[queasy27]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Stores may be limiting amounts purchased but that doesn’t stop couples from each purchasing the limit, going to their car unloading and going back to buy more as I witnessed the other day. Nor does it stop people from buying as much as they can from different stores.

Oh, for heaven's sake. I hadn't even thought of that.

I'm kind of curious what people are doing with all the baked beans. Those shelves were almost bare in Publix yesterday.

[l2ridehd]

But why hoard something that you can't possibly be using more of today than you were before this started? Are folks actually using more TP now than before? Not really possible. So to me it makes no sense. During a hurricane it might pass the smell test as roads could be closed and supply chain might be interrupted. But now none of that type problem is happening. So why hoard anything? You might buy a bit more to limit trips to an area where you are exposed to more people, but no more than an extra couple rolls.

It's a completely artificial shortage created by people to stupid to understand how resupply works and to selfish to care how their behavior impacts others.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by mtdjed

............My question is why are these items unavailable. One evening on a recent Lake Sumpter walk, we noticed several customers coming out of Winn Dixie with cart loads of TP. Sure they may have limits , but what clerk is going to argue. Hopefully, that is not the stuff that is showing up for sale at new general stores

Which Winn Dixie? Why should it be up to the clerk? The clerk should call the manager. Isn't that what a manager is for? The store posts a sign that a certain item has a limit. STICK TO IT for crying out loud!

[davem4616]

I'm not completely convinced that it's mental illness thing....it could be that they just have a more evolved sense of self awareness than the rest of us

My theory is (and by no means am I an expert on this subject, I majored in finance)...there are some folks that are so full of sh*t that even the slightest disruption in the TP supply chain sends them into a panic 'bulk buying' mode and they stock pile TP

I've known a few people that I'm quite sure were completely full of sh*t and never once did I ever hear them say that they were low on TP when we were all standing around the water cooler talking about previous runs on TP

now call me crazy, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it

[riley2011]

Bull!

[Maxine]

No tp in any NY metro area supermarkets for weeks.

[jfkilduff]

Is it hoarding? Hoaxing should be over by now. Every day I see people walking the neighborhood I’ve never seen before. Make us wonder if they are here staying with relatives. Increasing our population substantially thereby creating shortages for Floridians. Seems this is the time of year businesses would be cutting back on stock and deliveries adjusting to the decrease in the population.

[jeffy]

Sad that so many people are quick to judge. You never know someone’s situation. So much better stress wise and all around mental health to think the best of people. I was in a plane and about to take off...we were to,d to upright our seats. Person in front of me complied as flight attendant came thru. A minute latter, they reclined their seat 🤬. Same thing happened as we landed, however I heard the passenger in front of me tell the attendant, they needed to have their seat fixed as it would not stay upright😮. If someone goes speeding by me on the highway, is it better to get angry at them , which achieves nothing, or think.....maybe they just got a call from the hospital about their injured child? Yes, I may be a patsy, but I am an evolving calmer patsy 😀.

[Andyb]

Yes

[kayak]

About 3 weeks ago there was a food drive for the Wildwood Food Pantry. I went to Walmart and loaded my cart with canned goods. A case or two or three of one item and then a case or two or three of another. I wonder how many people looked at my cart and thought I was hoarding? All the while it was for a good cause.

[mellincf]

Originally Posted by JoMar

So I have been one of those that have been shaking my head at the "hoarders" that continue to take stuff from the shelves. Today there was as interview with several mental health experts who explained what is going on and yes, it boils down to mental illness. It is OCD at best, and at worst, a fear of never having enough of anything. When anything out of the usual occurs (hurricanes is another example) the fear of not being in control kicks in and taking stuff gives them a feeling of being in control. So maybe hoarders is too broad a term and maybe we should sympathize with those that are afflicted...??

Yet another Smithfield factory shut down because their workers were getting the virus. There’s been a spike in coronavirus cases at meat plants in the U.S., with hundreds of reported infections in just the last week. Just sayin'.

[Jazzman]

Originally Posted by JoMar

So I have been one of those that have been shaking my head at the "hoarders" that continue to take stuff from the shelves. Today there was as interview with several mental health experts who explained what is going on and yes, it boils down to mental illness. It is OCD at best, and at worst, a fear of never having enough of anything. When anything out of the usual occurs (hurricanes is another example) the fear of not being in control kicks in and taking stuff gives them a feeling of being in control. So maybe hoarders is too broad a term and maybe we should sympathize with those that are afflicted...??

The shortage scare started with postings on the internet and in particular Facebook. There wasn’t a supply chain issue at the outset but many who get their “news” from Facebook postings ran to the stores and cleaned the shelves. The supply chain has now caught up with demand or maybe the lack thereof. Last week Walmart on 466 had 5 pallets of toilet paper lined up in the grocery section and even Publix had paper on their shelves. Winn Dixie, specifically the one in Pinellas still had empty shelves.

[Jazzman]

Selfish people.

[coconutmama]

Plenty of paper products at the Walmart on 466 this past Saturday morning. All kinds. No employee controlling amounts. Seems supply issue resolved. However, hand sanitizer & liquid soap is still an issue. Progress!

[CFrance]

Supply issue not resolved at Winn Dixie in Pinellas Plaza nor Publix at Traverse. Don't know why.