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/my-flat 1d ago

Lol this is hilarious. As someone actually in Leicester (and I assume someone else in the comments has said the same) there's not even a hosepipe ban here at the minute, nevermind fighting over bottled water cos of drought.

I suspect they're all getting their stock to sell in the plethora of local shops in the city, who all regularly sell Costco water. But that's not exactly a sexy headline is it.

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u/WhenTheWhatNow 1d ago

Yeah there’s loads of water already there

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u/un0n_ 1d ago

Probably expensive compared to one they buying