Why are people getting crazy about toilet paper?

@nela13 (58669)
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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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Mar 20
I have no idea, but this is not happening here.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
16 Mar 20
@nela13 I have read the same in the United States and in Australia.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
19 Mar 20
@LadyDuck it is weird, there are otter things that are more essential and don't take so much space to store.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
I am glad it isn't happening in your country. Here it seems that people are getting crazy about this.
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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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@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
16 Mar 20
I must have missed something because I have no idea what going on. All I know is that this week I will be using wipes.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
@Alexandoy I don't understand the relation too.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
@Ladanger Wipes are surely more expensive than toilet paper.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
19 Mar 20
I heard that it’s happening here, but as usual, I keep a well stocked pantry so am good for a long time.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
21 Mar 20
@nela13 If we can’t, we have boxes of tissues.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
23 Mar 20
@DianneN I have already thought about those too
@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
20 Mar 20
I also have enough for 2/3 weeks, I don't know if I will find more after that.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 20
Yes, it is TP madness here.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
Any clue why?
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@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
16 Mar 20
Today I was at the pharmacy and purchased wipes. There was no toilet paper at all.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
I don't get the point of buying all the toilet paper.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
19 Mar 20
@Ladanger yes, but there are other things that are much more important than toilet paper.
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@Ladanger (14578)
• United States
16 Mar 20
@nela13 I guess because stores will be closed soon.
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@akanetuk (2135)
16 Mar 20
I ask myself the same question.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
Is it happening the same in your country?
@snowy22315 (180688)
• 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 (58669)
• Portugal
30 Mar 20
People don't think about others' needs, just care about themselves.
@May2k8 (18359)
• Indonesia
19 Mar 20
In fact, no one is interested in toilet paper here, the most salable from the pharmacy and food.
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@May2k8 (18359)
• Indonesia
21 Mar 20
@nela13 I am from Indonesia, it must visible to everyone.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
23 Mar 20
@May2k8 are there many cases in your country?
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
20 Mar 20
Food and pharmacy items are essential, toilet paper isn't. Where are you from?
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
16 Mar 20
No our part of world everybody do not use toilet paper. There is also no shortage of anything here except for sanitizers.
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@nela13 (58669)
• 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.
@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
16 Mar 20
I hoard toilet paper all the time not just during this crisis.
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@id_peace (14005)
• Singapore
17 Mar 20
I think i should have enough
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
I always have some at home too but not enough for months.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
19 Mar 20
@id_peace you don't need to buy it then.
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@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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• 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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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
30 Mar 20
@smileyhema Here everyone is at home.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
29 Mar 20
I was able to buy a pack yesterday, it would be enough for two weeks as I still have some at home. There were many in the supermarket yesterday.
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@JESSY3236 (19949)
• United States
23 Mar 20
Yeah it's happening here. I finally got some tp this weekend.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
24 Mar 20
I have some but I know I will need more soon. Here the shelves are still empty.
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@thelme55 (77061)
• 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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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
30 Mar 20
that was a very extreme situation. People must understand that they should left some for others.
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@Moon24 (22396)
• Serbia
16 Mar 20
Here also is hard to find toilet paper.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
19 Mar 20
@Moon24 it is the same here.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
Is there a run to the supermarkets too?
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@Moon24 (22396)
• Serbia
16 Mar 20
@nela13 It was and now shelves are empty.
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@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Mar 20
I don't understand as it doesn't make a sense. There are many things that are much more important than the toilet paper. Here since everything supplies well, so we are not in panic to buy something all together.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
That is the right thing to do, don't panic and leave things so the others can buy too.
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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 (58669)
• Portugal
23 Mar 20
Ahahahah, that is a good answer
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
20 Mar 20
Yes, happening here in Canada too.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
23 Mar 20
Seems a general problem, I still don't understand why
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Mar 20
Yes, it is. The store shelves are pretty empty here.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
20 Mar 20
I saw in the news that it's happening the same in your country.
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar 20
Yes, it is happening in Australia too. It's just crazy.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
16 Mar 20
I read that in Australia it is happening the same. I think there are more essential things to buy at this moment.
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@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
19 Mar 20
it started and this is HAPPENING, I just don't understand why.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
20 Mar 20
It seems people aren't seeing what is really important.
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