We have hurricane supplies, essentially a month’s worth of nearly everything except water, which we buy at the beginning of the season (June) and gradually drink through the end of the year before replenishing.
No need to get TP, food, etc. I can sort of understand the TP, but for the life of me I couldn’t understand why people were loading up on bottled water. It’s not like the water supply is going to be compromised. Strange times. -D > On Apr 9, 2020, at 5:20 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > It's mostly hoarding. Even if you're using a little more at home now, > it's only been a few weeks that most people have not been working. The > TP disappeared weeks before that when the virus hysteria started. > > Local Kroger had TP and paper towels overflowing the shelves > yesterday. They don't let you buy more than two packages per purchase > now, to stop the hoarders. > > There have got to be large numbers of people around here with 12 months > supply or more of TP at home, judging by the shortages here the past > month. > > Allan > > Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> On 2020-04-09 14:28, Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: >>> I can see how people might want guns or ammo in times like these, but >>> why is TP & paper towels being sold out all over town? >> >> Because if you're home 24/7, you do more pooping at home than if you're >> at work 5 days a week. And commercial TP is not the same stuff as >> residential TP. >> Therefore the business supply houses have plenty of TP, and the stores, >> fed by factories making exactly enough for normal times, have none. >> >> So, what started as panic buying/hoarding is now a genuine ongoing >> shortage. >> The shelves were empty by Friday the 20th in my area, but I found some >> for sale on the 25th. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
