Have you ever refrained telling friends or family about certain foods/things you find at a store?

[jukeboxhero2396]

It honestly has been something I have been doing lately so I can get the things I like in stock. Where I live, once word of mouth spreads about something and is bought out, it can be a while until something comes back in stock. Downsides of being in a small town I guess.

 

[Eros]

no? they're my friends and family, i want them to get shit too.

 

[xxracerxx]

Tell us what these items are, we don't live near you and I need to know what you find so precious.

 

[Serule]

lf it's more exotic than chicken nuggets nobody in my extended family will touch it

 

[Volimar]

That sounds really selfish, but more to the point, it's likely that strangers will deplete stock way faster than friends and family you've told.

 

[sfedai0]

Thats weird as shit OP. I cant even remember the last time I discussed what I bought at a store with anyone.

 

[cubanb]

hoarder!

 

[TaySan]

Nope i never really discuss groceries like that with anyone.

 

[fontguy]

I've never lived anywhere with a small enough population that my keeping quiet would have any appreciable effect.

But if I did?

Fuck everyone else. These Cheese Nibblums are mine.

 

[Adam_Roman]

Nah, I do the opposite, if anything. My brother used to love that Gardetto's pub mix, and to this day I tell him when I see it in a store since they never keep it for more than a week or two. I don't think he's bought it in like 8 years but he never tells me to not bother looking for it. And I have a handful of friends who watch for seasonal sodas like Baja Blast.

 

[Deimos]

I've never lived anywhere with a small enough population that my keeping quiet would have any appreciable effect.

But if I did?

Fuck everyone else. These Cheese Nibblums are mine.

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Who told you about the Cheese Nibblums!?

 

[Taco_Human]

Tell us what these items are, we don't live near you and I need to know what you find so precious.

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haha we're all feeling this right? I love these words

 

[echoshifting]

Were you one of those kids who would hide the action figure you wanted in the wrong section of the toy store until you could afford to buy it

 

[Randam]

there never was any kind of food, I would want to tell people about.

 

[Thordinson]

Never. I've never even thought about it.

 

[bbg_g]

Nah this sound selfish as hell. Also if the product is out of stock more often, guess what chances are the store will do larger orders for more stock!

 

[Bengraven]

No but I refuse to tell anyone online when I see collector things I want in my small town because one of them fucks will drive 2 hours away for that Marvel Legend and look under the shelves for anything hidden.

 

[kubev]

This is such a strange thing to do. I mean, unless you're buying all this stuff up yourself, what's the end goal to this? To allow a bunch of randos to buy up stock before your beloved friends and family members notice this stuff is available?

 

[Darth Karja]

No. I work in Inventory Management for a grocery chain. I'm not going to talk inventory in my free time

 

[thewienke]

I live in a small town too and it's mostly that there's zero selection at the store to begin with. Can't get decent bread to save my life and the nearest bakery is over an hour away (all highway miles too!).

The biggest thing for me that constantly runs out is just regular ass caffeine free Diet Coke.

Living in central Missouri fucking blows chunks.

 

[Random Painted Highway]

Bizarre. Do you hide the products behind other items as well?

 

[dennett316]

No, I usually bring them shit home to try and see if they like it too...can't really relate to your way of doing things OP, sorry.

 

[julia crawford]

of course, when i'm happy the very last thing i want is for someone else to be happy as well

 

[Post Reply]

I know the struggle OP and there's a couple of things I enjoy that I don't tell anyone else about for that same reason. Shit's already hard enough for me to find consistently.

 

[Soundscream]

No....

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Were you one of those kids who would hide the action figure you wanted in the wrong section of the toy store until you could afford to buy it

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when i was a kid i got in trouble at a comic store cuz i was hiding new issues i wanted in obscure back issue boxes cuz I could only pick out 3 or 4 comics a week, so the extra ones I wanted really bad had to wait another week or two. it took a long time for them to catch me

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

…wat

 

[Watershed]

Maybe it's a small town, limited resources thing, but the OP's behavior seems weird and selfish af.