Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post

Considering that a ridiculously large number of Aussies seem to go into what I dub "Armageddon Mode" whenever a public holiday rocks around, where people seem to rush to every supermarket in droves and buy up groceries like there is no tomorrow - I don't get it, are people unable to go without shopping for a day or something?
(Maybe I've got too much of my parent's "Make Do" attitude? )
HAHA,
I used to work at coles and always dreaded the day before a closed shop public holiday! the inundation of customers was more often than not more than my store could cope with. I too found it amusing that so many people went into an "Armageddon mode" never heard it described like that before.