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People are definitely losing their minds over this. It’s slightly annoying because my cleaners are now out of stock, and I have to be conservative about bleach. I sold almost 100 freezers last week. It was fucking insane. The only reason there is any sort of shortage is because people are hoarding.

Whatever makes you feel comfortable I guess, but it’s kind of a dick move.

The population did not dramatically increase overnight.
Humans are not suddenly eating 3x as much as normal.
Cows are still producing milk, chickens are laying eggs.

The only thing that has changed is that people are hoarding.
 
This scene is ridiculous-that woman bought enough potty roll to last for YEARS!!!Dhr shouldn't be ALLOWED to buy ANYMORE from any store!Look,other people need it besides you-and this bug DOESN'T cause digestive issues.A good thought use the potty paper instead of usual tissues to wipe your nose if infected and FLUSH it-don't put the used tissue in the trash where it could more easily contaminate others.A dozen roll pack lasts me a couple months-that's all I need-figure in that time this mess will be long over.
 
Our local store

is limiting TWO packs of toilet tissue per customer. If we can't get it, I'll install one of those seats with a built in bidet. It's easy enough to launder face or butt towels.
I'm glad my folks are now in a better place, and not living during this. They had it rough growing up in the great depression. My dad grew up in a 2 bedroom house with 5 older sisters and two younger brothers. Thye had nothing, but always managed to eat. They had no inside bathrooms until after WW2, nor gas heat. The house and water were heated on the kitchen wood stove, and a small parlor stove one in the front room.
 
When out this afternoon, hit a few stores.  Got pretty well stocked up on stuff EXCEPT paper products.  Got red skin potatoes at Sam's  Club, would have preferred Idaho,  but not quibbling.  Oranges, grapefruit green grapes, sardines, condensed milk, baking stuff at Aldi,  25# flour, noodles, and lemons at Gordon's.  Stopped at Kroger but nothing I needed. 

Got lots of fresh produce and frozen stuff, so I can hunker down for a couple of weeks easily.

 

Hope others fared as well.
 
Wore my mask and

I popped into the smaller (circa 1950s) grocery store up the street today rather than hit the megasizers and they had plenty of food items. The stockboys were busy filling up some empty spaces.. No TP and yeast though, thankfully I have enough, plus I started my sourdough starter this morning,, just in case My mask is the proper N whatever it is. I keep it in the car along with a bottle of hand san.
 
Grocery pick up woes

Our local markets offer online ordering with pick up to save going inside. Thinking this might be a good idea, I placed an order last Friday for pickup today. I made the mistake of not checking “no substitutes “ on some of the things we are particular about. Big mistake! They must leave interpretation to the person picking the order. We ordered chicken sausage (don’t eat pork) and got pork sausage. Ordered low sodium organic canned tomatoes and got regular Rotel tomatoes with chilies. My message is to be sure to check the “no substitutes” box on anything you care about before you submit your order. Side note though. Snaps to these folks who are doing these services for the rest of us! 🤩🤩
 
Went to Menard's today, hoping to find more of the Hormel Completes dinners. Absolutely none left in either of the locations I visited. About half the grocery area was empty. Plenty of candy, though.

Also was in Meijer, hoping to find the above dinners, but no luck. They were also out of Velveta Shells & Cheese. They were low on canned vegetables, but had plenty of pickled beets, so got a couple jars. Also got tuna, and some pickle relish. They had plenty of bread, so got a loaf. Also got a bottle of vitamin D3.

My last stop was Kroger, where I found they had bottled water, so got a gallon. Also got a frozen dinner and carton of pop. Again, no Hormel dinners.
 
I plan on trying to shop on maybe Wednesday.  I’d like to be able to buy at least 5 lbs, of flour, but with people buying 25 lbs at a time, stores around here have NONE.  Oh, well.

 

I’ve given up on finding any hand sanitizer.  Stores really need to start enforcing buying limits. They’ll sell it all no matter what anyway and won’t be losing any money, so at least give everyone a fair shot at  meeting their needs.  Not everyone is in a position to spend large amounts at a time, they should still be able to get what they need too.

 

Still hoping that I’ll be able to order online soon and just stay the hell out of this frenzy.  

 

Eddie
 
regarding the video above.

Yes, it's disturbing. Nobody that has at least 2 neurones would 1) Hoard all that toilet paper and 2) Hoard all that toilet paper right during this emergency situation.

HOWEVER (note a giant however in capital letters)

1) Was she really hoarding the toilet paper? Nobody knows. What if she was, for example, buying all that toilet paper to donate to charity?
2) Even if she was buying all the toilet paper to hoard and have enough to wipe her butt until 2095. We have to remind that (LUCKILY) we're a capitalist country, not a socialist country.
I totally agree she was doing something "immoral", being selfish and even irrational (if she was really buying to hoard) but, even if she was buying to hoard, it's not "illegal". If the retail store didn't limit how many units a customer can buy, she was just using her RIGHT and FREEDOM to buy as many as she wants.

Never let our country loose the best thing we have: FREEDOM! We are all free to go to a store and buy anything we want, as soon as we respect the rules and limitations. Be thankful that we are not limited by the government like "this month you'll buy 1 soap bar, 4 TP rolls but as you have a diarrhea, the president authorizes you to use your money to buy an additional roll this month."

If she was REALLY buying only to stock up (hoard), then she wasn't different than MILLIONS of people all over the world.

I can now say I live immediately over a historical TP Bunker. My neighbor (front house, same lot) that lives alone and probably has 10 butts and follow a very strict and weird diet told me other day "Thomas, I cleaned the nuclear shelter and put some things there just in case. If you need something, feel free to grab some".

Bored, I decided to go to the shelter (it's one of those cold war bunkers built under the basement that is under his house) only to discover it is halfway full up to the ceiling with probably more toilet paper than shown in the video above.

I even made a joke... If the soviets decide to bomb Los Angeles, we will die, but at least the toilet paper will be safe.

By the way, my neighbor is a very nice guy but he doesn't know much about emergency preparedness shopping list.

Good thing is.... I'll probably spend the next 10 years not worrying about running out of TP... well.... considering the absurdly high moisture down there, specially now that it's raining almost every day... I'm not exactly sure that TP will last more than a few weeks. Didn't he think that it can be the reason why that shelter is abandoned for 60+ years? Well... he bought all that TP, so maybe he didn't really use his brain.

By the way... Don't those people know how cheap and easy to install those "bidet" hand showers are? They can save money, protect the environment (reduce TP usage), protect the pipes (no clogs) and the old school "water + soap, rinse, repeat, pat dry" is WAY BETTER than TP alone or those nasty toilet clogging flushable wipes.
 
I got out of work late today around 7:30am so I figured I'd stop by the Walmart in Franklin, Tn since it would just be opening.  Surprisingly enough, they had just about everything restocked.  I was able to get all meds, home cleaning goods, and food that I had on my shopping list.  They had limits on quantity but that's ok.  Got another container of GV sanitizing wipes, a two pack of lysol surface cleaning spray, and fabric softener.  I'm keeping a pkg of lysol wipes in the car to wipe off ATM buttons before and after I touch them. 

 

One of my coworkers just tested positive over the past 36 hours.  At least I haven't worked right beside him over the weekend.  Now he's off on quarantine along with the 3 other nurses he shares an apartment with.  This could actually take out a hospital's entire nursing workforce in a short time.
 
Whoops, I’m gonna have to post this in Shopper’s Square:

Just like that, an obscurity written by the late-Walt Becker and Donald Fagen that their group Steely Dan never recorded, “Giles Of The River” (just like “I Mean To Shine” recorded by Barbra Streisand, making its debut on her album BARBRA JOAN STREISAND, that Fagen played organ on and saw a couple other versions by Diahann Carroll and Barbara MNair) which John Kay of Steppenwolf did record, of which I should have kept my copy of JK’s MY SPORTIN’ LIFE for...

That is: ALL THE RECORD STORES CLOSED, so it’s too late to go and see if I can find near me...

— Dave

https://www.discogs.com/John-Kay-My...dbGxmMSleww0f_4Y0wxZrYZB2W52aidZ-c21ZAMeHjaW0
 
I went yesterday morning to Walmart with my neighbor for the 60+ crowd opening early at 6:00 am.  I got most everything I needed.  But no dried beans, rice, pasta,or whole wheat pasta.  And the cereal I eat--Total or Cheerios Multigrain weren't available.  Didn't have the Fiber One I usually snack on either.  Also no ultra filtured, ultra pasteurized milk to make yogurt.  
 
Went grocery shopping yesterday. I would say about 2/3 of the store looked normal. Stocked shelves all over. Some isles were almost empty like pasta, tomato sauces, but the meat isles were looking pretty stock along with paper towels and toilet paper. They even had ice cream in some brands back in stock. Went about 9:30 in the morning wasn't crowded, parking was great. Got to the checkout line and no one in front of me was in and out in half an hour. At both entrances they had employees wiping down carts with disinfectant and spraying them all over with a cleaner. The bread isle was completely filled and faced. Looked like I had remembered it. lol

Jon
 
My other half has found a big bag of pinto beans; the cereal I eat; and whole wheat pasta near him in Alabama and will be mailing a package to me.  
 
#54:

Yes, I'm definitely doing less laundry. That's probably because the only time I put on a shirt is when I'm working on camera and the only time I add pants is when I go check the mail :-)

#55:

Haircut: That'll be interesting. The last few years I've had ridiculous breakouts from every gel I've tried. If it happens again I'll just shave it all off!
 
I'd much rather go shopping...

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;">Didn't go shopping, but did have an appointment at Eisenhower Medical Center with the surgeon that will be performing my cancer surgery on 4/7. The normally crowded parking  lots were very empty. No need to use my handicap placard. No masks on attendants, nurses or the doctor. The surgeon even went to shake my hand but I opted for a bump. I won't be allowed any visitors unless they're there to make an end-of-life decision...so please stay away. I'm very nervous about facing this alone. At least I'll bring my tablet so I can stay in touch here. Stay healthy 
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