Why

Why are people panic buying toilet rolls?

Why

25 September 2020

12:45

The government has clamped down on peoples movements because of the virus.

 

People are panic buying

Yes I understand they want to make sure they dont run out of essential items

What are the buying

Toilet rolls and kitchen rolls

 

What about food?

No

 

Why toilet rolls?

When we were little we cut up old newspapers into toilet roll sized sheets and

fastened them close by on a nail or string

 

Why toilet rolls and Kitchen rolls

 

Wild Rose

Sept 2020

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

I never really understood why toilet paper, when food is also an essential. But I did see people walking out of supermarkets with 50 rolls of toilet paper; I call that HOARDING. And once someone doe it, it becomes like a fad, and the shelves are empty; I guess that's just human nature! Nice write!
Fondly, Betty
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[Wild Rose]

Just returned from a shopping trip - All shelves full - the only empty ones were Kitchen & toilet rolls and flour (3 flour per customer)

[Betty Hermelee]

What the????😊

[Wild Rose]

Precisely!!

[emmajoy]

Your words are bang on true as true.. had that down in the SW way back, as someone local said, 'There's going to be a hell of a lot of letter writing due!' Perverted me is still wondering what people might have written if asked end of last year what would be items on a list of essential shopping? Market research amongst family/friends resulted in: booze, chocolate, hangover cures and indigestion tablets. As said below, even those items added to the loo paper hoarding makes for odd reasoning!

Fun sort of post even if seriously posted

[Wild Rose]

We stock up for Christmas; with about 4 weeks worth of food
Mid Jan I heard about this bad dose of flue; which was supposed to be two weeks to get over _ We stocked up on flue; cough & cold medicines. then topped up our food

I was struck with an immunity break down and
told to isolate from other people. The next day a general block was brought in.
Son took over buying all sorts of unneeded stuff just because others were buying it

We are still keeping our food store full

[Dave Brown]

this was also the original reaction to the pandemic in our area.
People walking out of Costco with shopping carts full of toilet rolls!!!!
All time clazy!
Seems to have become a thing of the past now

[Wild Rose]

We are seeing a second wave > Kids going to uni. Freedom no parent guidance - Whole universities on self isolating
We keep a stock of food in all the time. comes from living out in the wilds

[Chris Shaw]

No panic buying down here, but we don:t have stringent restrictions like some areas. Toilet rolls for God sake why?? We also used newspaper in the, 50:s :)

Chris

[Wild Rose]

Our super markets seem to be just a normal
Mind we are one of the lowest place to have any virus victims

Modern people don't seem to know how to survive without all their all the modern bits & bobs; do they

[Chris Shaw]

Nope. They would be useless at survival techniques if they got stranded. . Would give them panic attacks without loo paper :))