“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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
Down with Big Toilet Paper.
Buy a toilet seat bidet!
My local walmart was out of chicken noodle soup this morning...of all things. They had toilet paper, but out of most disinfectant supplies...
Because Chinese businesses instructed expats living in other countries to buy up all the surgical masks at the same time as China stopped shipping them? Empty shelves will absolutely set off a panic
Because people are sheep.
It used to be when the SHTF people would use cigarettes as “currency”. Now it will be TP.