Toilet Paper Shortage

[Throck]

My sister just ordered a 30 pack on Amazon, free shipping with minimum order. Lots of options on brands.

Why are people so crazy at the public stores?

[Firestorm49]

1. I know. It's a shitty situation and I'm having a hard time handling all this crap.

[blugbox]

15. Who do we need to ply for information??

[Flaleftist]

2. You would almost think people weren't wiping their ass before this pandemic.

[Codeine]

3. And bottled water?

My faucet will continue to operate irrespective of coronavirus. A carload of Evian seems a bit silly.

[customerserviceguy]

33. Your faucet will operate

if the water plant in your area continues to operate. Remember, it's people who make utilities work, they are not simply a force of nature like wind, rain, and earthquakes.

As we drain plastic milk jugs and plastic juice containers, we're filling them up with water from the faucet, while there is still pressure.

But, I agree with you on the carload of Evian.

[Caliman73]

36. Agreed. However.

This is not a rational action. I think people are responding to the "worst case scenario". There is also very little confidence in government right now.

I live in California. I have to be prepared for earthquakes. I was living in Los Angeles in 94 when the Northridge quake took down the interstate freeway. I moved to Santa Cruz in 96 and the Loma Prieta earthquake transformed the county. My wife was there and didn't have services for a long time. We have some water stored because in an earthquake obviously the mains can break and services disrupted.

This is different, but if the situation gets bad enough, there could be disruptions in services including water. I don't think that it is likely, but people, in their fear and mistrust, are probably thinking that it will happen.

I agree that this idea of hoarding supplies appears silly, but people are reacting out of emotion, not reason.

[Codeine]

39. We have "garage water"

that we rotate every few months in case of earthquakes. Here in the armpit of California I have little faith in emergency services getting things running in any reasonable time frame.

[rainin]

4. Why is this so hard to understand?

When you get sick, you don't want to have to go to the store. If you have the opportunity to plan ahead, then why not?

Plus, this sickness is highly contagious.

So, the whole family may feel too sick to go to the store

Plus, if someone is sick, should we be going to the store and exposing others?

Regarding Amazon, you may get deliveries now, but will you still get timely deliveries if 70% of the population is sick?

I will add that early on the stores emptied of masks, but they were still available on Amazon. Days later, you couldn't even get them on Amazon.

There will always be people who wait too long. For those people, I recommend ordering a Bidet before they sell out, too

[Mariana]

18. That doesn't mean anyone needs a garage full of toilet paper.

My daughter works in a supermarket. Yesterday, they had a customer who piled 30 gallons of bleach in her cart. The manager told her she could only buy five, and she freaked right out, yelling and screaming. She left - without any bleach - after he threatened to call the police. There were many less serious incidents in which a customer tried to buy up ridiculous amounts of a particular item, and the manager put reasonable and even generous limits on them, and the customers got angry. I expect there will be actual fights in the stores pretty soon.

[rainin]

22. She's planning to sell it, I'd guess. That's sh*tty!!

No, just get what your family needs to ride out an illness.

[Caliman73]

37. Stores are setting limits on supplies in my area.

Panic buying is a strange phenomena, especially given the scenario we are facing. At this time, stores need to be enforcing limits on things like toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other panic items. A lot are now doing that.

People are scared and fear shuts down rational thinking.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Funny, I checked Amazon and everything is out of stock except for extremely expensive super

bulk orders which I can't afford nor do I have the room to store. I have enough to get me through a few weeks and some tissues and paper towels as backup, but it's kind of strange not to be able to place a reasonable order. I ordered groceries for delivery today and they are completely out of TP and ordered some things from CVS and they aren't delivering TP either. There is a serious shortage.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Yeah, I live in what is generously described as a "one bedroom" apartment...

in truth it's a studio, but whatever.

I don't buy shit by the pallet load, or shit paper.

[smirkymonkey]

11. I am in an actual studio.

There is NO storage space for bulk shopping, and a very tiny kitchen so I can only buy so much unless I want to be tripping over items in my living space. I guess I will just have to wing it. As long as I have running water, I can always take baths/showers if I run out of TP.

[cwydro]

20. No shortage in NC where I live.

Plenty of everything that I’ve looked for.

[liberalmuse]

6. I think it's primal.

The only real panic some people have had is being stuck on the toilet with an empty roll of TP. It's almost like TP is being used as a security blanket. I mean, we do not have even close to adequate leadership at the top. No one is going to comfort them with eloquent and prescient words of wisdom. No one has assured the American people that someone competent is overseeing this crisis. On another level, it might be a Freudian response to the bullshit we're hearing from the Trump administration.

[librechik]

7. look no further

in my closet.

[MontanaMama]

9. I thought a lot about this...

and even had moments of slight panic about it as well. My thought process is that if for some reason we were all stuck at home and couldn’t get to the store for basic necessities like toilet paper, it would pay to have some backstock at home. I tried to make a short list of absolute necessities to have in my home during a crisis and toilet paper in fresh water we’re at the top of my list. Toilet paper was on my regular shopping list last weekend for both my home and our two businesses. When it was clear it was unavailable store after store after store, I admit that I got worried.

[virgogal]

10. This entire toilet paper thing makes NO sense.

[smirkymonkey]

13. In what way?

That there is no inventory or that people are hoarding it?

[virgogal]

32. That people are hoarding it.

[Brother Buzz]

23. This entire toilet paper thing makes a lot of sense.

People are twitchy and on edge...and every time someone coughs, a hundred people shit.

[cbdo2007]

12. TP is hardly the worst thing you could run out in a time like this...

hell just jump in the shower or use a washcloth or something and throw them in the wash.

Its really not that big of a deal but says a lot about where our society is. People have been pooping since the beginning of human existence yet even 75 years ago getting reliable tp was difficult.

[global1]

14. While At The Store Yesterday I Heard A Middle Aged Lady Say.....

I better get some TP. Don't know why. But everybody is buying it. They must know something I don't.

Then she threw a 12 pack in her cart.

[nevergiveup]

16. Seriously....that pretty much explains it.

[Bradshaw3]

17. The good news is spring is coming and I live near a national forest

So there should be plenty of leaves before long.

[Cirque du So-What]

19. All that was left at my local Sooper Saver was John Wayne paper

which is rough, tough, and don't take shit off nobody.

[Bantamfancier]

21. I've got about 10 acres worth

of corncobs out back of the barn. I think I’m good.

[Codeine]

35. Sell it to hipsters as "Artisanal Toilet Paper"

and they’ll flock to you.

[Throck]

24. Printed newspapers may come back in vogue.

[IcyPeas]

25. Monkey see, Monkey do

[Newest Reality]

26. Oh...

I guess people think with their butts.

It is just one, long and continuous tube from one end to the other.

[democrattotheend]

27. I tried ordering from Amazon too

But I couldn't find any that would arrive until next week or the week after. It's all back ordered.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. This is not a cholera epidemic. You won't need more than the usual amount of TP

unless you're working at home and can't use your employer's TP. Even so, it seems kind of nuts to buy such crazy amounts of it. It could be that people see other people buying a lot of it and therefore think there won't be enough for them, so they buy a lot of it too. So that provokes more and more unnecessary buying because everybody starts thinking they won't have any TP at all. And that seems to be exactly what has happened.

When the catalpa tree in my yard leafs out later this spring I'll be all set. The leaves are huge.

[gopiscrap]

29. for those in the Seattle-Tacoma area

Bartells Drug has 12 rolls of MD for 4.99

[RockRaven]

30. Until there is news that production is impaired, there's no reason to stock up in an insane manner.

Any in-store shortage today will be remedied by the supply chain tomorrow (figuratively). Because everyone who overbuys today will not be buying for a long, long time.

[NBachers]

31. Just use a bidet, or get a hand-held showerhead and use the tub or shower to hose off.

Cleaner, healthier, cheaper, and better for the environment.

[Sneederbunk]

34. Historically to be known as the Big Wipe of 2020.

[Throck]

41. Big wipe out maybe?

[eleny]

40. Amazon is out of just about every brand

[Throck]

42. I blame that hoarding on my sisters.

The end is near.

[eleny]

44. I'm set up at Amazon to be noified when some products become available

I got notified about one today. I put it in my cart and by the time I clicked to check out it disappeared from the cart. I took my time about it so I was too late. Someone added it to thier cart and checked out before I could finish my transaction.

I wanted some Lysol spray since the wipes we have on hand are harsh on my skin. So it wasn't your sisters!

[rockfordfile]

43. Crazy