Panic On The Streets?
Mar. 13th, 2020 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe TV news has been dealing out footage of town centres with nobody in them and empty stores with empty shelves...
Yesterday we were in Crawley. The Aldi in Manor Royal was crammed. The guy on our till said it had been madly busy all morning. The only items that seemed to be in short supply were packs of toilet rolls.
(Why- of all things- have we had this run on toilet rolls?)
Afterwards we went to Nymans to see the Spring flowers. Had people decided that visiting National Trust properties was a risky venture they were better off avoiding? Not at all. The car park was full, the café was full, there was a school party doing the rounds...
Yesterday we were in Crawley. The Aldi in Manor Royal was crammed. The guy on our till said it had been madly busy all morning. The only items that seemed to be in short supply were packs of toilet rolls.
(Why- of all things- have we had this run on toilet rolls?)
Afterwards we went to Nymans to see the Spring flowers. Had people decided that visiting National Trust properties was a risky venture they were better off avoiding? Not at all. The car park was full, the café was full, there was a school party doing the rounds...
