Coronavirus: Aussie police call for calm after toilet paper tussle in supermarket

Straits Times ^ | Today

[cba123]

SYDNEY (AFP) - A fight over toilet paper in an Australian supermarket on Saturday (March 7), the latest violence sparked by coronavirus-induced panic buying in the country, has prompted police to call for calm.

A video widely shared online shows three women pulling each other's hair and screaming as they struggle over a large pack of the highly sought-after commodity in the aisle of a grocery store in Sydney.

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[cba123]

Man, oh man...

[cba123]

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/coronavirus-aussie-toilet-paper-tussle-sparks-call-for-calm

[duckman]

If they buy 3 Ply they will essentially have 3 rolls.

[wetgundog]

PANIC is an ugly thing. The sky is not falling people. Thanks to the lying, MSM for this inflaming the situation.

[cba123]

I don’t know.

[Deaf Smith]

With Mr Wipple gone, we do have generation to police the TP aisle.

"Please don't squeeze the Charmin."

[xp38]

Everyone get a bidet and be done with this madness. :)

[libh8er]

https://youtu.be/0zSmycYlyHc

[Artcore]

All the smart people know toilet paper is key to fighting Coronavirus!🙄 This world is going bat sh*t crazy!

[Cecily]

Exactly. If worse comes to worst, you can wash off with water and a wash cloth if all paper products are sold out. You can launder and reuse wash cloths too.

[BuffaloJack]

“Everyone get a bidet and be done with this madness. :)”

My wife had me get a bolt on bidet about 2 years ago. It clamps on with the existing bolts holding the seat to the bowl. You can get them in “cold water only” for about $49 or you can get one with cold and hot for about $79. They supply all the fittings and hoses and it takes about 20 minutes to install.

They don’t completely eliminate toilet paper, you still need to blot off the water from your butt, but I suppose you could use a bath towel.

[ConservativeMind]

The coronavirus isn’t going to kill off all the toilet paper manufacturing staff or stop toilet paper truckers from getting to your store.

Bizarre behavior from such persons.

But likewise with egg or water bottle hoarding. Just strange.

[sauropod]

Costco is hell, ain’t it?

[blam]

Meanwhile in the US:

Ammo Sales Surge Amid Fears Of Pandemic-Induced Chaos

[UnwashedPeasant]

We need Dear Leader Bernie to outlaw toilet paper. It is killing trees and causing Capitalist conflict. /s

[vladimir998]

When I first saw this I thought, “Wow, Australia?” Then I watched the tape and realized all of the participants were non-whites.

[VanShuyten]

“ Costco is hell, ain’t it?”

I already no longer go to Wally-World on the weekends. I’d be willing to place a small wager that there will be a shootout over TP or isopropyl alcohol some weekend there in the coming months.

[Mom MD]

don’t forget bottled water!

[elpadre]

too bad there are no more Sears catalogues to use anymore!!

[Lockbar]

Remember when we would crack jokes about guys who stab their brothers-in-law to death over the last pork chop? Now they will be stabbing each other for the last roll of T.P.