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Stores run out of toilet paper because we're no longer popping at work: https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c
by argomo 6y ago
Stores run out of toilet paper because we're no longer popping at work: https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0 https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about...
The lockdowns have precipitated a huge shift in how we eat and what/where we purchase things. The supply chain is responding, but pivoting is expensive and groceries are a low margin business... the shortages could have been a lot worse. Going forward we may see shortages in imported foods/produce due to pandemic impacts in other countries and/or regulatory/logistics problems getting that food to market.
I'm not saying that the media has been responsible, just don't discount the bigger picture of changes in consumer behaviour.
- choward 6y agoI'm not totally buying that for the initial surge. Stores were running out of toilet paper a week or two before any kind of orders were issued. All businesses were still open.
- gaius_baltar 6y agoStores were running out of toilet paper because people antecipated they would run out of toilet paper. Just a self-fulfilling prophecy.