I went out this morning to a few local supermarkets to try and grab a little extra TP to keep at home, here's the results of the trip in my Model 3. Please like, comment, and subscribe! 
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Quest for toilet paper in my Tesla!
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Perhaps you can offer a logical explanation for this toilet paper hording thing. I haven't found one yet.I went out this morning to a few local supermarkets to try and grab a little extra TP to keep at home, here's the results of the trip in my Model 3. Please like, comment, and subscribe!
PianoAl
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1. One may desire to stay at home for an extended period, and not go to grocery stores.
2. One may desire to not run out of toilet paper in that situation
3. Toilet paper does not go bad, and even if you don't need to stay home, you will eventually use all you purchase.
There's a lot of other resources that those 3 criteria are applicable to as well, so why the ridiculous focus on toilet paper?
BluestarE3
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But would you need shopping carts full of Costco jumbo packs of toilet paper even if you had to shelter in place for the next 6 months and there's zero prospect of stores ever restocking toilet paper again during that time period? Unless your house has tons of storage space, I'd rather use that space for stockpiling non-perishable foodstuffs. There's planning ahead and then there's hoarding out of panic, which only exacerbates the shortages.
Ok, explain the run on bottled water. The virus is attacking our plumbing infrastructure ?
Erin Brockovich! I know many people don't drink tap water. All you need is a few buying it and out of stock to make the rest wanting to buy them. It is human nature.. if others want them.. I want them too.
BluestarE3
Active Member
A couple of scenarios come to mind:
- Some people ONLY drink water out of branded, single-use, disposable water bottles, so they need to have an ample supply on hand
- or they are stocking up so they can profitably resell to those who only drink bottled water when stores are sold out of bottled water (a situation they helped to create).
BluestarE3
Active Member
While on the subject of toilet paper, you may find this bit of its history to be educational or at least entertaining:
Apparently, a joke by Johnny Carson in his monologue caused a panic and brief run on toilet paper back in the '70s
Who knew there's so much volatility in toilet paper... almost as bad as with Tesla's stock price.
Apparently, a joke by Johnny Carson in his monologue caused a panic and brief run on toilet paper back in the '70s
Who knew there's so much volatility in toilet paper... almost as bad as with Tesla's stock price.
I haven't had any problem picking up a few packs of bottled water in my area. My wife uses it far more than I do.
Akikiki
A'-Lo-HA ! y'all
The title fooled me. I thought he was looking for idea for where to install a dispenser in his S.
Uncle Paul
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People are bringing home toilet paper as trophies.
They don't need it, but want to get it before someone else does.
They don't need it, but want to get it before someone else does.
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