Posted on 03/12/2020 8:17:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
“As long as there is TP there is hope............”
At Costco yesterday ... no hope
“It’s about ‘taking back control’ in a world where you feel out of control,” he said. “More generally, panic buying can be understood as playing to our three fundamental psychology needs.”
Let’s let anyone blather on and publish it as news.
Well, as long as there in BACON..................
Last time I was in costco I saw a cart loaded with about 5 boxes of spam...about 10 bottles of liquor..some banannas...and a thing of toilet paper.
I waited around to see whose cart it was . Figured it was a young guy.
Turned out to be a guy in his 50s or 60s
He must really like Spam. I opted for the Chicken breast in a can.
Forget the psycho mumbo-jumbo, people are worried about being stuck in their house for two weeks and running out.
I just jump in the shower.
The real answer: If we get to a point where “non-essential” companies close down for a specified period, people don’t want to be caught without certain necessaries like buttwipe. You can’t go to the store for more if the stores are all closed.
Easy to explain the run on TP or any other commodity: People hear there might be a shortage of something (just a rumor will do) so they run out to buy it while it’s still available.
Must be a Hawaiian..................
Yeah! The OCD mobs among us are in interstellar overdrive. I guess you can avoid them in everyday life but not on the internet!
Oh! So that why those Arab countries are so messed up. No TP!
Just scored at Walgreens...Walmart was wiped out.
The Walmart in Hamburg Pa. was empty....wasn’t even looking for it but I panicked when I saw the empty shelves....Went to Redners down the street and they were fully stocked so like a nut case I bought 6 large packs...we were cracking up at the check out I was so embarrassed walking out of the store with a cart of it....no one else seemed to be worried....
He might have been. I didnt get a good look but definitely not “white caucasian”
THe Spam pallet had a lot more gone than the chicken breast pallet.
Because most people don’t have a 6w supply of TP at home? And if they are under some sort of restrictive Wuhan type quarantine you really don’t want to run out?
Soon to be on eBay with a high reserve.
Most people are stocking up on toilet paper, not because they think the world will collapse, but because they think that the minority who do will get to the store first and they will find none.
At costco yesterday. Went to pick up my wife’s usual supply of alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Empty pallets.
About TP. If one is self quarantine at home. One can hop in the shower with a wash cloth to clean up.
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