I’ve never seen anything like it. The shelves are picked over and some are bare. What are people going to do with all that toilet paper? Wrap themselves in it for protection? I actually asked my wife how long a roll lasts. We’re thinking a week but not really sure. It’s never crossed my mind. [emoji2369]
Besides toilet paper, I went to pick up some ingredients for tomorrow’s breakfast and they didn’t have cream of chicken soup for the casserole I am planning. Strange.
I’ve also found a shortage of distilled water on the shelves at the local grocery store. I have a planned brewday next week so I hope the shelves are stocked before then. I might have to use — gasp — tap water. [emoji2357]
I haven’t been to a store since yesterday afternoon, as I was not planning to hoard stuff, and now I figure in a couple of days supplies will start to return and crowds will shrink. (Got an email from the supermarket that they’re working on restocking and will place per-customer limits on the items being raided. And I think I’m good on TP for a while.) I wasn’t stocking up yesterday, just shopping for dinner. But I did notice the toilet paper was all gone, and everyone at checkout had just about the last of the paper towels – apparently plan B. Anyway, I heard today that paper goods and chicken are what was wiped out here in Akron. Chicken? That’s a very specific protein choice.
But the one odd thing I noticed was already gone yesterday was bagged salad. Hmm, that’s gonna be real tasty after you’ve hunkered in the bunker for a month.
My daughter, who is 4 months pregnant, called my wife crying last night because she cannot find toilet paper and other basics anywhere. A neighbor of mine with 3 little boys was in the same boat. People just trying to do their regular shopping and being harmed because these idiots are in a panic.
My daughter, a family nurse practicioner, suggested that our government/political folks and the news media should all be given a small regular dose of Xanax to calm them and help them avoid the “henny penny” routine.
Go onto Amazon right now and look at any familiar brand of toilet paper… it’s unavailable or out of stock. I asked my wife “why toilet paper specifically? Why not water or beer or canned goods or meat, etc.?”. It is so freaking weird. That said, we have at least 20 rolls of TP in the house.
At our local grocery store this morning the shelves for TP, paper towels and tissues were completely bare, as was the shelf for hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes. The pasta shelves had only bit of gluten-free pasta left, the canned beans were mostly gone, and the “cup-of-soup” instant meals were gone. On the other hand, the fresh meat section was full and there was plenty of bread and fresh fruit and vegetables. It appears that the people who are stocking up are not really into cooking. We had no problem finding the items we wanted.
Kinda rough on the bum for us modern sissyified folks who barely remember the days before rolled crappin paper.
As infuriating as many aspect of this senseless panic have [don’t even look at the value of your IRA’s, 401K or HSA if you’re invested in equities], it is sadly amusing in a bit of a sick way the things people are snapping up. As Richard observed, the ready to eat stuff is scarce but things like dry beans, meat & vegetables that require even a tiny amount of labor @ cooking ability are still generally available. I was a bit worried when I went to the store yesterday, I was making beans and was down 1# each of red beans & black eyed peas and about a cup of pintos, don’t know how that happened cuz I normally keep a couple pounds of 4 or 5 kinds on hand. To my surprise the bean isle was fully stocked, I did have to settle though for the 2nd to last bedraggled bunch of cilantro.
My wife reported the bare shelves where paper goods used to be stocked, lots of fresh vegetables and no chicken. Why would people buy all the chicken and not the other types of meat?
