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igenlodeI've given up hope of being able to get any more dried milk -- if only I'd bought it when the bag first started to run low, instead of waiting until I actually came close to running out, at which point all the world and his wife suddenly decided the world was about to end and they needed the hitherto-despised dried milk right now.
Had to buy fresh from the supermarket in a plastic bottle; I'd forgotten how much extra space it takes up when it's not dehydrated, not to mention how much extra plastic waste this is going to generate and how much extra it's going to cost :-(
Meanwhile I've gone out and bought replacements for all the other things that have been low in the cupboards for a while, like lemon juice, Marmite, cinnamon, lard, tinned tomatoes, etc., in case I have the same experience again and the products simply disappear without ever restocking at the point where I actually run out. Which of course means that I'm now part of the problem myself.
(Ironically, the one thing I have no shortage of is toilet paper; I always bulk-buy that several months' worth in advance.)
The one thing I couldn't get -- apart from a fresh Vanish stain-remover bar, which appears to have been retired in favour of heavily-packaged gels and powders -- was the 'daily shower cleaner' which is supposed to slide down the glass screen after use and prevent limescale and scum from leaving splashes all over the glass. It lasts about half a year and happens to be running out, but frankly if I really get worried about splash-marks on the shower screen I can always just clean it with newspaper and vinegar.
What puzzles me is why on earth people would panic-buy that -- I can only assume it was some kind of desperate belief that it would substitute for 'sanitising' products (they had also stripped the shelves of bleach) but since the effect is purely cosmetic they are likely to be disappointed...
Had to buy fresh from the supermarket in a plastic bottle; I'd forgotten how much extra space it takes up when it's not dehydrated, not to mention how much extra plastic waste this is going to generate and how much extra it's going to cost :-(
Meanwhile I've gone out and bought replacements for all the other things that have been low in the cupboards for a while, like lemon juice, Marmite, cinnamon, lard, tinned tomatoes, etc., in case I have the same experience again and the products simply disappear without ever restocking at the point where I actually run out. Which of course means that I'm now part of the problem myself.
(Ironically, the one thing I have no shortage of is toilet paper; I always bulk-buy that several months' worth in advance.)
The one thing I couldn't get -- apart from a fresh Vanish stain-remover bar, which appears to have been retired in favour of heavily-packaged gels and powders -- was the 'daily shower cleaner' which is supposed to slide down the glass screen after use and prevent limescale and scum from leaving splashes all over the glass. It lasts about half a year and happens to be running out, but frankly if I really get worried about splash-marks on the shower screen I can always just clean it with newspaper and vinegar.
What puzzles me is why on earth people would panic-buy that -- I can only assume it was some kind of desperate belief that it would substitute for 'sanitising' products (they had also stripped the shelves of bleach) but since the effect is purely cosmetic they are likely to be disappointed...
