here we go again!

[Kali]

finally got to the grocery store today and the paper product aisle was almost wiped out. limit 2 packages per shopper. what the fuck is wrong with people? I asked what was going on and the cashier said they didn't know maybe the election???

[soothsayer]

1. Biden's task force guy talking about a shutdown?

[sweetloukillbot]

2. Mine was fully stocked over the weekend - better than I've seen in ages

I'm wondering if people are expecting another lockdown

[dem4decades]

3. People are planning on sheltering in place up for the next 6 months.

[Nay]

7. Agreed. nt

[LizBeth]

4. I heard a couple weeks ago, shortage on paper product. Wasn't evident on shelves yet, but got my two

rolls of paper towels and 12 rolls tp.

I think it is covid getting so bad again.

[rustysgurl]

5. Same here

Went to Costco .. no TP. They did have paper towels (limit 1). Tried to buy 2 containers of dishwasher tablets (1 for me, 1 for my son). Couldn't. Limit 1 on those as well. Costco was PACKED with people (I figured it was because of Veterans Day and people being off work).

The Kansas City area has reached community spread (announced last night) and people are reacting.

[hlthe2b]

6. Media relating predictions of a "hard (COVID) winter" and the possibility of another shutdown

[42bambi]

8. Deja vu. How many deja vus will we have before this virus is irrelevant. Will

it live among us - even after we're all vaccinated?

[Mike 03]

9. Purely anecdotal:

I placed an Instacart order right before the election and for that particular order I had more replacements and not-found items than I've ever had on an Instacart order, by a huge margin (more than 50%). At the time I wondered if it was an omen that we were about to go into shortages. (I didn't order any paper products that time).

That same week, though, my mother and sister used Instacart and got toilet paper.

[ChazII]

10. I think it is the election. Some folks

in my neighborhood started purchasing toilet paper, paper towels and wipes back at the beginning of October.

[DesertRat]

11. I think it's because the COVID numbers are rapidly increasing

Shoppers are reacting the same way they did last spring.