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How much TP do people really need for themselves? Why are the shelves cleared out of TP and not, I don't know, dish detergent? Why is its future supply more in
by jbay808 7y ago
How much TP do people really need for themselves? Why are the shelves cleared out of TP and not, I don't know, dish detergent? Why is its future supply more in danger than any other good? If everyone coordinated buying a month's supply of TP one weekend, would all the stores really run out? I'm not so sure... At Costco it's hard to buy less than one month's supply at a time already, unless you have a big family
- erik_seaberg 7y agoIf a pack of TP lasted as long as a jug of dish detergent, it wouldn't fit in a car trunk. In volume/day TP is second only to water and food and much higher than any other staples. If a million people normally buy one pack per month spread out evenly on weekends, but all of them think hey, maybe it's a good idea to get two packs this weekend, that's 2M packs where they had stocked for typical sales of 1M / (52 / 12) = 230K.