# Have YOU run out of Toilet Paper? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688 "2020-04-13T11:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/1 "2020-04-13T11:25:58Z")
There is apparently a worldwide TP crisis underway. I’m curious how this has affected you and the people you know and love. My theory is that despite the empty shelves, few people have actually run out, but it’s just a theory, time to get evidence! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/2 "2020-04-13T11:36:35Z")
We’re well-stocked since I buy a bunch when it’s on sale. I do wonder how long it will be until availability returns to normal and my brand goes on sale again. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/3 "2020-04-13T12:53:51Z")
I was lucky I bought a bunch at costco right before the shortage. And I also just bought another 30 rolls from costco online. It’s the cheap stuff but I’m not picky. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/4 "2020-04-13T13:13:10Z")
There was a temporary shortage here, but it seems to have gone now. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/5 "2020-04-13T13:57:09Z")
I was getting pretty low (which still left me with a safe reserve) at the time that I finally found some, but when I did find some, all they had was the 12-pack, instead of my usual 4-pack. So I’m set for a while now. I may be giving a few rolls to my mom. She could get out to buy some (Aldi is getting a new shipment every day, and it takes an hour or two to run out), but she’s trying to minimize her number of trips, and she’s well-stocked on everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/6 "2020-04-13T14:21:31Z")
I know someone who ran out but found some that day at the Pentagon City Costco (which was out when I went a week later for other stuff.) I still have 20+ rolls leftover from a regular pre-COVID purchase so no shortage in my house. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/7 "2020-04-13T14:28:27Z")
I did have to bail out my ex-husband. He was completely out of TP. I normally wouldn’t dip into my precious supply for him, but the kids were going to his house for a few days, so I gave him some. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/8 "2020-04-13T14:30:08Z")
I voted ‘no’ assuming this was about the current situation. But I do recall running out of TP a couple of times in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/9 "2020-04-13T14:35:50Z")
Nope. I still have an unopened 30 roll Costco brick. My wife has cut way back on her usage, and we have a bidet toilet seat, so a roll is lasting us five days or more. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/10 "2020-04-13T16:24:33Z")
Getting low Tomorrow’s project is to go out in the morning when the stores are opening. In 2020 we were supposed to have moon bases and flying cars… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/11 "2020-04-13T16:33:36Z")
Middle son raided the supply (which I estimate prior to the current crisis was in the 6-month range: my wife buys a lot any time she sees it on sale, and it was often apparently a loss-leader around here) - not sure if he was actually out, but presume he was low enough to be worried. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/12 "2020-04-13T16:37:21Z")
No, not yet, but I’m getting low and I haven’t been able to find any online. I am out of Kleenex and that is going to make me crazy. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/13 "2020-04-13T16:44:58Z")
I never knew so many people regularly keep a mini warehouse of toilet paper in their homes! My budget and storage dictate that I can only buy what I need, so when everyone went apeshit(no pun intended) I had a half roll on the spindle and 1 roll left. I wasn’t able to get any for three weeks. Like, literally the morning after I’d used the last square I was able to find some. A brand and an amount I would never usually buy (because it’s lame and there are much fewer sheets on each roll)but I was so happy you’d think I’d struck gold. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/14 "2020-04-13T17:09:58Z")
We haven’t run out _now_ because I _have_ run out in the past. So there is always a couple of 12 packs of mega-rolls in the garage. So far we’ve been running down the stock under the bathroom sinks, but I’ll have to crack into one of the garage packs sometime this week, I think. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/15 "2020-04-13T18:00:52Z")
We have about 2 weeks left. However, I haven’t seen any in my weekly trips to the store and I doubt I do before we run out (I haven’t seen any paper towels, kleenex or TP). It will be interesting once we do run out. I guess I’ll switch to morning showers instead of at night. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/16 "2020-04-13T18:18:38Z")
I’ve been using Kleenex (thrown into a trash bin) for a couple of weeks now. The little grocery store where I work started selling _their own stock_ roll by roll, but stopped because they’re unable to order more. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/17 "2020-04-13T18:25:36Z")
I had a mostly full package of TP when the run on them started. I grabbed one extra pack when I found them available (wasn’t specifically looking for them it was a general grocery run). I haven’t even come close to running out. Very fascinating that this happened. Makes no damn sense. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/18 "2020-04-13T18:28:40Z")
Question for Bidet owners: How do you dry your asshole? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/19 "2020-04-13T18:47:13Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Question for Bidet owners: How do you dry your asshole? A much smaller amount of TP than one uses for a full wipe job. Or you can just let your undies take care of the problem. Also, I misspoke on our TP. We’re actually getting ten days out of a roll, not five. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688/20 "2020-04-13T19:11:22Z")
The Big Crow went to Costco before the virus hit the fan. We still have a thirty-pack plus two six-packs. One of those, the Big Crow got a few days ago when out on a walk. Someone told him a nearby mom-and-pop store had some so he went to see. I was a little shocked to hear he paid ten bucks for it but the more I think about it, I guess that’s not too bad. Not a bargain by any means but not bad. It’s the Costco brand, too. I also have a four-pack from the convenience store next door that I got a few years ago and have been saving for when we really needed it. I got it free because someone apparently paid for it and then walked off without it. By the time I came in, I guess the cashier was tired of waiting for the customer to come back, so he told me to take it. I felt a little weird about it but accepted it anyway. So, we’re set for another couple of months, if we’re careful. Hopefully, the TP situation will improve by then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-run-out-of-toilet-paper/851688.md?page=2)