Nikolai Hampton 💾<p>Dear Brisbanites and S.E. Queenslanders. You are not allowed to complain about panic buyers if you…</p><p>• Shopped a day or two earlier because you heard about shortages,<br>• Grabbed one or two extra “just in case”,<br>• Switched brands when you’d normally have gone without,<br>• Acted differently to how you would in your normal every day shopping.</p><p>…if you did, guess what? You’re “panic buying” too. You’re just salty because you missed out.</p><p>Blame yourself (or maybe the retailers). Calling everyone else an idiot when you acted too late, nope - that’s on you. </p><p>And, let’s be honest, you’re not going to starve. You’ll be uncomfortable for a few days.</p><p>Acting surprised and exasperated when you arrived but the shelves were empty. Realise, thousands of other more prepared people simply shifted their shopping by a few days, or bought an extra loaf of bread - this hardly constitutes panic.</p><p>But, you say “when I arrived the shelves were bare and people had 6kg of ham in their trolly - who can eat 6kg of ham?”. Fair, but consider a) you don’t know their circumstance, maybe they like ham, and b) It’s not their fault if it’s not your fault - they weren’t acting in time either. Their hand was forced, they had to act - rationally - given the circumstance. Grab yourself 6kg of olives and enjoy. </p><p>The only thing that could have changed your outcome is you acting sooner, or having suppliers/shops be more responsive and proactive. Expecting the behaviour of others to change to suit you is just nonsense. </p><p>We all know how this works. Remember the last toilet paper crisis? If you’re caught short again, maybe it’s not everyone else who’s the idiot! Cyclone Alfred affecting Brisbane/SEQ was looking possible since the weekend, so you can’t claim ignorance.</p><p>I know why you’re angry, you missed out. I understand and it sucks. But stop squarking about it. Try again tomorrow. </p><p>(Caveats: Not talking about hoarding beyond personal use, or profiteering. Also, I feel genuinely for those who couldn’t act earlier due to financial or other circumstances - if you’re in north-western Brisbane and this is you, message me directly I don’t know what I can do, but if I can I’ll help). </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CycloneAlfred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycloneAlfred</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Brisbane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brisbane</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GameTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameTheory</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PanicBuying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PanicBuying</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queensland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cyclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclone</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/beprepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beprepared</span></a></p>