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It is anecdotal but this morning I have stoped by the local supermarket and everything is fully stocked including toilet paper. Not many customers. If I didn't

by chewz 7y ago

It is anecdotal but this morning I have stoped by the local supermarket and everything is fully stocked including toilet paper. Not many customers. If I didn't read the news I wouldn't notice that there is something going on. We had few days of intensive buying here in Poland last week but it is over now.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
In our area you can get toilet paper the first hour or two that the supermarket is open.
tenebrisalietum 7y ago
More anecdotes: My SO is a Walmart manager. Walmart last week Friday implemented limits to toilet paper and other items. Am told there's currently a line for the paper goods section.
TeMPOraL 7y ago
Same in my area of Poland, but arguably it's a smaller town. My hypothesis is that everyone who wanted to stock up already did, and we're now in the "social isolation / waiting for the knee of the exponential to hit us" phase.
nerfhammer 7y ago
It's usually stocked in the morning but gone by the afternoon in my area. Eventually people are going to get tired of hoarding it...
YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago
I live in the UK and panic-buying is not anecdotal. Just today, the government pleaded with shoppers to show responsibility and think of emergency personnel, such as NHS staff, who can't go shopping early in the day and are left with nothing in the evening: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/coronavirus-uk-panic-buyers-urged-to-think-of-frontline-workers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/coronavirus-uk... Also, supermarkets are imposing limits on goods to stop hoarding: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/18/asda-puts-restrictions-on-shoppers-to-limit-stockpiling-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/18/asda-puts-r... And the governemtn is relaxing trade rules so that supermarkets can work together to face the unfolding crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/food-retailers-urge-government-to-relax-regulations-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/food-retail... So in the UK at least, panic-buying is a thing. Edit: and, btw, it's a thing that's hitting me hard because I refuse to go mad along with everyone else and hoard. Unfortunately for me, the government and supermarkets have plans in place to ensure vunlerable people have access to goods, but there's no such provisions for people who have just not gone mad yet. So I fear I might want for basic stuff as time goes by. People are such shits when they're running scared.
- heavenlyblue 7y ago
  Go to the corner shops. The only place where I can constantly get something I want to buy is a local Costcutter.
  - YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago
    I fear people are starting to raid cornershops, also. The one two streets from me had a note last night that it was selling toilet paper, hand wash, kitchen towels etc, but it was all gone and they were promising to restock soon.
    - Nextgrid 7y ago
      My local cornershop stood strong against toilet paper hoarders for a long time but it finally fell today morning. They are on their last few packs of rolls.
      - heavenlyblue 7y ago
        We didn’t have any (they sold as much as people bought) for a few days and now we do. There’s no shortage of toilet paper, but there’s plenty of idiots. Yesterday I say a person who bought like a cubic meter of TP. What for? If we are indeed short of groceries for that long, you are going to die from starvation rather than inability to poo because you don’t have any toilet paper.
- mtrower 7y ago
  It's bad in the U.S. as well. At least in Wisconsin, toilet paper, bleach, etc. Are nowhere to be found. Not in the supermarkets, not in the corner stores, not in the hardware stores... Milk, flour and eggs are also scarce. The limits are there but it's hard to say if it's helping. Radio hosts are pleading with people to stop hoarding and just be reasonable. Fortunately, my wife is a soapmaker, so we won't run out of at least that.
  - ryandrake 7y ago

by chewz 7y ago

seanmcdirmid 7y ago

In our area you can get toilet paper the first hour or two that the supermarket is open.

tenebrisalietum 7y ago

More anecdotes: My SO is a Walmart manager. Walmart last week Friday implemented limits to toilet paper and other items. Am told there's currently a line for the paper goods section.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Same in my area of Poland, but arguably it's a smaller town. My hypothesis is that everyone who wanted to stock up already did, and we're now in the "social isolation / waiting for the knee of the exponential to hit us" phase.

nerfhammer 7y ago

It's usually stocked in the morning but gone by the afternoon in my area. Eventually people are going to get tired of hoarding it...

YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago

I live in the UK and panic-buying is not anecdotal. Just today, the government pleaded with shoppers to show responsibility and think of emergency personnel, such as NHS staff, who can't go shopping early in the day and are left with nothing in the evening: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/coronavirus-uk-panic-buyers-urged-to-think-of-frontline-workers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/coronavirus-uk... Also, supermarkets are imposing limits on goods to stop hoarding: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/18/asda-puts-restrictions-on-shoppers-to-limit-stockpiling-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/18/asda-puts-r... And the governemtn is relaxing trade rules so that supermarkets can work together to face the unfolding crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/food-retailers-urge-government-to-relax-regulations-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/food-retail... So in the UK at least, panic-buying is a thing. Edit: and, btw, it's a thing that's hitting me hard because I refuse to go mad along with everyone else and hoard. Unfortunately for me, the government and supermarkets have plans in place to ensure vunlerable people have access to goods, but there's no such provisions for people who have just not gone mad yet. So I fear I might want for basic stuff as time goes by. People are such shits when they're running scared.

heavenlyblue 7y ago
Go to the corner shops. The only place where I can constantly get something I want to buy is a local Costcutter.
- YeGoblynQueenne 7y ago
  I fear people are starting to raid cornershops, also. The one two streets from me had a note last night that it was selling toilet paper, hand wash, kitchen towels etc, but it was all gone and they were promising to restock soon.
  - Nextgrid 7y ago
    My local cornershop stood strong against toilet paper hoarders for a long time but it finally fell today morning. They are on their last few packs of rolls.
    - heavenlyblue 7y ago
      We didn’t have any (they sold as much as people bought) for a few days and now we do. There’s no shortage of toilet paper, but there’s plenty of idiots. Yesterday I say a person who bought like a cubic meter of TP. What for? If we are indeed short of groceries for that long, you are going to die from starvation rather than inability to poo because you don’t have any toilet paper.
mtrower 7y ago
It's bad in the U.S. as well. At least in Wisconsin, toilet paper, bleach, etc. Are nowhere to be found. Not in the supermarkets, not in the corner stores, not in the hardware stores... Milk, flour and eggs are also scarce. The limits are there but it's hard to say if it's helping. Radio hosts are pleading with people to stop hoarding and just be reasonable. Fortunately, my wife is a soapmaker, so we won't run out of at least that.
- ryandrake 7y ago