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Richard Deeming13-Mar-20 4:18

Richard Deeming

13-Mar-20 4:18

I hope you will not object if I also offer my most enthusiastic contrafibularities[^]. Big Grin | :-D

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Forogar 13-Mar-20 4:37

Forogar

13-Mar-20 4:37

That's the word I was going for but my memory let me down. Wink | ;)

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OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 5:04

13-Mar-20 5:04

I guessed it was, but I didn't want to mention it ... Laugh | :laugh:

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Forogar 13-Mar-20 7:04

Forogar

13-Mar-20 7:04

My rusty old brain thanks you.

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BC and AC

Amarnath S13-Mar-20 3:37

Amarnath S

13-Mar-20 3:37

Before Coronavirus and After Coronavirus

Re: BC and AC

OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 3:42

13-Mar-20 3:42

BC[^] and before DC[^]

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I do not understand

Cp-Coder13-Mar-20 1:48

Cp-Coder

13-Mar-20 1:48

I must admit: I stocked up on non-perishables to see our family through a potential period of 2 to 3 weeks of quarantine. But now the stores are running out of paper goods like paper towels and toilet paper! WTF | :WTF:

Why are people buying up entire stocks of these items? Confused | :confused:

musefan13-Mar-20 1:59

musefan

13-Mar-20 1:59

I know some people probably are buying multiple packs of toilet roll, but at the same time it's not like they put thousands of packs on the shelves. Even if each customer only bought a single pack they would probably clean out the stock pretty quick.

I think it's just that on a normal day not everyone will buy toilet roll, but now everyone wants a pack just in case... and of course the d***heads who are actually buying 10 packs.

It is frustrating being a non-panic shopper though, and I can't even get a new pack of toilet rolls when I am genuinely low on them. Same with hand soap, I ran out in the bathroom and was lucky just to get one to replace it (triple the cost of the ones I normally buy).

dandy7213-Mar-20 2:42

dandy72

13-Mar-20 2:42

musefan wrote:
and of course the d***heads who are actually buying 10 packs.

"Limit 2 per customer". Problem solved.

Looking at the flyers I get through the mail, it's something they do on a regular basis. They don't do it now because stores are more than happy to sell their entire stock.

OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 2:46

13-Mar-20 2:46

I suspect that some of them are putting out "half loaded shelves" to make it look like they are running out - just to sell more ...

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Rick York13-Mar-20 4:54

Rick York

13-Mar-20 4:54

... and to justify charging more for them.

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RJOberg13-Mar-20 4:52

RJOberg

13-Mar-20 4:52

dandy72 wrote:
"Limit 2 per customer". Problem solved.

Until you get that person who comes in, buys 2, leaves, comes back half an hour later buys two more, leaves, repeats.

... Not that I would ever do that to buy my favorite single malt whisky when it was limit 1 bottle per customer. $Shucks | :-\$

dandy7213-Mar-20 5:21

dandy72

13-Mar-20 5:21

So you own one of those Groucho Marx masks?

RJOberg16-Mar-20 3:23

RJOberg

16-Mar-20 3:23

Yes I do, several in fact! After leaving and returning, I was in fact a new customer and others had a chance to purchase during the time in between my visits

Most likely the staff didn't want to argue about it. Laugh | :laugh:

OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 2:09

13-Mar-20 2:09

See below: The Lounge: "Why do people stock up on toilet paper in crisis situations"[^]

The general consensus is: "People are stupid".
A quick trip to QA, reddit, FarceBok, or Twatter will confirm this.

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Jörgen Andersson13-Mar-20 3:11

Jörgen Andersson

13-Mar-20 3:11

Or, "people seems to stock up on tp. I'd better buy some in case they run out"

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Daniel Pfeffer13-Mar-20 4:42

Daniel Pfeffer

13-Mar-20 4:42

There are two complementary theories:

The Males are Idiots Theory (MIT)
The Females are Idiots Theory (FIT)

Between them, they explain all human behaviour. Smile | :)

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Richard MacCutchan13-Mar-20 2:27

Richard MacCutchan

13-Mar-20 2:27

It started in Hong Kong, then Australia. So people got spooked and thought "OMG, it's the end of civilisation". I guess they would rather starve than not be able to wipe themselves.

OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 2:42

13-Mar-20 2:42

Which is weird, because if you don't eat ...

Truely, GIGO in action!

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Mark_Wallace13-Mar-20 2:46

Mark_Wallace

13-Mar-20 2:46

You'll notice that children's crayons are all sold out, too.

That's because twitter might go down, and the most appropriate replacement for it is crayon on toilet paper.

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OriginalGriff13-Mar-20 2:47

13-Mar-20 2:47

I don't think twitter actually uses brown crayons ... Unsure | :~

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super13-Mar-20 3:38

super

13-Mar-20 3:38

In Germany at least where I live in a medium to large city, toilet paper is not available or I am very late. I tend to shop 20 mins before the closing time.

Other stocks not available or running low are
1. Sugar
2. Flour
3. Pasta/Noodles
4. Hand sanitizers

cheers,

Super

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chriselst13-Mar-20 4:16

chriselst

13-Mar-20 4:16

Went to a supermarket at lunchtime.

Absolutely no toilet paper, no dried pasta, very few tins of baked beans, almost no eggs for some reason.

Cheap antibacterial liquid soap all sold out, but plenty of the more expensive ones (yeah, it is that sort of area).

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Cp-Coder13-Mar-20 5:21

Cp-Coder

13-Mar-20 5:21

Hand sanitizers are totally unobtainable where we are in central Florida. I have a bread machine and sufficient flour to bake about 5 loaves (provided we don't run out of electricity! Big Grin | :-D

) Sugar and pasta is still freely available.