People are Strange

COVID-19 sure has turned the world on its end.
Health resources are being stretched to the limit and stock markets are tanking. Economies are most likely heading into recession.
Governments have been slow to react, some with leaders even denying the seriousness of the situation or down right lying about it.
Looking at you, USA!
Here at home, our government reluctantly lurched into action as cases started to appear. They procrastinated about bringing our citizens home from China and from the cruise ship in Japan. Now they have closed our border to visitors from specific countries eg. Italy.
An economic stimulus package is in the wings.

At a local ALDI checkout

But this is not what this post is about. It’s how our population reacted to to situation.
Hoarders moved into the supermarkets stripping shelves of what they considered ‘essentials’.
Toilet paper is for some reason one of those.
There is hardly a roll to be had anywhere unless you are willing to pay gouge prices on line. There have been fights in the supermarket aisles over them. Assault charges are pending.
We have local production of TP in Australia made from locally produced paper pulp sourced from locally grown sustainable forest plantations. It would never run out. Manufacturers are now running 24/7 to keep up with demand.
Nobody has been able to explain exactly why this item is on ‘the list’.

One supermarket had now has nominated products that cannot be returned for credit once all this madness subsides.
TP is #1.
Others are sure to follow.
So while these people in the very near future contemplate their decimated superannuation accounts (401Ks), they can be happy in the knowledge they will have many years’ supply of their favourite toilet tissue.