Comments on: Hey S.F., Bay Area People – Stop Hoarding Giant Bags of Rice!

By: paul a'barge

paul a'barge — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:42:50 +0000

You folks who marvel at 200 lb bags of rice do realize (do you not) that small restaurant owners buy much of their products from Costco and Sams Club and Walmart?

Get a grip, grow a pair and get a life.

By: sfcitizen

sfcitizen — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:52:49 +0000

Rice still strikes me as being pretty cheap, even after the recent doubling in price for some types.

If things go back to normal fairly soon, then stocking up on a lot of extra rice will look kind of dumb, that’s for sure.

By: incongruities

incongruities — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:10:10 +0000

“…we’ll all look back and laugh.”

Except for all the idiots that have a ton of rice stacked up in their living room that costs three time more than it’s worth.

By: speedwell

speedwell — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:55:16 +0000

We are vegetarians and we buy rice in tremendous amounts, but not like these folks. From personal experience, I guarantee the wastage due to rice bugs developing eventually will outweigh the amount of rice actually eaten by possibly as much as double.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:55:25 +0000

The mind boggles at the thought of a person who considers 200 pounds of rice to be “several days worth”.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:31:58 +0000

You say ‘hoarding’ like its a bad thing. Modern inventory management systems mean most stores have only a few days of inventory in stock at any one time. Even the Red Cross and FEMA, hardly paranoid survivalist organisations, recommend having several days worth of food and water on hand. In a natural disaster you can take care of yourself without joining the crowd rushing to clear the shelves. It is sad that it takes a panic to get Californians to do this, but your own words apply to stockpiling also: it too will sort itself out.