Datuk Lee Chong Wei Shares His Panic Buying Experience

Datuk Lee Chong Wei has some friendly advice to all the locals out there.

Recently, the badminton legend took to his Instagram to share his recent story when everyone was busy with their panic buying in preparation to face the rumoured Malaysia lockdown.

Chong Wei opened the caption, “Two days ago, there was a rumour of a restriction order regarding the coronavirus. So Mew Choo asked me to go and buy the essential things for the next 2 weeks. My wife is smarter when it comes to add maths, so I followed her shopping list.”

He further recalled, “But by the time I arrived at the supermarket, oh my! There were a lot of aunties and makcik-makcik. It’s like there was a trolly marathon happening! Even can beat Khairul Jantan! Luckily I managed to get the items in the list.” 

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get his hands on the most important thing on the checklist – toilet paper! “I gaped while watching a man in front of me taking away 10 bags of toilet rolls. (Presumably) He has a lot of poop at his house.” Despite that, he was fortunate enough that a friend who lived nearby was willing enough to hand him a bag of the much-needed item.

In the same post, Chong Wei left a message for the public to not to worry about the recurring situation. Believing that the outbreak will come to an end one day, he further advised that everyone, regardless of race and religion, to give full cooperation and help each other in this critical condition.

If you’re interested, you can check out the full post here:

 

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Dua hari lepas, ada khabar angin restriction order berkenaan coronavirus ni. So Mew Choo pon suruh pergi beli ape yg patut untuk 2 minggu ni. Wife add maths lagi terrer, so ikot shopping list wife. Family 4 orang, ayam 5 ekor, beras 1 bag, sayur 2 minggu, Maggie 2 pack, telor 2 dozen, buah, toilet paper 1 bag. Tapi time I sampai supermarket, aduhai! Ramainyer auntie2 makcik2, macam lumba marathon trolly! Kalah Khairul Jantan! Nasib baik sempat lagi kumpul shopping list wife. Tapi toilet paper I terlambat. Ternganga I tgk mamat depan I tapao 10 bag tisu jamban! Banyaknyer jubur kat rumah. (Toilet papers are important during previous pandemic period due to unclean water and psychological effect) Datang suatu suara menyeru dari belakang, ”Lee, nah amik bag ni. I terambik 2. Tadi tgk sumer rebut tapao wa pon terikot amik extra, ntah kenape, bukan I pakai untuk basuh pon!“ Dia Nazir, sahabat yang tinggal berhampiran. Kita tergelak and catch up sket. Selepas tu, makin ramai gangster trolly serbu, I pon terus cabut, sebab I tau virus ni merebak mudah. Kawan sekalian, saya berharap agar jangan cemas menghadapi krisis ini. Simpanlah makanan tapi berpatutanlah bilangannya. Dan I minta tolong semua duduk di rumah jgn keluar sementara ni. Jangan balik kampong macam cuti raya. Ko mungkin ok, tapi yg mati nnt orang tersayang. Percayalah, mimpi ngeri ini akan berakhir. Jangan panic. Kita warga Malaysia tak kira bangsa dan agama berganding bahu, bertolak ansur, tolong menolong, hari itu akan sampai dengan lebih cepat. Kepada frontliners, para doctor, missi, kakitangan hospital dan juga cashier pasaraya yang terus berkhidmat dalam masa ini. Terimalah tunduk kehormatan dari saya! Cara paling baik kita membalas budi dan bersumbang, is to #STAYHOME #JUSTSTAYATHOME #STAYHOMESAFELIFES #WEAREMALAYSIAN #MALAYSIABOLEH

A post shared by Datuk Wira Lee Chong Wei (@leechongweiofficial) on Mar 18, 2020 at 5:21am PDT

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Hopefully, Chong Wei’s sincere message will be able to reach the community.