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The toilet paper "panic buy" is overblown. People are stocking up extra on necessities, sure, but what's different about toilet paper is how bulky it is. I doub
by greenshackle2 7y ago
The toilet paper "panic buy" is overblown. People are stocking up extra on necessities, sure, but what's different about toilet paper is how bulky it is. I doubt most stores have large stocks to cover extra demand cause it takes up too much space. Hence it doesn't take very much extra demand to deplete shelves.
- ajross 7y agoMore charitably, a toilet paper run is a pleasing, simple, humorous and yet correct metaphor for general preparedness. People are buying cans too, but that's not as funny.
- greenshackle2 7y agoIt's not as dramatic to show a picture of a shelf of canned goods only half-stocked instead of fully stocked, as opposed to a an empty shelf of toilet paper. That's what I've seen at my local Costco. TP is gone, canned goods are running lower than usual but not actually out of stock.