The Day The Swiss Put The Brits (And Others) To Shame

[Canary42]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/supermarket-in-switzerland-remains-fully-stocked-as-residents-stay-calm-during-coronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB11tDBH?ocid=ob-fb-engb-1511253547831&fbclid=IwAR1FzqMLFG0JLaLMj0dRlZ2XlxNqyrkg96GPmqQ75AxDfMu0fTZHbBGBsQI

[naomi24]

I hear Denmark has come up with a plan to attempt to stop the shelf-clearers. If you want a hand sanitizer it will cost you £5. A second will cost you £125.

One piece of trash has made £3000 selling toilet rolls by the roadside from the back of his van.

[Vagus]

We have family in Spain who tell me there are lots of empty shelves in many supermarkets.

[NickorWan]

Are your family in a Spanish resort or among mostly Spanish people?

[NickorWan]

According to an article in The Times it is the national response to a crisis and was just the same in 1939, when shoppers cleared the shelves and calls for restraint were widely ignored.

[ladybirder]

Emmie I have received an email from Sainsburys this morning telling me that they have me down as a vulnerable customer (from my DOB which I must have given themes ago) and goes on to tell me I will be given special access tomorrow. Have you not had such a letter?

[ladybirder]

£125 Naomi. Good on them. Have they sold any LOL - don't answer that.
Regarding Spain, a friend of mine who is travelling across the world on her bike, is stuck in Spain. Luckily she is stuck in a friend's flat rather than a campsite. She's not near a supermarket but the local shop is very low on stock.

[THECORBYLOON]

From the link,

"But others disagreed with her depiction of a calm, orderly Switzerland.

One person commented: "I live in Switzerland and trust me, it doesn't look like this anywhere I went to."

Likewise, another user shared a video of empty shelves, adding: "That's funny. This is a video that my brother sent me about a shop in Lausanne. Something about creating perspectives, no?"

Another possible explanation could be the fact that supermarkets in some larger cities in the country have implemented limits on the number of people permitted in the store at any one time."

[Samuraisan]

Well I live in Spain. Initially people were buying more, I wouldn't say exactly stock piling, but trollies were fuller, but now the shelves are stocked with everything, except I couldn't get carrots yesterday funnily enough. Here also there is an hour when they open dedicated to over 65s. Also everyone has to sanitize their hands and wear gloves that are provided.

[Spicerack]

Another possible explanation is some people like to post about how awful this country (then Boris, then Trump) are compared to other countries/leaders. Curious that no other countries/leaders have put a foot wrong.

[Vagus]

My family live and work with Spanish people in a city in Spain.

[ToraToraTora]

don't tar us all with the same brush as the cretins canary.

[naomi24]

My Canadian friends tell me it's mayhem there too. This country is not unique in that respect.

[Hopkirk]

Don't believe this propaganda.

My son lives in Switzerland. His supermarket has been stripped.

[maggiebee]

Friend managed to get one of the last flights out of Spain on Friday. Said she was shocked at the empty shelves here compared to where she lived in Spain.

[NickorWan]

Thanks, Vagus, I guess that means we can expect the same here in Girona, I've been fortunate so far.

[jno]

I'm inclined to disbelieve everyone in every country on this. Not because they're lying, just because there seems to be huge variation even in the same town (some London supermarkets have been allegedly stripped bare; the ones near me haven't). Nor do I see any reason to suppose those who fill up trolleys with goods are hoarders or eBay resellers; they may just be buying for their family or for old or sick neighbours.

People are too ready to assume the worst.

[Togo]

You must move to Switzerland immediately canary. I see that the marvellous Swiss are now the second most infected Country, after Italy, in terms of cases per million of the population. They have 835 per million and Italy 886 per million. UK has 74. If our response had mirrored the Swiss we would now have 56,630 cases instead of 5,018. Incidentally little Switzerland has 2,000 more cases than the UK. Perhaps their shops are full because they are too scared to go shopping. Bravery never was one of their national traits though.

[NickorWan]

//Perhaps their shops are full because they are too scared to go shopping. //

That is certainly the case here, and I am a bit worried myself to be honest. I suspect it will be the same in the UK shortly.

[Togo]

[ToraToraTora]

togo 13:09, BA right there canary.