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Oh, bullshit. The shortage isn't because people are buying TP more often, the shortage is because a lot of people bought a lot of TP in short period of time. I
by apetrovic 7y ago
Oh, bullshit. The shortage isn't because people are buying TP more often, the shortage is because a lot of people bought a lot of TP in short period of time.
I don't live in US, and even if some morons here started hoarding TP, the majority of population acted more or less reasonably. I went to the store today, there's an usual amount of TP and paper towels in the shelves.
- dgritsko 7y agoDid you read the article? The argument being made (whether it's accurate or not, I have no idea) is that more people being home means shifting demand towards consumer TP and away from commercial TP, and pointing out that the supply chains for both are already highly optimized and not able to easily cope with such a dramatic shift in demand.
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoTP near me ran out before any closures happened.