Need toilet paper? Good luck with that. by Helen Betts

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14-Mar-2020

Need toilet paper? Good luck with that.

This was the paper products aisle at our supermarket on Saturday afternoon. I guess it’s true that people are hoarding toilet paper, although I’m not sure why.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Return of the starlings, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh		31-Mar-2020 06:02
Human stupidity...a great documentary photograph! V

janescottcumming		16-Mar-2020 11:09
Cool shot! Amazing what people go nuts over. V

Julie Oldfield		16-Mar-2020 00:35
Wow! A store near me has police in the TP aisle to stop fights.

Don		15-Mar-2020 22:52
Ah, this craziness isn't just here afterall; that, at least, is a small consolation.

Bill Miller		15-Mar-2020 21:59
It does feel like a craziness is setting in across all countries

hayl		15-Mar-2020 18:47
It’s not gastric flu, people. You don’t need extra toilet paper. Same craziness on display here. Also I’m resenting the term “elderly” - wait a minute, when did that happen?!

Graeme		15-Mar-2020 17:30
It’s the same over here in the UK with toilet paper and hand wash but like you, what is it about toilet rolls?

Jean Chiasson		15-Mar-2020 17:23
Paper Panic

Blandine Mangin		15-Mar-2020 17:23
la même chose chez nous !

Ton T.		15-Mar-2020 16:07
Shit! V

Dave Petersen Photography		15-Mar-2020 14:12
The story of our time. Please stay safe and well. V

Jeff Real		15-Mar-2020 13:36
A great document to tell about this crazy time. Shelves are empty here also but there is plenty of soap and hand sanitizer which is troublesome. V

pkocinski		15-Mar-2020 12:14
I just don't get it... TP really?

danad		15-Mar-2020 10:31
No problem here in Brittany in the supermarkets but the same scenes near Paris and other big cities all over France. Mankind never changes !

Juliette		15-Mar-2020 08:32
here too... but I realy don't understand why of all products people want toilet-paper !

Industrial Heritage		15-Mar-2020 08:13
Here the same, people are crazy. They even fight over products.

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		15-Mar-2020 07:59
The same in the Netherlands there is panic about carona.

Raymond		15-Mar-2020 07:58
I truly don't get it! Why having enough toilet paper for the next 10 years? I can understand some provisions for a little while but this is so excessive!

joseantonio		15-Mar-2020 05:23
what an amazing image to show how this hysteria works.V

Charlene Ambrose		15-Mar-2020 05:14
Overnight, our markets started to look like this! I was shopping last Wednesday and everything looked normal, then on Friday there was a mob scene. People going nuts. I just wanted some tomato sauce. Got the last 2 cans. Good grief.

Gill Kopy		15-Mar-2020 02:43
How much toilet paper can one use ??? You can buy it on the black market here - ha ha !!!

LynnH		15-Mar-2020 01:57
No toilet paper in my part of Texas. Not much of anything else either. I'm thankful that I keep a well stocked pantry.

globalgadabout		15-Mar-2020 01:45
same here in Vancouver, and also not much by way of pasta noodles and sauces, canned goods like soups and fish, soft drinks...perhaps the fear is that the supply chains will stop and goods become unavailable...however, the word so far is that there is little to worry about, as there is still plenty of stock available..

David Buzzeo		15-Mar-2020 01:35
Neither am I, but whatever the reason it is universal. V

Hank Vander Velde		15-Mar-2020 01:28
This herd-mentality is about the dumbest thing I've seen. Surely, toilet paper should be one of our least worries.

Nirvan Hope		15-Mar-2020 01:00
One sick society, mass hysteria.

larose forest photos		15-Mar-2020 00:42
I have to laugh at this, because this is exactly the same view of the paper products aisles at some supermarkets here! I don't get the toilet paper hoarding either!