The toilet paper thing was so stupid. There was plenty available, but they didn’t want to sell it in stores because it was made for commercial use. At the same time they didn’t want to increase production for household supply since that would cost money and they wanted to use the shortage as an excuse to raise prices.
We had that here too. For a week. Then it all sorted itself out. Mostly because people got their panic buying out of their system and everything returned to normal.
The problem wasn’t panic buying, at least not after the first rush. It was that demand for home use went up past the ability to supply during lockdown. Shifting part of the commercial supply to the grocery stores would have solved it immediately.
Sure, but we still have toilet paper and no mass shootings.
The toilet paper thing was so stupid. There was plenty available, but they didn’t want to sell it in stores because it was made for commercial use. At the same time they didn’t want to increase production for household supply since that would cost money and they wanted to use the shortage as an excuse to raise prices.
We had that here too. For a week. Then it all sorted itself out. Mostly because people got their panic buying out of their system and everything returned to normal.
The problem wasn’t panic buying, at least not after the first rush. It was that demand for home use went up past the ability to supply during lockdown. Shifting part of the commercial supply to the grocery stores would have solved it immediately.
The no mass shootings part certainly is a plus.