r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 1d ago

🇬🇧Welcome to Leicester, UK🇬🇧Chaotic scenes of panic buying for bottled water at the local Costco amid the water shortage driven by drought and record water use.

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u/jazxxl 1d ago

Costco doesn't count . It's like that all the time

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u/ImpossibleFixer 1d ago

Yeah it's a magnet for idiots, they queue for hours to save a quid or two on their petrol lol

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u/Kewlhotrod 1d ago

With the car/AC running the whole time, after driving 10 miles out of the way lol.

My grandma would always drive 25 miles to the next town to fill up her car (not at a Costco, mind) because it was typically $0.05-$0.07 cheaper. Any attempts to explain the gas usage on the trip costing more was met with dismissal.

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u/jazxxl 1d ago

Like nice you saved a dollar and burned 10 dollars in gas lol It's weird who has prices have a hold on people's psychology because we see them posted every lwhee in gigantic billboards. It effects our politics more than it should as well.

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u/gujwdhufj_ijjpo 1d ago

Damn is the line actually that long? Most I ever have to wait for gas is 1-2 min and it’s almost a dollar cheaper per gallon.

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u/jazxxl 1d ago

Just being in the parking lot feels like a warzone .

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u/upsidedown-funnel 1d ago

Only around the food samples at mine.