| Christmas Shortage Warnings 08:10 - Sep 4 with 11603 views | wkj |
I see that a few brands are making these claims - yet I can't help but feel it is merely a ploy to drum up sales and stimulate spending. Am I being overly cynical? |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 22:21 - Sep 4 with 1525 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:48 - Sep 4 by Lord_Lucan |
Dunno Stevey.
I’ll report back. I suppose Buzz Lightyear is always in demand.
I remember buying one early when RKD was a nipper and then you couldn’t get one for love nor money.
He then put it in the bath and Buzz drowned. |
Where do lego get their bricks made? It could be a gold mine. |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 22:50 - Sep 4 with 1505 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:07 - Sep 4 by gtsb1966 |
I can never understand why people go way over the top at Xmas. You see them come out of the supermarket with twenty pints of milk and ten loaves of bread etc. The shops are only shut for a day. I buy what I need for a normal week and not things for the sake of it. |
I say this to my wife every year. I mean FFS you can go down a myriad of corner shops on Christmas Day even and Boxing Day is almost a normal day these days.
Everyone overspends at Christmas. I gotta say, I had to walk out of the room last Christmas when I saw the amount of presents my grandson got. My wife bought too much, my mum bought too much but the amount my daughter and partner bought was absolutely insane. It wasn’t the kids fault but you know what, he never appreciated one present because there was too much, it was a struggle to get them all opened before Christmas dinner. I felt very uncomfortable but kept quiet, if the same thing happens again this year I will have to address it. The adults do it for themselves, not for the kid, I heard it, everyone was saying “Open mine” and afterwards it seemed to be a competition over what present was being played with the most.
I have rambled, I’m sorry. I don’t think I had felt so uncomfortable and powerless for years on that day. It’s not even the fact that some other kids have got nothing, I realise this but there is not much I can do about that. It was more that I just think that it doesn’t do the kids any good. Well, actually, we know it doesn’t. |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:21 - Sep 4 with 1469 views | J2BLUE |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 22:50 - Sep 4 by Lord_Lucan |
I say this to my wife every year. I mean FFS you can go down a myriad of corner shops on Christmas Day even and Boxing Day is almost a normal day these days.
Everyone overspends at Christmas. I gotta say, I had to walk out of the room last Christmas when I saw the amount of presents my grandson got. My wife bought too much, my mum bought too much but the amount my daughter and partner bought was absolutely insane. It wasn’t the kids fault but you know what, he never appreciated one present because there was too much, it was a struggle to get them all opened before Christmas dinner. I felt very uncomfortable but kept quiet, if the same thing happens again this year I will have to address it. The adults do it for themselves, not for the kid, I heard it, everyone was saying “Open mine” and afterwards it seemed to be a competition over what present was being played with the most.
I have rambled, I’m sorry. I don’t think I had felt so uncomfortable and powerless for years on that day. It’s not even the fact that some other kids have got nothing, I realise this but there is not much I can do about that. It was more that I just think that it doesn’t do the kids any good. Well, actually, we know it doesn’t. |
The commercialism of Christmas drives me absolutely insane.
It's nearly time for my annual rant about retail workers having to work stupid hours over Christmas. Until 10pm Christmas Eve. Starting at 5am Boxing Day etc. When I eventually get swept to power I will shut this country down on Boxing Day and force employers to give their staff the day off. |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:29 - Sep 4 with 1458 views | wkj |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:21 - Sep 4 by J2BLUE |
The commercialism of Christmas drives me absolutely insane.
It's nearly time for my annual rant about retail workers having to work stupid hours over Christmas. Until 10pm Christmas Eve. Starting at 5am Boxing Day etc. When I eventually get swept to power I will shut this country down on Boxing Day and force employers to give their staff the day off. |
Having worked intimately in retail as a worker and a store manager, there is absolutely no joy in Christmas for retail workers. Nightshift is the ultimate loser as they are scheduled at 12:01 am boxing day morning to get shops ready for Boxing day.
Not to mention the onslaught of prepping IMS before July is over, then sitting on stock on the stroke of August (although this is getting earlier and earlier)
There are a few things I am more passionate about than setting rules that large chains should remain closed on boxing day, bank holidays, and a mandatory Sunday premium rate.
Granted, boxing day is by far one of the largest spending days in the UK, but if we prolong the Christmas festivities over boxing day and then reopen on the 27th - I can't see how spending would be any less.
In short though, the whole experience of Christmas can be miserable for retail workers. Likely going through stock keeping late October (holiday booking blackout) then 6 weeks of holiday blackout from around December to the first or second week of January. You really are trapped into it at that point, especially now that retail seems to not give people consecutive days off either, which is also horiffic. | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:32 - Sep 4 with 1453 views | J2BLUE |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:29 - Sep 4 by wkj |
Having worked intimately in retail as a worker and a store manager, there is absolutely no joy in Christmas for retail workers. Nightshift is the ultimate loser as they are scheduled at 12:01 am boxing day morning to get shops ready for Boxing day.
Not to mention the onslaught of prepping IMS before July is over, then sitting on stock on the stroke of August (although this is getting earlier and earlier)
There are a few things I am more passionate about than setting rules that large chains should remain closed on boxing day, bank holidays, and a mandatory Sunday premium rate.
Granted, boxing day is by far one of the largest spending days in the UK, but if we prolong the Christmas festivities over boxing day and then reopen on the 27th - I can't see how spending would be any less.
In short though, the whole experience of Christmas can be miserable for retail workers. Likely going through stock keeping late October (holiday booking blackout) then 6 weeks of holiday blackout from around December to the first or second week of January. You really are trapped into it at that point, especially now that retail seems to not give people consecutive days off either, which is also horiffic. |
Agree entirely.
I noticed earlier I hadn't replied to your last PM. I was certain that I had so apologies for that. I will reply soon! | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:33 - Sep 4 with 1451 views | floridablue |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:21 - Sep 4 by J2BLUE |
The commercialism of Christmas drives me absolutely insane.
It's nearly time for my annual rant about retail workers having to work stupid hours over Christmas. Until 10pm Christmas Eve. Starting at 5am Boxing Day etc. When I eventually get swept to power I will shut this country down on Boxing Day and force employers to give their staff the day off. |
No Boxing day this side of the pond..... 12 o'clock midnight arrives and it's business as usual! Still hasn't sunk in after 18 years here, that's when Christmas ends! |  | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:36 - Sep 4 with 1447 views | wkj |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:33 - Sep 4 by floridablue |
No Boxing day this side of the pond..... 12 o'clock midnight arrives and it's business as usual! Still hasn't sunk in after 18 years here, that's when Christmas ends! |
It isn't that far different to over here Florida. The shops may open a little later on the 26th, but as soon as 12:01 hits - a full shift of people are working over night, even if the doors are closed. | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:39 - Sep 4 with 1444 views | J2BLUE |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:33 - Sep 4 by floridablue |
No Boxing day this side of the pond..... 12 o'clock midnight arrives and it's business as usual! Still hasn't sunk in after 18 years here, that's when Christmas ends! |
I think i'm just pining for my youth. Boxing Day was a bigger day then Christmas with family etc. The only thing we did apart from family stuff was football if Town were at home.
Now it's like Boxing Day is Black Friday 2.0. I don't like it.
I would love the country to shut down from late Christmas Eve afternoon to January 2nd. I know that sounds like hell to some people... | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 06:19 - Sep 5 with 1371 views | Ely_Blue |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:39 - Sep 4 by J2BLUE |
I think i'm just pining for my youth. Boxing Day was a bigger day then Christmas with family etc. The only thing we did apart from family stuff was football if Town were at home.
Now it's like Boxing Day is Black Friday 2.0. I don't like it.
I would love the country to shut down from late Christmas Eve afternoon to January 2nd. I know that sounds like hell to some people... |
So you’re saying retail should be shut on Boxing Day but those selling pies and pints, stewards, planet blue staff, hospitality hosts/chefs etc are all ok to work at a football match because it’s something that you want to do? |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 07:45 - Sep 5 with 1342 views | WeWereZombies |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 06:19 - Sep 5 by Ely_Blue |
So you’re saying retail should be shut on Boxing Day but those selling pies and pints, stewards, planet blue staff, hospitality hosts/chefs etc are all ok to work at a football match because it’s something that you want to do? |
So you're saying that players and coaching staff aren't working on Boxing Day? |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 08:36 - Sep 5 with 1303 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:29 - Sep 4 by wkj |
Having worked intimately in retail as a worker and a store manager, there is absolutely no joy in Christmas for retail workers. Nightshift is the ultimate loser as they are scheduled at 12:01 am boxing day morning to get shops ready for Boxing day.
Not to mention the onslaught of prepping IMS before July is over, then sitting on stock on the stroke of August (although this is getting earlier and earlier)
There are a few things I am more passionate about than setting rules that large chains should remain closed on boxing day, bank holidays, and a mandatory Sunday premium rate.
Granted, boxing day is by far one of the largest spending days in the UK, but if we prolong the Christmas festivities over boxing day and then reopen on the 27th - I can't see how spending would be any less.
In short though, the whole experience of Christmas can be miserable for retail workers. Likely going through stock keeping late October (holiday booking blackout) then 6 weeks of holiday blackout from around December to the first or second week of January. You really are trapped into it at that point, especially now that retail seems to not give people consecutive days off either, which is also horiffic. |
Of course the downside of no Christmas boom is that many stores will go bust. These days many businesses rely on Christmas as their life saver, they go all year plodding along and Christmas is the only time they make the bucks.
I think it’s got out of hand but there needs to be a middle ground, aside from my rant about too many presents I think Christmas is a wonderful time.
I don’t fully agree with your staff comments although I accept some of what you say, I guess it’s an employer thing and people should be paid a bonus. Without Christmas a lot of these people would be out of work. | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 08:46 - Sep 5 with 1293 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 22:50 - Sep 4 by Lord_Lucan |
I say this to my wife every year. I mean FFS you can go down a myriad of corner shops on Christmas Day even and Boxing Day is almost a normal day these days.
Everyone overspends at Christmas. I gotta say, I had to walk out of the room last Christmas when I saw the amount of presents my grandson got. My wife bought too much, my mum bought too much but the amount my daughter and partner bought was absolutely insane. It wasn’t the kids fault but you know what, he never appreciated one present because there was too much, it was a struggle to get them all opened before Christmas dinner. I felt very uncomfortable but kept quiet, if the same thing happens again this year I will have to address it. The adults do it for themselves, not for the kid, I heard it, everyone was saying “Open mine” and afterwards it seemed to be a competition over what present was being played with the most.
I have rambled, I’m sorry. I don’t think I had felt so uncomfortable and powerless for years on that day. It’s not even the fact that some other kids have got nothing, I realise this but there is not much I can do about that. It was more that I just think that it doesn’t do the kids any good. Well, actually, we know it doesn’t. |
This, this and thrice this.
Behind our sofa are a myriad of child’s toys. The grandson is 16 months old. He doesn’t play with any of them for more than a few minutes. He’s more interested in playing with the stones and gravel next to the patio. We may as well buy a bag of stones from Wickes and he’d be perfectly happy...but the missus is already getting “presents for baby boy” in readiness for the festive season. FFS, she even got tins of Quality Street and the like yesterday.
I dread and loathe Christmas nowadays and to be honest would be perfectly happy to feck off fishing until it’s all done and dusted. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 08:58 - Sep 5 with 1284 views | gtsb1966 |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 08:46 - Sep 5 by StochesStotasBlewe |
This, this and thrice this.
Behind our sofa are a myriad of child’s toys. The grandson is 16 months old. He doesn’t play with any of them for more than a few minutes. He’s more interested in playing with the stones and gravel next to the patio. We may as well buy a bag of stones from Wickes and he’d be perfectly happy...but the missus is already getting “presents for baby boy” in readiness for the festive season. FFS, she even got tins of Quality Street and the like yesterday.
I dread and loathe Christmas nowadays and to be honest would be perfectly happy to feck off fishing until it’s all done and dusted. |
Amen to your last paragraph. I don't buy my grandson toys I buy him books and activity items. He gets so much more pleasure out of them. |  | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:06 - Sep 5 with 1276 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 08:58 - Sep 5 by gtsb1966 |
Amen to your last paragraph. I don't buy my grandson toys I buy him books and activity items. He gets so much more pleasure out of them. |
Good man.
I’m a relatively happy chappy for 11 and a half months of the year, but for 2 weeks in December it’s bah bloody humbug. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:11 - Sep 5 with 1273 views | gtsb1966 |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:06 - Sep 5 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Good man.
I’m a relatively happy chappy for 11 and a half months of the year, but for 2 weeks in December it’s bah bloody humbug. |
I make an effort for the grandson but for me it means nothing apart from Xmas eve. I dressed up as father Xmas last Xmas Eve and he nearly fell over with excitement. That made my Xmas . I doubt I'll get away with it this year. The one thing I hate is all the once a year drinkers in the pub around Xmas. Miserable git ain't I  | | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:39 - Sep 5 with 1255 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:06 - Sep 5 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Good man.
I’m a relatively happy chappy for 11 and a half months of the year, but for 2 weeks in December it’s bah bloody humbug. |
Salvation is in cheese and booze!
Edit....oh, and toy profiteering of course. [Post edited 5 Sep 2021 9:42]
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:46 - Sep 5 with 1240 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:11 - Sep 5 by gtsb1966 |
I make an effort for the grandson but for me it means nothing apart from Xmas eve. I dressed up as father Xmas last Xmas Eve and he nearly fell over with excitement. That made my Xmas . I doubt I'll get away with it this year. The one thing I hate is all the once a year drinkers in the pub around Xmas. Miserable git ain't I |
I did the same for my son many years ago. Think that was the last time I really remember enjoying it tbh.
Worked in the garden centre trade for 15 years. Christmas tree sales were a bloody nightmare and the amount of hassle from sourcing the things, mainly from Denmark or Scotland, to actually selling them used to age me considerably. It ruined Tabatha and Tarquins Christmas if the Nordman Spruce wasn’t perfectly symmetrical.
Hopefully now we’ve moved into a cold 2 bedroom place out in the sticks, some of the tight arse Christmas visitors we usually have come over to stay will be a little reluctant to come over for long.
If not, there’s always the man cave to retreat to. | |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 19:07 - Sep 5 with 1178 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 09:11 - Sep 5 by gtsb1966 |
I make an effort for the grandson but for me it means nothing apart from Xmas eve. I dressed up as father Xmas last Xmas Eve and he nearly fell over with excitement. That made my Xmas . I doubt I'll get away with it this year. The one thing I hate is all the once a year drinkers in the pub around Xmas. Miserable git ain't I |
Two dates I refuse to go in the pub - Christmas Eve and NYE | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 19:39 - Sep 5 with 1148 views | DebsyAngel |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:39 - Sep 4 by J2BLUE |
I think i'm just pining for my youth. Boxing Day was a bigger day then Christmas with family etc. The only thing we did apart from family stuff was football if Town were at home.
Now it's like Boxing Day is Black Friday 2.0. I don't like it.
I would love the country to shut down from late Christmas Eve afternoon to January 2nd. I know that sounds like hell to some people... |
Totally agree. I know times have changed now but Christmasses used to be so special when I was a kid. The round of family parties we all attended, nobody wanted to go to the shops!!
I flatly refuse to go to any sales on Boxing Day - cannot understand the mentality of people who queue outside a shop from 4am... feel so sorry for the staff too who get sod all time to spend with their families on Christmas Day because of it. |  | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:05 - Sep 5 with 1136 views | Bluedicea |
Yes and no. They are partly saying this to drive sales now, hoping people will buy what they need ahead of time, to stop potential shortages and lost sales later.
The biggest problem is how they operate, due to globalization, in the late '90's most large retailers went from the warehousing to JIT(Just In Time). This means most large retailers no longer have 100's of warehouses to store products, they sold them off or converted them to stores. They could do this because of the advance of computer technology, being able to order the product you are about to run out of to arrive just before it runs out, this is known as JIT.
Retailers no longer have the large supply in storage that they used to, so when the supply is interrupted it creates a larger knock on effect, such as empty shelves because there is no longer the robustness in the global system.
When the world runs smoothly JIT is the cheapest and most efficient method, yet it is often criticised in this country as we have to Import 40% of our food and if there was a global shutdown (such as a world war) food stocks would only last 3 - 6 months, which shows a lack in the system. This pandemic has actually improved that, many large retailers have recently been trying to increase their warehousing, so should improve the situation over the long term. |  |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:26 - Sep 5 with 1124 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:05 - Sep 5 by Bluedicea |
Yes and no. They are partly saying this to drive sales now, hoping people will buy what they need ahead of time, to stop potential shortages and lost sales later.
The biggest problem is how they operate, due to globalization, in the late '90's most large retailers went from the warehousing to JIT(Just In Time). This means most large retailers no longer have 100's of warehouses to store products, they sold them off or converted them to stores. They could do this because of the advance of computer technology, being able to order the product you are about to run out of to arrive just before it runs out, this is known as JIT.
Retailers no longer have the large supply in storage that they used to, so when the supply is interrupted it creates a larger knock on effect, such as empty shelves because there is no longer the robustness in the global system.
When the world runs smoothly JIT is the cheapest and most efficient method, yet it is often criticised in this country as we have to Import 40% of our food and if there was a global shutdown (such as a world war) food stocks would only last 3 - 6 months, which shows a lack in the system. This pandemic has actually improved that, many large retailers have recently been trying to increase their warehousing, so should improve the situation over the long term. |
When you say large retailers are you talking about the likes of Tesco etc?
When we were talking with Ocado they wanted us to have some system in place that their system spoke to our system every night so as they sold things it would automatically generate orders to us very regularly - rather than the very old fashioned way of ordering what they think they will want for say a month.
This was about 7 years ago and I think the investment for us was about £50k which we probably wouldn’t have done but it all turned to sh1t anyway.
However - the multiples are also buying FOB and the stock genuinely isn’t coming in. Also, many lines are impossible to ship at the moment because the freight prices have made certain low value products unviable. | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:35 - Sep 5 with 1108 views | HARRY10 |
Possibly more a case of not relly grasping what is happening re production and delivery of goods
Othrwise some excellent comments regarding the excess - especially the comments on how we have allowed ourselves to be guided by 'what others will think'.
For family kids, they get my time. That means 'magic' tricks and games. Amazing how long you can keep kids occupied with a simple game of two of them covering a coin and having to guess what the other has. More so when blatant cheating, and new rules are constantly added. Any winner climbs o to the back of the sofa and sings "i am the champion".
Cushion fights are always a winner, though invariable 'get out of hand'. Mostly though, it is not the actual game itself but all the 'malarky around it. A cushion fight between two 6 year olds take a good 5 minutes build up, needs a ref, a time keeper who hits a class with a spoon for the break etc.
All that is needed is a good bit of imagination, plenty of energy/enthusiasm and to be 'one step ahead'. It can be a cliché, but genuinely kids just want your time. They will accept an adult telling them the rules or how the game is to be played rather than it coming from one of them.
The over buying seems to be based on the notion that they will have visitors (who will not have eaten for the past few days) and so will need a 'spread' that would shame any medieval royal banquet. I used to take delight in winding up folk by taking a tupperware box with me, and when asked if I would like something to eat ask if I could take a box full with me instead - to give to the local drunk etc as he will have spent his money or booze not food, and so will welcome some food to help him out.
It is not often that you will hear respectable women say the words " you can fck off with that for a start".
Otherwise perhaps you could explain to the lady (it usually is) who is buying the food, that you do not need pickled red cabbage, piccalilli, dates in a box, a bottle of advocaat, shortbread biscuits in a tin with a highland or dog image, nuts in a bag..... or even sprouts. The latter being something that would not be served were it not supposedly 'traditional'
And yes, there will be a shortage of many items, if only that many meat products are usually being made over 6 months before Xmas. They currently are not and there is no likelihood they will start to be.
"Shockingly farmers face killing 100,000 pigs due to post-Brexit butchers’ shortage."
Were the meat processing industry to start back at full capacity tomorrow, there would still be shortages due to the already lost months. However, due to the nature of the work (slaughterhouse etc) there is NO likelihood of UK workers filling the gaps. Unfortunately this will only get worse as the back log increases, and with birth to slaughter being 10 months minimum there are tens of thousands of pigs still in the 'pipeline', coming on stream at around an excess of 15,000 per week that cannot not be slaughtered/processed.
Let's hope that as a Laplander Father Xmas can get his work visa processed quicker than other no UK workers, and that it allows him to 'work' at more than one place of work, as now - hence some of the shortage. Still I am sure at this very moment Farage is organising another march from the north bringing tens of thousands of brexiteers to take up the jobs the naughty EU migrants are no longer stealing. | | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:43 - Sep 5 with 1104 views | Ace_High1 |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 23:39 - Sep 4 by J2BLUE |
I think i'm just pining for my youth. Boxing Day was a bigger day then Christmas with family etc. The only thing we did apart from family stuff was football if Town were at home.
Now it's like Boxing Day is Black Friday 2.0. I don't like it.
I would love the country to shut down from late Christmas Eve afternoon to January 2nd. I know that sounds like hell to some people... |
Different for different people.
As we have discussed before, my idea of hell is Christmas.
I have a flight booked 23rd Dec and return 3rd - bright sun and 30 degree weather if everything goes to plan! |  | | |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:57 - Sep 5 with 1099 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:35 - Sep 5 by HARRY10 |
Possibly more a case of not relly grasping what is happening re production and delivery of goods
Othrwise some excellent comments regarding the excess - especially the comments on how we have allowed ourselves to be guided by 'what others will think'.
For family kids, they get my time. That means 'magic' tricks and games. Amazing how long you can keep kids occupied with a simple game of two of them covering a coin and having to guess what the other has. More so when blatant cheating, and new rules are constantly added. Any winner climbs o to the back of the sofa and sings "i am the champion".
Cushion fights are always a winner, though invariable 'get out of hand'. Mostly though, it is not the actual game itself but all the 'malarky around it. A cushion fight between two 6 year olds take a good 5 minutes build up, needs a ref, a time keeper who hits a class with a spoon for the break etc.
All that is needed is a good bit of imagination, plenty of energy/enthusiasm and to be 'one step ahead'. It can be a cliché, but genuinely kids just want your time. They will accept an adult telling them the rules or how the game is to be played rather than it coming from one of them.
The over buying seems to be based on the notion that they will have visitors (who will not have eaten for the past few days) and so will need a 'spread' that would shame any medieval royal banquet. I used to take delight in winding up folk by taking a tupperware box with me, and when asked if I would like something to eat ask if I could take a box full with me instead - to give to the local drunk etc as he will have spent his money or booze not food, and so will welcome some food to help him out.
It is not often that you will hear respectable women say the words " you can fck off with that for a start".
Otherwise perhaps you could explain to the lady (it usually is) who is buying the food, that you do not need pickled red cabbage, piccalilli, dates in a box, a bottle of advocaat, shortbread biscuits in a tin with a highland or dog image, nuts in a bag..... or even sprouts. The latter being something that would not be served were it not supposedly 'traditional'
And yes, there will be a shortage of many items, if only that many meat products are usually being made over 6 months before Xmas. They currently are not and there is no likelihood they will start to be.
"Shockingly farmers face killing 100,000 pigs due to post-Brexit butchers’ shortage."
Were the meat processing industry to start back at full capacity tomorrow, there would still be shortages due to the already lost months. However, due to the nature of the work (slaughterhouse etc) there is NO likelihood of UK workers filling the gaps. Unfortunately this will only get worse as the back log increases, and with birth to slaughter being 10 months minimum there are tens of thousands of pigs still in the 'pipeline', coming on stream at around an excess of 15,000 per week that cannot not be slaughtered/processed.
Let's hope that as a Laplander Father Xmas can get his work visa processed quicker than other no UK workers, and that it allows him to 'work' at more than one place of work, as now - hence some of the shortage. Still I am sure at this very moment Farage is organising another march from the north bringing tens of thousands of brexiteers to take up the jobs the naughty EU migrants are no longer stealing. |
I like sprouts. | |
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| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 21:00 - Sep 5 with 1098 views | wkj |
| Christmas Shortage Warnings on 20:43 - Sep 5 by Ace_High1 |
Different for different people.
As we have discussed before, my idea of hell is Christmas.
I have a flight booked 23rd Dec and return 3rd - bright sun and 30 degree weather if everything goes to plan! |
Very interesting how for yourself, and many others - that despite not enjoying Christmas, it forces you to do something special in order to avoid it. | |
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