I work at a Walmart in a very small town in SE NC. We get a toilet paper delivery almost every day. It comes out at 7 AM and store opens same time. (6-7 for seniors on Tues.) I was told it is gone before it can reach the shelves. Sold (1 pkg per person) right off of the pallet. This is still happening today. Since I work 3-12AM, I am unable to get this luxury since I sleep until about 12pm and go to work at 2:30. I search the store and there is nothing left. Even as an employee, I do not get the perk of having someone store it away for me. (against the rules, a firing offense) There is some sort of sick mentality on this TP run. It has been like this since right before everything really started and hasn’t dropped off.
Same thing with meat. Everything gone by 9-10AM. It has tapered down some but never anything left by 3pm. As a cashier, I can see what people are buying daily. The biggest tragedy is parents trying to buy baby formula and can’t find any.
“I work at a Walmart in a very small town in SE NC...”
Our local Walmart (Montana) is hit or (mostly) miss on TP though I did notice that they had LOTS of RV TP in the auto section yesterday.
We have 8 rolls of ‘backup’ RV TP if we need it in our house.
I believe that RV TP is overlooked by the ‘group mentality’ thingie going on right now.
Thanks for working and keeping your store up and operating!
A similar story from talking with the guy in the produce department at my local Publix - trucks in every day, people lining up at opening (8 AM, 7 on Tue and Wed for Seniors), and buying out the TP in about an hour or two. He says that the lines are getting shorter though, which is a good sign.
I was able to score a 9-pack of TP at our local Food City last weekend, so I’m fairly well stocked.
Interestingly, the selection of produce in both stores is very good. I would think that without eating all that produce, people wouldn’t be pooping so much, and would not need all that TP.
Anyway, I think that things will slowly return to normal. eventually...
Half the country are buying up all the guns, the other half is buying up all the toilet paper because the effluent is about to hit the oscillator.