Port strikes spark toilet paper ‘panic buying’ as shoppers say shelves left empty - eviltoast

Americans have already started noticing a decline in toilet paper rolls in their local stores as customer apparently bulk buy - despite the majority of paper being produced domestically

Toilet paper ‘panic buying’ has been reported in parts of the country, as Americans fear the impact of the ongoing port strike.

Roughly 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked out on Tuesday morning after their contract with the ports expired. News that the strike could impact 36 ports appears to have led some consumers to buy rolls upon rolls of toilet paper in a panic, with shoppers posting pictures of their local stores with empty shelves.

Social media users in New Jersey, Colorado, Virginia and other states reported shelves cleaned out of toilet paper.

  • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I buy the bulk packs of super thick type and hardly need any so it lasts me like 3 rolls a year.

    I’d love a bidet anyway but i refuse to do anything the landlord might get huffy about

    • cheers_queers@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      the cheap ones are so easy to connect and disconnect that i don’t think you could possibly fuck up enough for them to notice you did anything

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      2 months ago

      It requires MAYBE an adjustable wrench or pliers. Your landlord will never know. Easily returned to original configuration in minutes. Do it!