Why are people getting crazy about toilet paper?
@nela13 (58720)
Portugal
March 16, 2020 4:28am CST
It seems to be a general problem, at first I thought it was only in my country but people are getting crazy and buying all the toilet paper everywhere!
I wonder if they don't have water at home?!
I know toilet paper is important but what is the point of buying everything and make the supermarkets run out of it?
Is this happening in your country as well?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
16 Mar 20
That is also my question. What is the relation of toilet paper with the corona virus?
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
@Alexandoy I don't understand the relation too.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 20
Yes, it is TP madness here.
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@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
29 Mar 20
It's a little hard to find here, probably because of all who bought too much and are hoarding it.
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
30 Mar 20
People don't think about others' needs, just care about themselves.
@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
That is great! The lack of sanitizers is understandable. Some people are really selfish and don't care if others will have what they need.
@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
29 Mar 20
We had the same problem here. People are not acting good to others. One bunch of toilet roll should be suffice for a household for a while. However, people load their shopping cart with too many of those packs.
We were not having enough toilet roll for a while. We were just lucky today. They restocked it up in walmart. So we just took one pack and came back.
I was discussing with my husband that there should be a system in these retail shops to limit the purchase to a count to 1 per day per household. We should really have a member card system to track on the last purchase of these items atleast during such crisis.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
30 Mar 20
@nela13 That's great. We can have some extra just in case if they're planning for any lockdown.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
23 Mar 20
Yeah it's happening here. I finally got some tp this weekend.
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@thelme55 (77167)
• Germany
29 Mar 20
Yes, it is happening here. Last week there was news about a woman who wanted to buy more than a package of toilet paper. The cashier told her she was not allowed to buy more than 1 package. The customer got angry and sat on the food belt of the cashier and was shouting that her husband was a lawyer. She was out of her mind that the shop manager called the police. She was arrested and was not even able to buy that toilet paper. Crazy, isn´t it.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
22 Mar 20
Because people are panicking and their mental abilities are limited.
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
20 Mar 20
I saw in the news that it's happening the same in your country.