Mums condemn limits at supermarkets amid coronavirus stockpiling
Frustrated Australian mums have taken to Facebook to criticise the limits enforced on household goods at supermarkets.
In recent weeks, limits have been introduced at grocers on various items, including toilet paper, rice and hand sanitiser. Authorities have also urged Australians to refrain from stockpiling supplies.
But mums have argued that the limit is preventing them from acquiring goods for their big families, with one sharing her experience shopping for her eight children in the Budgeting, Food, Stockpiling, Savings, Ideas, Life Help Australia Facebook group.
“I was at Woolworths this morning to get some things I could not get last week and this smartass b**ch in front of me at the checkout kept looking at my stuff and shaking her head,” she wrote.
“[She] then asked the lady at the register if those paper towels were for sale, the lady said, ‘yes you can have two packets’, she said, ‘no I only want one’, and looked at me and said, ‘I am not greedy’.
“I said, ‘WTF come talk to me when you (are) feeding eight kids and not one … None of the stuff I bought had restrictions on them and no it’s not for my stockpile, it’s just stuff I could not get last week!”
The post prompted other mums to share the difficulties they had faced to buy groceries for their families.
“I have eight kids with five at home, these limits are killing me. I have to try and shop every two days to try and get what I need,” one wrote. “My trolley was FULL and people were sniggering about me and my panic buying mode — umm this was about a five day worth shop.”
“We get filthy looks for buying 12 cartons of rice milk last week and again today! I have a dairy-free child and this is a weeks’ worth for us,” another shared.
One woman advised other shoppers to make an online order instead. “Shop online. Just did a $600 shop & not one single judgmental look.”