No Bacon, No Bath Tissue: Panic Buying Returns on Covid Jump

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48. Some of the responses in this topic are why I'd been having to shop more often during the pandemic.

Before, I'd normally make one large shopping trip a month to buy, well, everything for the month.

I wouldn't consider it hoarding. It's all stuff that I'll be using throughout the month, I'm not buying it with the expectation of sitting on it for months or years.

Now that the pandemic has struck though, I'm in a odd situation. Do I make my bulk purchase at the start of the month, and become a (As Catbyte and Louis-t say) a awful, unpatriotic, and selfish pig? Or do I make repeated trips, only buying what I have a immediate need for?

My car has been getting a lot more mileage these past months. I'd love to be able to make one purchase that'll last me for the month, but it's a fine balance between 'asshole who deprives other families of what they need', and 'person trying to minimize outside contact as to not get sick'.