# Article on the TP Shortage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980 "2020-04-03T17:58:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980/41 "2020-04-07T00:55:06Z")

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> [@Urbanredneck](#):
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> Work toilet paper doesnt use the same kind of rollers as home.

Maybe where **you** work, it doesn’t.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980/42 "2020-04-07T01:09:00Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> I think in the beginning, some people were worried about literal lockdowns-- being challenged by armed police when they went out-- so they wanted to make sure they didn’t have to go out for a couple of months.

I was less worried about being stopped by police, than the possibility that so many people would get sick, there wouldn’t be enough healthy truckers, warehouses would be understaffed, etc., IOW the whole supply chain would have frayed links resulting in shortages of who knows what.

So yeah, I felt a lot better, knowing I had enough of pretty much everything to last my family until June.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980/43 "2020-04-07T02:45:07Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> People will do this no matter how much toilet paper they’ve stockpiled. I think they will continue to do this until at least some of the stores are able to fully stock the shelves once again.

I don’t know. I know for me, now that I picked up a 12 pack of quality toilet paper (and not some shitty brand that falls apart), I don’t feel an urge to buy more until sometime in summer when I run low again.

I think when people have a 2-3+ month supply in the back, they may feel comfortable not buying more. I mentioned in my thread above that when I picked up my 12 pack, there were other shoppers in the store who didn’t have any in their carts. So they walked past the aisle and didn’t buy any.

I’m hoping the shortage starts to die down within the next few weeks as the % who were hoarding realize they don’t need tho hoard anymore.

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-on-the-tp-shortage/850980/44 "2020-04-07T02:49:09Z")

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> [@Seanette](#):
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> Or until they finally run out of storage space.
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> Or until they realize that they’re not going to be able to resell for 500% markup without being shamed on social media or having legal problems over price-gouging.

I’m too embarrassed to reveal what I paid recently for a couple of packs of Angelsoft om eBay. The seller tried to get feedback from me and I said he really didn’t want feedback from me given the fact I’d just paid so much for two packs of toilet paper.

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