I generally try to stock up on major holidays that last longer than two days, Christmas and New Year, Easter, Labor Day... In the markets a few days earlier, in order to avoid this madness.
Like there's no tomorrow...

But it almost always happens that something goes wrong, something is forgotten and missing.. And then I go to smaller markets, I avoid kilometer-long lines in supermarkets.

And what did you think, that as a hardened fighter in face-to-face combat, you could tackle an opponent who carries a stick, one who wears a skirt, or another fighter who has a three-year-old in his stroller?

Oh, no, no. Those battles are already lost.
It's better if you stayed outside for a one more coffee with your partner and went shopping in the middle of the night, when above mentioned categories are sleeping.

Thanks for the complete description.
I virtualized and laughed as I read.
I was laughing at your trouble. Sorry 🙂