War in our Supermarkets

People coming to blows over toilet paper?  What is the world coming to?  In our local supermarket, people were in a more benevolent if somewhat subdued mood.  Pensioners and NHS staff staring at empty shelves are just some of the heartbreaking images we have seen in the past few weeks, and I must say it was very odd to walk around a supermarket usually crammed with items, now greatly depleted.  But it wasn't just the empty shelves; the mood had changed.  People exchanged glances and smiles, collective sighs and moans about the lack of everything.  We chatted to a few different people as we walked round - how often does that happen on a normal shop?  Everyone usually ignores one another.  But this was comradeship - something the British are very good at.  And the only thing that we are even better at is collective moaning - this time against the virus rather than the weather (which is the usual subject, along with road systems and traffic).