It definitely sucks when that kind of behavior takes over, but it can lead to some good stories sometimes...
A few years ago when Hurricane Sandy was nearing my hometown in CT, there was panic buying at the local grocery store. My folks aren’t those kinds of people, but they were running low on dog food so my dad figured he’d just run out and get some before the storm hit. He gets to the store, gets the bag of dog food, and starts heading for the register. He then bumps into a friend who looks at my dad, looks at the cart, looks back at my dad and says: “Oh Lord, please tell me it hasn’t come to this!” He thought all the food was gone and my dad was stooping to stocking up on dog food just to have something to eat!