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Day 4 - Thursday 19th March 2020

Location: London, UK

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

 Food

 I love food and I think about food most of the time

 We all need to eat and food (and toilet paper) seem to be sending people bonkers.

 I get it, we don't know what's going to happen.  We don't know when this will end.  We don't want to starve.  We are used to being able to get any food, any time.

 The supermarkets assure us there is enough food, so let's believe them and dial down the crazy.

 We all have ridiculous empty supermarket shelve stories so I won't share mine, but I will share how I tried to buy bananas from a small independent shop, he tried to charge me £5 for about 10 bananas.  I declined to buy them.  I used slightly more colourful language in my head but you don't need to hear that.

 My biggest concern right now is waste.  I hate waste.  I truly hope that all of the fresh fruit, vegetables and bread that have been purchased by the tonne are being eaten and used.  If any of it is wasted, at all, I hope the people doing so hang their heads in shame as they have literally taken food out of someone else's mouth.

 On a lighter note...

 Three cheers to Pret:

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