk/get a bus/get a train!

some poeple are stupid they havent even confirmed a strike yet. went shopping the other day and it took ages to get into the supermarket car park then another while to get back out because of the que for the pumps. if they go on strike and you run out of petrol or want to ration it then you can always get a bus to woek dopey

Strikes don't make a difference these days .. thankfully I filled up before all the stupid queuing started !

We went shopping at Tesco yesterday and there was a huge queue at the petrol station. We were going to fill up but we would have been waiting ages, I dont do queue's.

My petrol light was on on Tuesday so I had to join a que for 20 mins to put a tenner in and by time I went back past the petrol station I would say about an hour later they had signs up saying Out of Unleaded and people were still queing for miles its stupid if my tenner runs out I will just have to hit toes and get my walk on I think its STUPID!