Report from the field. Queens, NY. I am fortunate to have 3 supermarkets within 3 blocks of my apartment building. The closest and the one I most frequent is probably 50 steps away.
This supermarket has large glass windows so I can easily look in from the street and see the check out area. Unfortunately about 2-3 weeks ago the store removed 4 of 7 cash registers and replaced them with self checkout things. That did not help when the big push arrived.
I noticed walking by last Thursday evening that things were starting to get a little crazy in the store and they stayed like that all weekend. So this morning I decided to take a chance and go into the store for a few things while the public schools were still in session. Much more busier than a regular Monday morning but manageable. All in all the store wasn’t in too bad of a shape. Restocking had already begun. The meat section was wiped out. I did observe one instance of what looked like hoarding to me. Middle aged couple at one of the 3 registers with 2 shopping carts jammed. I counted 5 dozen eggs, multiples of other products etc.
So I plead guilty. I hoarded. I bought a second can of coffee just in case.