# Screw Coronovirus: what can we do about the current toilet paper crisis? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041 "2020-03-22T17:39:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/101 "2020-04-10T00:53:15Z")
Woohoo. My tp subcription fron Amazon came only 1 day late. I subscribed months ago because my daugter and grandkids were always stopping by to grab a roll or three, and I needed to be prepared. They moved closer to town at the end of last month so won’t be stopping by as often, but I hadn’t adjusted my subscription. Which is good, because I supplied their new house with tp when they moved. They took a good chunk of my paper towel stock as well. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/102 "2020-04-10T13:37:49Z")
We now know why there is no TP, it is so \*\*Ann Hedonia \*\* can get “the thrill of the victory!” I haven’t seen TP in the store for 4 weeks and I was just there yesterday. ---
**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 10, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/103 "2020-04-10T17:28:33Z")
> [@susan](#): > > There’s still none at my grocery or the grocery with curbside pickup. Woohoo, sure glad I didn’t get extra when I had the chance. It certainly has been scarce around here. A few days ago I did score a miserable little four-pack of RV/boat TP, at the Walmart on W 11th Ave. Fortunately it’s not all we have, though. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/104 "2020-04-10T17:38:18Z")
I scored some TP at Seniors Hours at the supermarket, but it was store-brand single ply. It’s the thinnest TP I think I’ve ever used, I have to snap off 8 squares and fold it 3 times so it doesn’t disintegrate mid wipe. I miss my Charmin Extra Soft. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/105 "2020-04-10T18:14:15Z")
Hmm. I ordered some bamboo TP on Amazon. It’s coming from Hong Kong. When it shipped, I got a notice with a photo that differed from the photo on the product site. Specifically, it’s an image with pornographic drawings. [NSFW](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41-GXDqlZ4L._SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg), and we shall see what actually arrives. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/106 "2020-04-13T00:39:13Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > We’ve officially moved into hoarder territory. We have > 3-4 rolls in each of two bathrooms, this is what we had pre-shortage. Mostly the single ply lasts forever Scott. > > Our stash consists of > 2 -18 roll pack of mega rolls > 2- 12 packs of double rolls > 1 - 4 pack of Scott - the single ply stuff that lasts forever. > 1 -9 pack of double rolls > 1-6 pack of mega rolls > 1-16 roll packs of double rolls. > 2- 4 packs of this incredibly sad looking 150 sheet single rolls of genetic no-brand TP, that we snagged at the height of the shortage > 1 small (150 sheet) roll of paper with Donald Trump’s face printed on every sheet. I’m saving that one for a special occasion. I’m waiting the biggest stinky dump ever, a crap like no ones ever seen before. > > Seriously, the TP shortage has been so profound that we get this big rush of victory whenever we score TP. And, at this point, that’s mostly why we keep buying it. We will use it all eventually. Our other excuse is that sone of our friends and family don’t have schedules that make it easy to find TP, and we can be generous now. But mostly, it’s the thrill of victory,. > > Plus, I like the plush stuff and the rest of my family likes Scott. The large bulk of the stash is the plush stuff, so I’m set for a while and maybe I’ll convert them. Hmm. What did you say your address was again? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/107 "2020-04-13T01:57:17Z")
TP is a low inventory item, because consumption is very stable, usually, and it takes up lots of space, in stores and warehouses. Stores can be caught short, but this is a glitch. Anyone regretting not having phone books anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041/108 "2020-04-13T02:11:34Z")
We were out of town when the panic shopping insanity hit, so we never got a chance to restock TP (which we were just about due for anyway). And my asthmatic self is not setting foot in a grocery store right now, and it is basically impossible to acquire TP in any way other than actually entering a store. (I managed curbside pickup for basically everything else.) Luckily I have a totally awesome friend who dropped some off from her out-of-town mom’s stash. Mom obviously isn’t coming back from Florida anytime soon, and my friend and I share a late-perestroika affinity for acquiring paper products in short supply. (We both studied Russian at the same university and lived in Russia around the collapse of the USSR.) I returned the favor by giving her a giant platter full of homegrown microgreens and a batch of home-baked brownies, and everyone was happy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-coronovirus-what-can-we-do-about-the-current-toilet-paper-crisis/850041.md?page=5)