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

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

I should add I've noticed everything around start to slightly slip here and there. More price hikes, random empty shelves, missing vodka and gas prices of course. I don't know if COVID and this now are masks to cover up the natural planned slippage or are, in fact, direct causes and done for the express purpose of crashing the machine.

On the plus side I quit my job and got a girlfriend and I'll be starting a late night radio show Soon(tm).

Make sure you don't forget to tell your listeners Globalism is making the frogs gay!

 

[Constellationzero]

I had a family member who bough Ezekiel 4:9 bread. While it tasted quite good, it was really expensive and had to be refrigerated. Said family member also used it for the Holy goodboi points.

My theology may be a bit out of date, but isn’t the context around Ezekiel chapter 4 God punishing his people for a transgression? I remember reading that and the bread recipe was part of this punishment (or maybe it was atonement). Still seems funny to base a product off this…

Yes. Told my wife this when I saw it being sold in the health food aisle. Ezekiel was ordered to bake bread with specific ingredients God ordered and bake it over human shit. Ezekiel next begs God no and that he had been a faithful servant, so God says OK, camel shit. But still shit.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

The supply chain issues continue, and on the dumbest-seeming shit. So my store seems to be the only place in at least a hundred mile radius that sells these things called squishmallows (absurdly cute, soft, squishy stuffed toys, basically an autist's wet dream). People go fucking ballistic over these things.
Along with typical shipments, you get big ones around consooming based holidays (Christmas and Valentine's, in this instance). Christmas merch typically flows in at mid October. Valentine's comes in mid December.

Thursday was truck day. Thursday, MARCH 10TH, a FUCKTON of these things arrived, most for Valentine's, but one or two Christmas (they come shipped in brown boxes with trees/hearts/what have you and display dates). Out of curiosity, I checked the "instructed" display date of the Valentine's ones. MOTHER FUCKING 1-20-22 to 2-14-22, nearly TWO FUCKING MONTHS BEFORE THE SHIT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP.

E: yeah sperging makes me not word good

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

The supply chain issues continue, and on the dumbest-seeming shit. So my store seems to be the only place in at least a hundred mile radius that sells these things called squishmallows (absurdly cute, soft, squishy stuffed toys, basically an autist's wet dream). People go fucking ballistic over these things.
Along with typical shipments, you get big ones around consooming based holidays (Christmas and Valentine's, in this instance). Christmas merch typically flows in at mid October. Valentine's comes in mid December.

Thursday was truck day. Thursday, MARCH 10TH, a FUCKTON of these things arrived, most for Valentine's, but one or two Christmas (they come shipped in brown boxes with trees/hearts/what have you and display dates). Out of curiosity, I checked the "instructed" display date of the Valentine's ones. MOTHER FUCKING 1-20-22 to 2-14-22, nearly TWO FUCKING MONTHS BEFORE THE SHIT ACTUALLY SHOWED UP.

E: yeah sperging makes me not word good

What does your employer do with all that stuff? Send it back to the warehouse? Stash it in the back for 6-10 months?

 

[Mr Bunny]

Start walking fatties

Real niggas bounce.

 

[FarmerKhourtney]

I wondered about that. The past couple holidays were pretty sparse compared to the usual consoomer junk explosions

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

What does your employer do with all that stuff? Send it back to the warehouse? Stash it in the back for 6-10 months?

Say "screw what the supplier says" and put it out anyway.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

What does your employer do with all that stuff? Send it back to the warehouse? Stash it in the back for 6-10 months?

Because the retail system is predicated on "just in time" there is no storage capacity for long term season to season in stores or warehouses, they will lower the price and liquidate it.

Also the system relies on "buy more stuff." The last 2 years, shit has come in past season, far too late to sell. Good condition, same as you would have next year. Like a winter coat arriving in January that should have arrived in October. Buyer is buying October now. They know that January coat is completely sellable at $50 in October. They immediately start marking it down upon arrival and buy the same or similar coat for October anyway.

Retail wasted a shitload of goods this way over the past 2 years in a desperate delusion to get "back to normal".

 

[feral cat #6385]

What does your employer do with all that stuff? Send it back to the warehouse? Stash it in the back for 6-10 months?

Probably puts it out. Foodstuff has a limited shelf life.

We've had the same thing happen with some of our events. Copaker can't get ingredients to make PPW's in time so the PPWs end up being made and shipped months late.

 

[Glad I couldn't help]

Shenzhen, China has now locked down. I'm guessing this will do nothing to help solve the supply chain issues.

 

[Russiahatesfags]

occurs to me all the bar tenders dumping bottles of russian vodka in the streets are artificially increasing the price of russian vodka. shits gonna be the most valuable alcohol in the world

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

occurs to me all the bar tenders dumping bottles of russian vodka in the streets are artificially increasing the price of russian vodka. shits gonna be the most valuable alcohol in the world

It is to America what authentic McDonalds burgers are to Russia now. Thank god I have a closet full of it, even if it's mostly a cheaper brand (Green Mark, it's the budget end of the Russian Standard line IIRC but still good).

Makes me wonder if I should save the bottles so I could defraud some stupid alcoholic by filling them with the cheapest vodka I can find. I mean after the first shot it gets harder and harder to tell what you're drinking anyway.

 

[Twitter Hate Mob]

Makes me wonder if I should save the bottles so I could defraud some stupid alcoholic by filling them with the cheapest vodka I can find. I mean after the first shot it gets harder and harder to tell what you're drinking anyway.

It's illegal and a dick move, but if you aren't a bartender and you actively hate these people then sure go for it.

 

[RainwaterDrop]

occurs to me all the bar tenders dumping bottles of russian vodka in the streets are artificially increasing the price of russian vodka. shits gonna be the most valuable alcohol in the world

Anti-russian sentiment is rising due to Putin's horseshit. A smart fellow knows that a whole nation can't be blamed for the actions of a dictator, a retard doesn't and this is how we get these messes. I don't see any predictable rises in your average market sold vodka, but there might be a downsizing in other brands as some retards are associating anything russian with Putin (such as beef stroganoff, vodka and the like) and boycotting it, maybe Tito's won't be affected as they have a big american sticker on their bottles, but other brands will sell less thanks to this. The smart move is to look for leftover stocks of the fancier stuff and save it for later!

Now, talking about supply chain issues on my neck of the woods, the weirdest shit is going on some markets. Supply chain issues are hitting harder, they had little in the way of beverages being sold, half of the soda shelves were filled with beer and the other half had only a single brand of lemon soda being sold. Just single flavors of most products, can't find some stuff at all at some markets, to the point I'm resorting to doing my shopping on a smaller market that is somehow unaffected by this horseshit. Feels bad!

 

[Toasted Midnights in June]

I should add I've noticed everything around start to slightly slip here and there. More price hikes, random empty shelves, missing vodka and gas prices of course. I don't know if COVID and this now are masks to cover up the natural planned slippage or are, in fact, direct causes and done for the express purpose of crashing the machine.

On the plus side I quit my job and got a girlfriend and I'll be starting a late night radio show Soon(tm).

Life update: I broke up with my girlfriend and fucked some whore and the zeroth episode is going to be pre-recorded-ish tonight for funsies because I don't know what I'm doing and don't fully care yet. PM me if you want to call in. It's Open Lines and I'm giving out my IRL cell phone number instead of just using skype or discord because Lol;Lmao.

 

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[Toasted posting]

Toasted, the farms is not your blog, and you absolutely should keep opsec. There are people who would do whatever they could to end you just for the crime of posting here if they knew who you were. I'm sorry you're having a rough week, and hope things turn around for you.

 

[Maurice Caine]

Toasted, the farms is not your blog, and you absolutely should keep opsec. There are people who would do whatever they could to end you just for the crime of posting here if they knew who you were. I'm sorry you're having a rough week, and hope things turn around for you.

Dude he's literally baiting lol

 

[teriyakiburns]

Dude he's literally baiting lol

He's a master.

Especially after his super hot girlfriend left him for Ben Shapiro.

 

[Toasted Midnights in June]

Toasted, the farms is not your blog, and you absolutely should keep opsec. There are people who would do whatever they could to end you just for the crime of posting here if they knew who you were. I'm sorry you're having a rough week, and hope things turn around for you.

Oh no things are going great. I got rid of her because things weren't working out. She wouldn't shut up about "stolen land" and assorted native nonsense. I just got drunk and reasoned that personal blogging is related to the economy. I'll chill out, but these prices won't.

 

[FatalTater]

Okay so I was thinking of researching how many warehouses have gone on fire lately and speculate that such things coupled with factory slowdowns cuz Coof and transportation problems cuz truckers protesting, gas prices, war zones etc BUT!

When looking up stuff about the Walmart warehouse fire in Indiana I saw a line in an article stating
"Officials also conducted an air quality test but have not shared the results at this time."
so I looked it up myself, as well as looking around to see if Indiana news sources had any warnings up. There were none.

https://www.iqair.com/us/usa/indiana/indianapolis

PM2.5 concentration in Indianapolis air is currently 6.3 times above the WHO annual air quality guideline value

Article about Indiana fire

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/firefighters-working-to-put-out-fire-at-avon-walmart-distribution-center/531-2f16d5ad-580f-4ad7-84ba-f24e9371f2e5

https://archive.ph/PgKuQ

So now I'm more irritated that tptb in Indiana aren't telling people not to breathe the nasty air than I am about stuff that might further disrupt the supply chain.

Here, have trees for the hope of clean air.

Edit - 3 hours later

I just checked back on the WTHR article and they're finally "addressing" the air quality concerns, by declaring a "Knozone Action Day" and telling sensitive people to stay inside. You know, a day after the thing happened, once the pollution levels started to ease up.