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Originally Posted by meeera
Unfortunately this did happen here at the very start, at the time when there were lots of bare shelves and some people were getting anxious about supplies. It settled, but disabled friends of mine had some bad experiences.
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I also remember some bad experiences from when people were panicking and there were some bare shelves at the local stores. OTOH, I also saw more people helping other shoppers. Sometimes something as trivial as watching someone reaching something off an upper shelf, helping to push a buggy, etc. makes you feel better about your fellow humans.
OTOH, I still get a laugh out of two neighbour of mine who are still griping about Costco. They went into "we're going to make a killing" mode and purchased more than a lifetime supply of toilet paper, paper towels, rice, canned foods, etc. Over a year later, their basement and garage are still pretty much full and they still kvetch about Costco not allowing them to return their purchases since the shortages didn't last long enough for them to profit as they had hoped.