Yeah, But Why Toilet Paper: So this is getting a little ridiculous. Last few days I have been to the store to get just the basic necessities and all the shelves are empty. I was lucky...

Lorima Loc: Colorado

So this is getting a little ridiculous. Last few days I have been to the store to get just the basic necessities and all the shelves are empty. I was lucky to get these few items. I can understand Lysol Wipes, masks and water but WHY toilet paper. Geesh.

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globetrekker Loc: Bend, OR

I agree. People are hoarding. I went to a supermarket today and there were no paper products of any kind. No TP, tissues, or paper towels. Ridiculous. In another smaller market, I saw a woman with 8 or 10 jars of peanut butter in her overflowing cart. Jeeez, leave some for the rest of us.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Can't figure the TP, but in one store near me, peanut butter and eggs were empty, soups basically picked over, I think meats were also.

Some people don't care, they just want to make sure THEY don't run out.
Hope they like peanut butter.

So glad we have a freezer and a small pantry.
Between living in Florida (hurricanes) and up north (snow storms), I'm used to keeping stuff on hand.

d2b2 Loc: Catonsville, Maryland, USA

I think they fear a total quarantine. TP and non-perishables tend to be hoarded the most.

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lorima wrote:

So this is getting a little ridiculous. Last few days I have been to the store to get just the basic necessities and all the shelves are empty. I was lucky to get these few items. I can understand Lysol Wipes, masks and water but WHY toilet paper. Geesh.

That's one question nobody has been able to answer, when we're expecting a heavy snowfall, people stockpile toilet paper...it's like their minds go haywire when something unexpected comes up.

ELNikkor

no toilet paper, tissue of any kind, nor any chicken products or bottled water. My son took photos of the empty shelves and spoke of the "apocalypse" mentality of all the panicked people...

Lorima Loc: Colorado

globetrekker wrote:

I agree. People are hoarding. I went to a supermarket today and there were no paper products of any kind. No TP, tissues, or paper towels. Ridiculous. In another smaller market, I saw a woman with 8 or 10 jars of peanut butter in her overflowing cart. Jeeez, leave some for the rest of us.

I know, especially for the elderly and parents with babies and young children.

Lorima Loc: Colorado

Longshadow wrote:

Can't figure the TP, but in one store near me, peanut butter and eggs were empty, soups basically picked over, I think meats were also.

Some people don't care, they just want to make sure THEY don't run out.
Hope they like peanut butter.

So glad we have a freezer and a small pantry.
Between living in Florida (hurricanes) and up north (snow storms), I'm used to keeping stuff on hand.

I know, I wanted was a bag of flour but noooo, all the sugar and flour were gone and ramen noodles all were gone as well.

Lorima Loc: Colorado

d2b2 wrote:

I think they fear a total quarantine. TP and non-perishables tend to be hoarded the most.

Yes I've noticed, thank goodness they are starting to limit these now, whenever they get more in.

Lorima Loc: Colorado

Ched49 wrote:

That's one question nobody has been able to answer, when we're expecting a heavy snowfall, people stockpile toilet paper...it's like their minds go haywire when something unexpected comes up.

Well at least they wont have to buy any for a while, but what are the rest of us going to use when we run out...leaves

Lorima Loc: Colorado

ELNikkor wrote:

no toilet paper, tissue of any kind, nor any chicken products or bottled water. My son took photos of the empty shelves and spoke of the "apocalypse" mentality of all the panicked people...

Isn't it just crazy, all the eggs, ramen noodles, flour, sugar, water, TP and Paper towels were gone. This is just getting out of control.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Many people just buy small amounts of TP and other paper goods to avoid having to store the stuff. Now they are freaking out over maybe being told to self quarantine and are afraid of running out. And some are buying the stuff to resell at high prices when other people run out. I saw an article about someone who had their Amazon account shut down for suspected price gouging - now they have almost 18,000 hand sanitizer and hand soap bottles. The article said they drove all over Tennessee and parts of Kentucky etc buying the entire stock of small town stores that still had the stuff.

We normally buy stuff in the discount packs at Sam's and Costco and I just got paper towels and TP the week before last so we have a couple weeks normal supply or longer if we conserve and ration ourselves - like even save the paper towels for emergency TP, we have a shelf full of old cloth hand towels and a washing machine - a bit more work than paper towels but they work. Weird thought, actually use those decorative cloth towels instead of as decoration in the kitchen and bathroom.

repleo Loc: Boston

Lorima wrote:

So this is getting a little ridiculous. Last few days I have been to the store to get just the basic necessities and all the shelves are empty. I was lucky to get these few items. I can understand Lysol Wipes, masks and water but WHY toilet paper. Geesh.

Yeah - why toilet paper since we are scared $h!tle$$ by this Coronavirus

BTW - how much do you want for the Purel?

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Lorima wrote:

So this is getting a little ridiculous. Last few days I have been to the store to get just the basic necessities and all the shelves are empty. I was lucky to get these few items. I can understand Lysol Wipes, masks and water but WHY toilet paper. Geesh.

Maybe they think they the coronavirus will give them a bad case of diarrhea. The news media has got them in a panic.

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

A neighbor told me yesterday that in the local Walmart he saw two women get in a fist fight over the last roll of paper towels. There is a lot of fear in the country at this time and fear causes people to do irrational things.