I think our great Nepali culture is partially to blame for the fiasco. We must have what is scared in the market. If no one in your neighbourhood have sugar just even for a cup of tea but you happen to have plenty for Sel Roti Jeri, somehow, you will be considered to have a so called "status quo" in the society. And I think this mentality is driving people in line for hours and hours. Of Course on the other side, chad baad ko bela ma aafno chora chori lai sel roti khuwauna kasko mann hudaina ra ? Recently, when there was (and still is) a shortage of flu vaccine in the United States, the government asked less risked people to forgo the flu shot and let the old farts and young kids to have those vaccines. And yes, most people obliged and there was no queue in the hospital and it was not a big deal. Imagine the same situation in Nepal. I bet the politicians and secretaries will start getting continueous phone call for "Sorce Force" for vaccines by those people who never took the flu shot in their life before but need it all of a sudden, now that there is a shortage. You get the idea.