Easter insanity

Easter in Australia means a Friday and Monday holiday. And in Sydney, Thursday is usually a "shopping" night - which is to say the stores usually close at around 6pm, but on Thursdays, they stay open until 9pm. So I foolishly went shopping this Thursday evening. Craazy. Grocery chain Woolworth's had most of the bread gone when I was shopping around 7:30pm. In some areas shelves were empty, lots of people circulating and boxes stacked in the aisles. Meanwhile, on the overhead were announcements that fish, deli meats, flowers, and milk products were all going 1/2 price to move them out before the store closed for four days.