Global Supply Chain Crisis 2021: Megathread - A cozy thread for watching the supply chain fall apart just in time for the holidays

[benutz]

This has been going on for months but now that the media's taken notice of it and shat out some articles the problem ends up far worse because the retards are panic buying just like it's March/April 2020. No wonder most governments in history censored the press.

There is no doubt the media fearmonger and make it worse. It's all part of the game plan though. I'm sure you realise this. What you say is true. But it's 'rules of the game'. Another case in point:

Boris calls in the Army: Hundreds of soldiers could be scrambled to drive fuel trucks and Government scraps competition laws to tackle petrol crisis set to last a week as up to 90 per cent of forecourts run dry​

Boris calls in the Army: Hundreds of soldiers could be scrambled to d…

archived 26 Sep 2021 22:31:41 UTC

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• Chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association said panic buying had caused 'serious problems' for stock levels
• And oil giant BP said nearly a third of their petrol stations in Britain had run out of fuel
• Boris Johnson is considering calling in the Army to deliver fuel to petrol stations running dry across the UK
• Ministers will consider drafting in troops to deliver petrol and diesel later this week if panic-buying persists

Yeah, because of you, you fuckers! ((c) Bill Hicks)


We recently saw the army have to come in to drive fucking Ambulances in Scotland, because reasons. Another day, another dollar!

Get a load of this as well!

Smart motorways' horrors exposed: Undercover probe finds one in 10 vital safety cameras is not working... and the failings are so bad that staff are caught on tape saying 'start praying to your God'​

Smart motorways' horrors exposed: Undercover probe finds one in 10 vi…

archived 26 Sep 2021 22:32:09 UTC

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It was never going to work. People were always going to die. And they have. I worked in highway mainenance and it's one thing to experience the rush that cops and LEO get when you switch on your flashing light, but it's another to be at a side of a road that has not been properly cordoned off yet and traffic is whizzing past at 70/80Mph. Might not sound like much, but we are but meat and bones. A car or small truck travelling at that speed is more deadly than a bullet if it even clips you.

Oh wow, who would have ever guessed. Not having a hard shoulder to shelter would lead to greater fatalities. They always knew it would. They just finagled it so it got passed, and it did, and people died, and now those same people that passed it get to set up inquiries to see where things went wrong and to tell the public no stone will go unturned and lessons will be learned. Heads on fucking sticks time and not in minecraft. Not sorry.

I came very close to death several times out there. And I was young and fit and healthy and getting paid for the risks I took. I swerved around cars travelling at 100Kmh the way some people swerve around fucking tennis balls.

No punter or common or garden motorist should have to find themselves in that position at 80 years of age or wtf. Again, criminality by those in power, no responsibility to be taken. Cunts.

Anyway, never mind all that. Let's send in the army for the HGV driver shortage shall we?

Got a mate who used to be in the paras and he made a very good living out of HGV driving. Doddle to him. Wasn't a piss-taker. Didn't like to be unemployed. Named his lorry after his G/F. LOL. And he loves his G/F. Can't wait to get home to her every week. But he has to work. Even got left money by his deceased father. Bought his own little shitty house in the West Country for them both to live in. Even plays Squash once a week on Sundays on his day off. Chap!

The armed forces were recruited to take over the HGV driver shortage several years back. Ex-armed forces, of course, I mean. And they did take up a bit of slack. But same rules of the game: didn't pay them enough, shitty working conditions.

My mate lucked out because he was West Country and found a haulage place that was willing to give him perks because they knew he was solid as fuck. Which he was. Lost touch with him now, prolly still driving trucks. Named after his G/F.

Join the army!

Drive an ambulance!

Drive a Tesco delivery van!


We'll even let you write the name of your g/f on the front, just like they did in Vietnam.

Become a steely-eyed driver of trucks!

 

[mandatorylurk]

Would you want to buy a durable good or vehicle made in the current year, even if you have something older? It's one thing to have this shortage, but we also have to factor in training/workers having to get back to normal and not having things up to old quality just because they need to get it out on the shelves or in the lot.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I notice the military keeps getting called out to fix the mistakes the politicians keep making. Lose half your school bus drivers because you mandated the vaxx? Just call in the National Guard. Critical truck driver shortage because of your bullshit? Get the military! I don't like where this trend is going, not one bit.

This is likely headed the same way as the Chinese virus scamdemic where the bullshit the elites were doing (pointless virus research, squeezing more money out of businesses via logistics) all comes home at once and the idiocy of the government and media makes matters infinitely worse.

 

[D_Tractor]

Would you want to buy a durable good or vehicle made in the current year, even if you have something older? It's one thing to have this shortage, but we also have to factor in training/workers having to get back to normal and not having things up to old quality just because they need to get it out on the shelves or in the lot.

https://www.cars.com/articles/see-the-rust-under-our-brand-new-2021-ford-f-150-432957/

 

[Jump]

https://www.cars.com/articles/see-the-rust-under-our-brand-new-2021-ford-f-150-432957/

Looks like they skimped on painting/E-coating the axles and suspension parts. Just sending them out with bare steal that will rust instantly. Not really a big deal for thick cast iron stuff like the axle housing but stuff like the shock brackets is going to rot off in no time. Imagine paying 70K for this garbage.

 

[Leslie Nielsen]

Looks like they skimped on painting/E-coating the axles and suspension parts. Just sending them out with bare steal that will rust instantly. Not really a big deal for thick cast iron stuff like the axle housing but stuff like the shock brackets is going to rot off in no time. Imagine paying 70K for this garbage.

This has been a common problem for Fords for a long time, since the 05? f150s. for some reason, ford is the only manufacturer that doesn't coat their axles. Their response to complaints was basically "that's normal."

 

[Raze]

I'm in a Florida city (population around 300k - 400k). I live outside a very populated University in a suburb near the downtown area.

Can confirm gatorade is oddly out of stock at every Publix I've been to 24/7 and Walmart, as is a lot of furniture and electronics at said Walmart. Good luck buying a microwave or toaster if yours breaks around here. College kids bought 'em all and they haven't restocked since.
A lot of drinks and plastic bottle goods are generally absent from grocery store shelves (including water, of all things). I'm not noticing any food shortages or stuff like TP. I'm serious about Gatorade being practically wiped from stores except for orange flavor. Guess why Floridians don't buy orange gatorade?

Gas stations and pharmacies aren't doing too hot. I'm used to such places having 24/7 full stock all year round. Both routinely have entire fridges empty of drinks- I'll try and snap a pic of my local CVS's four consecutive empty fridges when possible. They aren't getting stocked with drinks or food, they JUST got a new shipment of hotpockets (lmao), but I'd assume priority is going to groceries and restaurants. A gas station near me is out of quite a few beers and drinks, and they're covering it up by just spreading existing stock out. They still have plenty of junk food though.

Restaurant prices are getting higher near me and I'm used to paying real cheap for restaurant food. As of now, I'm pretty much used to being told whatever I try and order is out of stock by this point; be it ingredients for a meal or pumpkin spice for a latte. Yes, I'm white.
Seriously though, Starbucks is out of everything consistently nowadays.

 

[contradiction of terns]

I am sick with a 101 fever and won't be doing any updates tonight, but I've checked out a lot of the stuff you guys posted and there are definitely things I want to add to the OP.

I will also try to start getting the expected shortages list populated as soon as I can, but I'm too stoned off benedryl to be productive ATM. Sorry.

I notice the military keeps getting called out to fix the mistakes the politicians keep making. Lose half your school bus drivers because you mandated the vaxx? Just call in the National Guard. Critical truck driver shortage because of your bullshit? Get the military! I don't like where this trend is going, not one bit.

Spoiler: A tale as old as time

The Nat Gs get mobilized for all kinds of things. When the government really wants things to get better it can be fine; they were a big part of cleaning up New Orleans after Katrina.

But other times you get Kent State.

So feeling nervous is pretty reasonable, I suppose.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

This has been a common problem for Fords for a long time, since the 05? f150s. for some reason, ford is the only manufacturer that doesn't coat their axles. Their response to complaints was basically "that's normal."

They call them "Found On Roadside Dead" for a reason. But I've heard a lot of cars these days are shitty compared to cars of the 80s-00s, even the Hondas and Toyotas that used to be the gold standard for reliability. I wouldn't be surprised if some of it is deliberate on their part so people buy more cars and buy more parts to fix their cars, especially since these are the same people who don't want you to work on your vehicle.

I can't think many good things that came from adding complicated electronics and the internet to your car (at least not until I can have a self-driving car because I'm a lazy bastard who hates driving, but guarantee they'll fuck that up in so many ways). All it does is introduce more points of failure.

Spoiler: A tale as old as time

The Nat Gs get mobilized for all kinds of things. When the government really wants things to get better it can be fine; they were a big part of cleaning up New Orleans after Katrina.

But other times you get Kent State.

So feeling nervous is pretty reasonable, I suppose.

It's more just that if you hear the NG is driving trucks or schoolbuses, you think they're driving some sort of military vehicle and they're doing it because a hurricane or tornado outbreak just fucked up half the state and they'll be gone in a few weeks and things will be back to normal.

But not this time. There's no end in sight to how long the military will need to do the jobs ordinary CDL drivers do. This isn't like Ronnie Raygun and the PATCO strike (or anything similar) because you can't just hire tens of thousands of new CDL drivers overnight, at least not with the conditions you gave them like "take our shoddy vaxx or lose your job."

 

[Leslie Nielsen]

They call them "Found On Roadside Dead" for a reason. But I've heard a lot of cars these days are shitty compared to cars of the 80s-00s, even the Hondas and Toyotas that used to be the gold standard for reliability. I wouldn't be surprised if some of it is deliberate on their part so people buy more cars and buy more parts to fix their cars, especially since these are the same people who don't want you to work on your vehicle.

I can't think many good things that came from adding complicated electronics and the internet to your car (at least not until I can have a self-driving car because I'm a lazy bastard who hates driving, but guarantee they'll fuck that up in so many ways). All it does is introduce more points of failure.

I could shit on modern cars for hours easily, especially domestics like Ford and GM. I genuinely think vehicles peaked in the 2000s and 2008 is when they started going to shit. Even then, cars were starting to get complicated, but most issues could be figured out with a standard obd2 scanner. Modern cars are designed specifically so that you'll have to bring them to the dealer, since they're the only ones who have the specialized tools on their vehicles. The tools are also astronomically priced so that independent shops have to spend a fortune on them. Add yeah, I agree Japanese brands have started to slip, but they managed to avoid completely embarrassing themselves like GM did during the recession. Seriously, sit in a 2008-12 Gm vehicle - cheap interiors and shit engines was their staple, still kinda are.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Will this effect prescription medication I just wonder if I should stock up now

Good luck stocking up on anything schedule 2. The rules are pretty strict.

Anyone hoarding soda? Carbonation is apparently hard to come by because of no one driving, making ethanol less in demand, making the byproduct -CO2- rare or something.

I dunno sounds lame.

Anyone with a fizzwater addiction should maybe be prepared to drink something else for a while, just in case.

CO2 supply tightens in some US states

Some areas in the United States are seeing a tightening in supply of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to CO2 suppliers and distributors.

www.gasworld.com

CO2 supply tightens in some US states | News | gasworld

archived 26 Sep 2021 02:08:00 UTC

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My favorite caffeinated Sparkling Light flavors are out of stock in my area right now. Only drink them a few times a week, so not too worried about going meth head crazy from cravings. Now a Premier shake and dark roast coffee shortage would be the biggest first world problem to ever have.

I love chicken quarters, it always pisses me off when panic sets in because they are the first thing to go because of cost. After the intial Covid madness we went months without a fully functional and fully stocked meat store. I dont know who the fuck was buying so much shit the local grocery stores looked like something you would see in the Soviet Union

A lot of the panic bought food also went to waste.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I don't get how soft drinks run out. This shit is sugar, water and food coloring. You can make it locally for practically nothing but labour cost and electricity bill, yet it's being imported?

 

[Mr Bunny]

The government seriously needs to get on top of this, gatorade is a human right.

 

[potato in mah painus]

They call them "Found On Roadside Dead" for a reason. But I've heard a lot of cars these days are shitty compared to cars of the 80s-00s, even the Hondas and Toyotas that used to be the gold standard for reliability. I wouldn't be surprised if some of it is deliberate on their part so people buy more cars and buy more parts to fix their cars, especially since these are the same people who don't want you to work on your vehicle.

I can't think many good things that came from adding complicated electronics and the internet to your car (at least not until I can have a self-driving car because I'm a lazy bastard who hates driving, but guarantee they'll fuck that up in so many ways). All it does is introduce more points of failure.

It's more just that if you hear the NG is driving trucks or schoolbuses, you think they're driving some sort of military vehicle and they're doing it because a hurricane or tornado outbreak just fucked up half the state and they'll be gone in a few weeks and things will be back to normal.

But not this time. There's no end in sight to how long the military will need to do the jobs ordinary CDL drivers do. This isn't like Ronnie Raygun and the PATCO strike (or anything similar) because you can't just hire tens of thousands of new CDL drivers overnight, at least not with the conditions you gave them like "take our shoddy vaxx or lose your job."

I have someone in my circle that has a 2018 make vehicle and the amount of odds and ends broken on the thing by the 70K mile mark was insane. Failed door motors, a failed window motor, failed oil filter manafold, failed blower motor, failed rear blower motor, and a electrically dead rear passenger door that you can't open period. Nearly $5000 in repairs on just odds and ends alone, not counting general maintenance of the vehicle.

Its straight up batshit insane for a $40k vehicle, stuff like that should last the life of the vehicle and not less then 100k.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

I have someone in my circle that has a 2018 make vehicle and the amount of odds and ends broken on the thing by the 70K mile mark was insane. Failed door motors, a failed window motor, failed oil filter manafold, failed blower motor, failed rear blower motor, and a electrically dead rear passenger door that you can't open period. Nearly $5000 in repairs on just odds and ends alone, not counting general maintenance of the vehicle.

Its straight up batshit insane for a $40k vehicle, stuff like that should last the life of the vehicle and not less then 100k.

A 2018 car with all that going bad so soon? What make and model?

 

[Übertroon]

I could shit on modern cars for hours easily, especially domestics like Ford and GM. I genuinely think vehicles peaked in the 2000s and 2008 is when they started going to shit. Even then, cars were starting to get complicated, but most issues could be figured out with a standard obd2 scanner. Modern cars are designed specifically so that you'll have to bring them to the dealer, since they're the only ones who have the specialized tools on their vehicles. The tools are also astronomically priced so that independent shops have to spend a fortune on them. Add yeah, I agree Japanese brands have started to slip, but they managed to avoid completely embarrassing themselves like GM did during the recession. Seriously, sit in a 2008-12 Gm vehicle - cheap interiors and shit engines was their staple, still kinda are.

I have a 2001 Skoda Octavia as a beater car. There's currently a spider living behind the sideview mirror I haven't dealt with, and he keeps spinning a new web each time I have to use the car which is like twice a week.

Still runs fine though. Had to replace the battery a few years ago, and when I bought it the suspension had to be replaced because of rust. But beside that it just keeps going. Told myself that I'll get a new car when the old breaks down for five years now.

 

[Sped Xing]

Good luck stocking up on anything schedule 2. The rules are pretty strict.

Cocaine is schedule 2. I recommend 5 gallon plastic buckets.

 

[teriyakiburns]

Asda have programmed their pumps to only spit out a maximum of £30 of fuel, even though the station has not once run out of fuel the entire time of this "shortage". That nets me about a third of a tank. Great.

I genuinely think vehicles peaked in the 2000s and 2008 is when they started going to shit. Even then, cars were starting to get complicated, but most issues could be figured out with a standard obd2 scanner.

This is the reason I've never bought a car newer than that. Both of mine are from that period and both, with a little care, will probably still be running when the current generation of cars are rusting shitheaps. I might stretch to 2011 for a Freelander or some other SUV of a similar stature, given they were generally a generation behind everything else when they were brand new.

I don't get how soft drinks run out. This shit is sugar, water and food coloring. You can make it locally for practically nothing but labour cost and electricity bill, yet it's being imported?

No, it's stuck at distribution centres.

 

[Maurice Caine]

I notice the military keeps getting called out to fix the mistakes the politicians keep making. Lose half your school bus drivers because you mandated the vaxx? Just call in the National Guard. Critical truck driver shortage because of your bullshit? Get the military! I don't like where this trend is going, not one bit.

Happens more than you'd like to think.

 

[Hecate]

chiming in on shortages I've noticed. I'm in central CA (not for very long thank god) and have seen many things go in and out of stock for a while now. the biggest thing that I've noticed during covid is my local grocery stores will stock brand new items that I've never seen in store before to mitigate how bad it looks to have empty shelves. it was something I noticed early on in the meat and produce isles. more "exotic" (and more importantly in season) produce started showing up coming in from Mexico, despite being literally smack dab in the middle of America's bread basket. the variety of cuts for meat started getting slimmer, and more "primal", larger cuts were being sold, despite them not being offered before. things like smoked pigs feet, ham hocks, chicken hearts, tripe, and beef neck bones started showing up in the frozen section. strangest thing about them is they never have a best by date printed on them anywhere, despite having a spot on the label where it's supposed to be. cheaper cuts of beef average around $5 per lbs (cheaper if getting a primal cut) and whole bagged chicken has gone up for the first time in 5 years. milk and eggs have remained the same price and stay in stock, but the variety of yogurts, cheese, and butter has gone down hard.
animal feed has gone up in price, variety has gone down, and trying to find certain types of hay has been impossible. in terms of stock normally held it seems that locally owned animal stores are having an easier time keeping items on the shelves.

this past month has been significantly different though. most fast food places in my area will not sell certain items due to not having the right packaging, and most places have their most common items wrapped in plain unbranded wax paper. places like del taco, Jack in the box, and McDonald's either won't have cups, or only have plain white plastic cups in just 1 size. sourcing any kind of plastic bucket has been extremely difficult regardless of what store you go to, and single use cups and plates are also always nearly out of stock. this hasn't happened at any grocery stores yet, but I've noticed my local Wal-Mart has reduced the number of isles they used to have, as all of the walking spaces have gotten almost a whole shopping cart wider around the store. the Starbucks near my local Wal-Mart actually closed entirely due to not being able to source plastic cups. more common processed foods have started to become scarce at the grocery when before they werent, and ive noticed that the grocery store's in house bakery has a harder time keeping bread and pastries in stock.

it's a bit bitter sweet for me that all of this stuff has been happening. on one hand I've spent nearly a decade using my free time learning how to live life without the consumer ease everyone has grown so accustomed to, but I had always hoped I'd never have to actually use those skills. I'd say I want to see it get better but honestly I want to see all of this JIT corpo bullshit burn in a glorious hellfire. makes me extremely thankful to be moving out to some actual farmland real soon here.