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05-03-2020, 02:20 PM | #1 | ||
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Serious question... What is wrong with people!
I've just read that a woman in Ipswich has been to all the Coles, Woolworths and our Costco just to replenish the family toilet paper... But they have been sold out! Costco opened early this morning 9.50am and their entire stock was sold out in 10mins! People suddenly thinking that the Coronavirus is the beginning of Doomsday... What is wrong with people! I'm down to 3-4 rolls, so I'd better travel to Brisbane for a pack of 12...
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05-03-2020, 02:53 PM | #2 | ||
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I wonder if convenience stores still have stock, mini marts, 7-11, servos and milk bars etc. Rather pay double $ than drive, park and search all the bigger stores.
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05-03-2020, 03:01 PM | #3 | ||
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Is driven by the media advising of likely shortages in the case of a pandemic. BTW I think you mean "Hoarding" as "Hording" is defined as forming or gathering in a large moving group and I don't think we have hords of toilet paper descending up us yet; but who knows perhaps that going to be the next apocalyptical event. :-) Sorry; I know what you meant and don't mean to be a spelling Nazi but I couldn't resist that one as I now can't get image of hords of toilet paper rolls out of my head; something like the Windows flying toaster screensaver.
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05-03-2020, 03:06 PM | #4 | ||
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Look, all of this calamity is very stressing - must go now to locate fresh supply - I'm down to my last 250 rolls, the pain , the pain.
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05-03-2020, 04:30 PM | #5 | ||
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I shop for this item as required; it had come due for replenishment. Took three shops to find a packet. As I watched, an entire pallet was picked off. This was at 8:20 today. As I left Woolies, I could see people lining up for the yet-to-open Aldi.
The lack of budget priced (89¢) penne is more concerning to me. It’s taken pasta salad off the shelves. |
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05-03-2020, 04:44 PM | #6 | ||
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Just found this...
That didn't work... Fixed... https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kall...oid_VIP_bottom
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05-03-2020, 04:46 PM | #7 | ||
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05-03-2020, 04:50 PM | #8 | ||
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I used to find the Southern Chinese custom of washing your heat treated and vacuum sealed crockery and cutlery in lukewarm tea to protect from a possible SARS* outbreak hilarious... But now... According to our actions, maybe they have a point.
* Stupid autocorrect.
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05-03-2020, 05:07 PM | #9 | ||
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Seen this?
https://www.9news.com.au/national/co...0-7187bc1cff85 Moreover, the pun about stocks of bog rolls being “wiped out” has surfaced again. |
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05-03-2020, 05:30 PM | #10 | ||
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I'm so glad I look up the news I wish to read instead of being force fed the rubbish peddled by the networks.
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05-03-2020, 05:30 PM | #11 | ||
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No need to panic.
You can just buy a roll on eBay. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/One-Prem...QAAOSw0IBeXxoE |
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05-03-2020, 05:36 PM | #12 | ||
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05-03-2020, 05:46 PM | #13 | ||
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Last week I was driving to go shopping and they were talking about people possibly starting to buy up all the staples, including dunny paper.
Got my usual shopping, including 3x12 pack loo paper (the shelves were all full) and thought nothing of it. Went out today and both Coles and Woolies stripped bare. I think the best option is for people to get in as much online shopping for it across all the stores in the hope one order comes through. I'm good for a month or 2... It's sad to hear of families that just buy enough to get them through a week being down to their last roll with little hope of getting more. Let's hope the ramped up production catches up with the public demand. Sent from my LG-M700 using Tapatalk
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05-03-2020, 05:52 PM | #14 | ||
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We could all be like Bear Grills
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05-03-2020, 06:17 PM | #17 | ||
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I was listening to the radio today as you tend to do in the car, and as per usual with all the media hype, toilet paper was a topic on the news. Some anus expert came on and his reasons for all the panic were people paranoid theyd get the virus and have to go into self isolation, people thinking we import rolls from china, people sending rolls overseas, and simply others jumping on the band wagon.
One of the old blokes i work with sent me a photo today being a smart alec. He maintains 2 buildings that are attached, so a combined 104 floors. He took a photo of the toilet paper store room which is huge and packed, captioned he thinks he has enough. Being 104 floors, the huge room only lasts 2 weeks between restocks, but only a few days when there are gastro outbreaks. |
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05-03-2020, 06:29 PM | #18 | ||
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$2/pack
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05-03-2020, 07:05 PM | #20 | |||
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Woolies CEO just sent out an email:
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05-03-2020, 07:15 PM | #21 | ||
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Very diplomatic way of saying shoppers are acting like headless chooks.
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05-03-2020, 07:15 PM | #22 | ||
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It’s the old hysterical fomo trick. If the shelves are empty, there must be a shortage, quick, buy,buy,buy!
This just shows that as a society, we are one news story away from total and uncontrolled breakdown of order. It’s just like the baby formula crap, there’s no shortage, it’s just that a supermarket that sells 100 cans a week suddenly goes to 1000 per week, it takes some time for the supply chain to catch up. I was in a Foodland today, they had 12 pallets of toilet paper in their store room to last weeks, it was emptied in 2 days, just madness.
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05-03-2020, 09:52 PM | #24 | ||
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There has now been a run on borrowing books from libraries for nefarious purposes. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/...ng-b881481290z Fake but funny news and I am sure some idiots will now try it.
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05-03-2020, 10:05 PM | #26 | ||
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How long before there is a run on the banks?
It's not like the money is earning any interest. Toilet paper, pasta, books, paracetamol.... Next it will be gas bottles and camping gear. Real Lord of the flies stuff... Survival of the fittest. Sent from my LG-M700 using Tapatalk
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06-03-2020, 07:29 AM | #27 | ||
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Whatever weekday the sales of loo paper spike on, should be commemorated thereafter as “Brown Friday” (or whatever day it may be)...
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06-03-2020, 08:48 AM | #28 | ||
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Here's a link to a website that gives all the up to date numbers in an easy to read format.
https://www.worldometers.info/corona...navirus-cases/ China looks like it is turning the tide compared to the rest of the world. It's worth noting there are only about 40,000 total active cases at the moment not the nearly 100,000 cases the press like to focus on. Now the WHO says the world must knuckle down to contain the virus and our powers that be say we can't contain it, sounds like they've given up and are moving to phase 2. We have 30 active cases here, scoop them up and stick them in quarantine because telling them to stay at home is not good enough IMO. |
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06-03-2020, 09:48 AM | #29 | ||
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That limit will do nothing but give a false sense of belief.
Does anyone remember the baby formula restrictions? 2 cans at a time? The would walk in as an army squadron and all grab 2 cans each, then walk out to the boot unload and then rinse and repeat until the shelves were bare, then move onto the next supermarket. |
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06-03-2020, 09:58 AM | #30 | |||
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There was a guy on the radio yesterday talking about the limit. There is no common sense to how it's applied. It's per pack. So, when the shopper went to buy paper for his family there were only single rolls left. Only allowed to buy 4 single rolls. Yet, if there was a 24 pack of paper you could also buy 4 packs of that 24 rolls.... Oh, and I can tell you that paper is being now sent overseas by post. Sound familiar???
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