Robin101 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 You are trapped in a supermarket the size of a large gym hall. The shop is closed off from the outside world, meaning there are no deliveries or 'waste removal Tuesdays'. You can only access the places you are normally allowed. i.e. you can't enter kitchens or store-rooms. However, water still runs from taps, and electricity etc. still works. You can have as many people with you as you like. How long could you survive? (obviously this isn't, like, serious innit. But am genuinely interested!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Should be pretty much indefinite I'd have thought? You've got enough stuff in a supermarket to start growing food when the tinned stuff runs out. You've got water, heat etc. Your main problem will be not going mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Are there zombies outside? Either way till all food sources ran out I guess unless there was a way of getting free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stan Hibbert Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Silly question... until the cider ran out. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Or FIFA in your case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Well the refrigerated meat would need to be used quickly, but the frozen stuff alone would last you a few years - if rationed a decade maybe. Then you have all the tinned meats, fish, fruits, dried pastas and rice, basically more food than you would need (even if you ate a lot). As for the number of people with you, I would have thought the fewer the better. The only thing that would endanger you is if the water taps stopped working, you can survive only 3 days without water but weeks (months if on the porky side)without food, not sure how long the sodas, wines, bottled water would last.... though the tinned stuff like fruit has some water in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Are there zombies outside? Either way till all food sources ran out I guess unless there was a way of getting free. I love Dawn of the Dead Do I get a rifle, helicopter? You could live forever, if you were smart. Dig up the concrete and plant some seeds. The eggs can be fertilized? Would be good to have some livestock and poultry, perhaps trap some birds, or lure them in with some seed. fresh Pigeon pie would be welcome after so many tins of Frey Bentos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I love Dawn of the Dead Do I get a rifle, helicopter? You could live forever, if you were smart. Dig up the concrete and plant some seeds. The eggs can be fertilized? Would be good to have some livestock and poultry, perhaps trap some birds, or lure them in with some seed. fresh Pigeon pie would be welcome after so many tins of Frey Bentos. No, no teddy. unless this supermarket incorporates a pet shop, thats a no go. The supermarket is sealed. Nothing in. Nothing out. (apart from fresh air). I think you'd have to freeze all the fruit as it wouldn't last long, even refrigerated. Does anyone actually know of a place, in the customer 'section' where a tap actually exists? If not, that'll significantly shorten survival time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I can't survive more than ten minutes in Sainsbury's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Bristol Red Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 No, no teddy. unless this supermarket incorporates a pet shop, thats a no go. The supermarket is sealed. Nothing in. Nothing out. (apart from fresh air). I think you'd have to freeze all the fruit as it wouldn't last long, even refrigerated. Does anyone actually know of a place, in the customer 'section' where a tap actually exists? If not, that'll significantly shorten survival time! THE CRAP HOUSE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stan Hibbert Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Or FIFA in your case Well that wouldn't happen! The OP said there is electricity and I'm assuming this supermarket sells tv's, ps3's etc.. Problem solved. Anyway - you wouldn't know how often I play because I deleted you for constantly running from game invites ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 No, no teddy. unless this supermarket incorporates a pet shop, thats a no go. The supermarket is sealed. Nothing in. Nothing out. (apart from fresh air). I think you'd have to freeze all the fruit as it wouldn't last long, even refrigerated. Does anyone actually know of a place, in the customer 'section' where a tap actually exists? If not, that'll significantly shorten survival time! The toilets, cafeteria, and often the meats and fish sections have running water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonboy Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I can't survive more than ten minutes in Sainsbury's. Go in for food, then end up getting dragged around the lingerie section for an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Play something else then! I can't stand FIFA online, I just like the career mode Well that wouldn't happen! The OP said there is electricity and I'm assuming this supermarket sells tv's, ps3's etc.. Problem solved. Anyway - you wouldn't know how often I play because I deleted you for constantly running from game invites ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stan Hibbert Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Play something else then! I can't stand FIFA online, I just like the career mode Ha ha - so have you pre-ordered Fifa12 yet? I'm playing more Black Ops at the moment than Fifa. I'm fed up of the defenders being flat footed everytime there is a chipped through ball. It makes no sense. Back to the topic in hand, in this supermarket I'm sure there'll be loads of different games to keep me busy... until the cider runs out. Then I'll be inconsolable and spend my final hours in the medicine aisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 No, I barely touch my ps3 since I had the little un + prefer using my pc at the mo, and with bf3 and skyrim that won't be changing this side of Xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 No, I barely touch my ps3 since I had the little un + prefer using my pc at the mo, and with bf3 and skyrim that won't be changing this side of Xmas. I've booked a week off from the 25th Oct It will be epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 No, no teddy. unless this supermarket incorporates a pet shop, thats a no go. The supermarket is sealed. Nothing in. Nothing out. (apart from fresh air). I think you'd have to freeze all the fruit as it wouldn't last long, even refrigerated. Does anyone actually know of a place, in the customer 'section' where a tap actually exists? If not, that'll significantly shorten survival time! Well its important to take an inventory off all the food. perishables will obviously need to be eaten first, no sense in wasting good bacon.So For the first 2 months you would be bat farstards Being bored in a supermarket all day would mean you have all the time in the world to work out exciting variations of meals, you could work out exactly when you would run out of food really so essentially know when you would die...hmm I don't think I would count the food after all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Actually just thought - you could stick all the refrigerated stuff into the freezer anyway.... I think I could live until I die of old age in a supermarket, hell it might be even more exciting than my life at present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traleered Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 It depends what supermarket it is, most of them don't have cookers on the shop floor, so how would you cook the food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 It depends what supermarket it is, most of them don't have cookers on the shop floor, so how would you cook the food? A few actually sell cookers making that one easy but alternatively: BBQs on the seasonal aisle. Make a big bonfire, the leaflets on pet insurance and car loans should keep that going ten years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Supermarkets sale the mini BBQs (foil with charcoal inside) - also lots of tin foil (back of those refrigeration units get stupidly hot) so cook over time, as well as the insect lights in the corners that ZAP them - perfect little grill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderHider Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Oh, as many people as you like eh? do I have complete control over them, my minions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibbler Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Should be pretty much indefinite I'd have thought? You've got enough stuff in a supermarket to start growing food when the tinned stuff runs out. You've got water, heat etc. Your main problem will be not going mental. Sunlight? I don't think much would grow under non specialist lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Wurzel II Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110904105928AAIzqPc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambodave Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 You are trapped in a supermarket the size of a large gym hall. The shop is closed off from the outside world, meaning there are no deliveries or 'waste removal Tuesdays'. You can only access the places you are normally allowed. i.e. you can't enter kitchens or store-rooms. However, water still runs from taps, and electricity etc. still works. You can have as many people with you as you like. How long could you survive? (obviously this isn't, like, serious innit. But am genuinely interested!) I was trapped in Safeway for 14 years..... until they sacked me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderEagle Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Best. Thread. Evah This has really got me thinking now. as has been said before the food would be fine for ages if you were sensible but I think for me the boredom would kick in once I'd read the same copies of the same magazines over and over again for six months. And then there's the books they sell in supermarkets ... we would all resist at first but in the end everybody would resort to chick-lit. There would be no choice. Somebody should pitch this to Channel Five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz555 Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Food waste would accumulate and before long the place would be a retching hive of maggots and flies. If the customer toilets got blocked then you'd be in shit, literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Best. Thread. Evah This has really got me thinking now. as has been said before the food would be fine for ages if you were sensible but I think for me the boredom would kick in once I'd read the same copies of the same magazines over and over again for six months. And then there's the books they sell in supermarkets ... we would all resist at first but in the end everybody would resort to chick-lit. There would be no choice. Somebody should pitch this to Channel Five. You could play on the trolleysssss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderEagle Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Food waste would accumulate and before long the place would be a retching hive of maggots and flies. If the customer toilets got blocked then you'd be in shit, literally. This would not be a problem as supermarkets sell matches. I'm thinking about this a little too much .... but it beats thinking about City just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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