Walmart opened at 6.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/18/2020 at 09:16 • Filed to: None

The toilet paper ran out at 6:07. For my part, I was here early to pick up a prepaid order, but it turns out you can’t do that until 8.

DISCUSSION (38)

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:22

Yesterday my local meijer was out of refrigerated raw chicken.

Frozen raw chicken was plentiful and I picked up a few pounds.

Plenty of TP, at least!

Sovande > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:22

Kinja'd!!!

who is your God now?

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:23

Why is this still happening? Shouldn't people have enough by now? Are people taking out loans to buy more?

Ash78, voting early and often > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:28

I was going to say “Walmart closed?” but then saw the rack looks like Neighborhood Market. Those definitely close.

Thomas Donohue > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 09:29

While the CDC stated that masks weren’t 100% effective against the virus, they have yet to explain to people that the ‘mummy wrap’ will not save you either.

Kinja'd!!!

functionoverfashion > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 09:37

Now I think it’s just collective panic. People are buying it only because everyone else is.

ranwhenparked > functionoverfashion
03/18/2020 at 09:39

Have I mentioned how much I hate people lately? People really suck

boredalways > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:39

Did they at least have eggs? Almost out of liquid eggs and have been dying for real ones.

I’m good on TP since I still have 11 rolls of terrible quality TP that I purchased 18 months ago — glad I kept it but my ass will pay the price!

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:39

We ran out of frozen chicken here yesterday, went in today at 6.15am and half the stock was already empty. Uugh.

LongbowMkII > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 09:44

People aren t worried about the virus, they’re worried about the economic collapse

ranwhenparked > LongbowMkII
03/18/2020 at 09:47

Which is probably logical at this point, that is most certainly going to negatively impact many more people than the virus itself.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 09:51

Cornholio syndrome still alive and well.

user314 > Ash78, voting early and often
03/18/2020 at 09:58

Walmart, Target and a lot of the local/regional supermarkets are closing overnight to restock, for all the good it’s doing.

Agent J was right, all those years ago:

functionoverfashion > LongbowMkII
03/18/2020 at 09:59

Totally, and they’re not wrong. This has the potential to define a generation, in terms of its impact worldwide. Maybe not, hopefully not. But every day so far has been more alarming than the one before. Regardless of how many people actually get sick, the economic impact of all the closures will be enormous.

The Ghost of Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 10:16

Are you sure that isn’t the industrial shelving aisle ?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > LongbowMkII
03/18/2020 at 10:17

And buying excessive and unwarranted amounts of everything in sight is at least propping up the economy for now.

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often
03/18/2020 at 10:27

Of the stores that are going to remain open, basically groceries, pharmacies and Walmart/Target/Costco type “everything stores ,” all of them are reducing hours to allow staff more time to restock and clean, plus setting aside hours for elderly/more susceptible people. Soon we'll see them limiting total number of customers inside at the same time.

Wacko > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 10:28

I have that feeling every time I’m on the road

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 10:33

A paper towel and some Febreeze will fix you right up! :)

ranwhenparked > Textured Soy Protein
03/18/2020 at 10:40

Which is reasonable, since so many people are interpreting “social distancing” to mean “all crowd into grocery stores at the same time to buy stuff we don't urgently need a nd stand shoulder to shoulder in line for an hour” .

Svend > LongbowMkII
03/18/2020 at 10:48

So they aren’t worried of their arse falling out as much as they are about the arse falling out of the economy. Makes sense. When things go to shit, you need toilet paper.

Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein
03/18/2020 at 10:56

Agreed... all of our stores have reduced hours, I’ve just never seen a full Walmart Supercenter close before (unlike Target -- ours all close at 10 or 11pm normally ).

That’s the strangest sign of the times. Next it’ll be Waffle House...

Svend > boredalways
03/18/2020 at 10:57

Ouch, I just can’t use poor quality paper. It just hurts.

Even in Poland where most use recycled paper, we had to make a special trip to get some Andrex, yes, all my Polish friends found it funny.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 11:17

Folks should just order a hand bidet off Amazon already...or maybe places like Home Depot may carry something too?

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 11:17

TP is clearly the new gold in times of crisis.

imadick > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 11:27

Amid the stock markets crash toilet paper and hand sanitizer are the new currency. Boomers are stocking up with what little remains from their retirement funds.

promoted by the color red > ranwhenparked
03/18/2020 at 11:37

I’m guessing it’s like .22 ammo, everyone is so convinced they’ll have to hoard it that they end up buying it all up as it hits the shelf, creating this self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 11:45

Our local walmart didn’t have TP, most meats, bread, beans, rice, or cereal. Well, there were a few kinds of cereal - mostly weird ones like twinkies cereal.

Cleaners too. My wife resorted to buying some spray bottles and making some bleach-based cleaner and hand sanitiz er for her elderly aunt and uncle who didn’t make it to the store in time to stock up.

ttyymmnn > user314
03/18/2020 at 12:13

Our local grocery switched to an 8:00-20 :00 schedule to allow time for restocking. I haven’t been back since the new schedule to see how stocks are . In other news, I read that Dollar General is reserving the first hour of each day for shopping by seniors only. That’s a good thing.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Ash78, voting early and often
03/18/2020 at 12:13

When Waffle House closes it is time to retire to the bunker and load up the magazines.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/18/2020 at 12:15

Washing hands with soap and water is generally more effective than hand sanitizers anyway when it comes to getting pathogens off of hands. It doesn’t even need to be antibacterial soap. Plain soap generally destroys the cell membranes and the running water sloughs everything off of your hands.

user314 > ttyymmnn
03/18/2020 at 12:25

We stopped on the way home Monday night to grab a few last minute things since I’m now WFH- UOI, and the local Wally was completely out of gallon jugs of water, including distilled (which I need for my CPAP). I’ve got enough for two weeks, but it would have been nice to pick up a couple more. Didn’t even look for paper products.

TheRealBicycleBuck > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
03/18/2020 at 12:41

We are hoping to keep them as isolated as possible, so hand sanitizer will really only be needed when they have to interact with someone, perhaps at the door.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/18/2020 at 13:24

My theory is that especially more urban people, tend to live hand to mouth, day to day, and when something forces them to look ahead, they don’t know how and they sort of flip out.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 13:35

I agree. Country folk are better at both planning ahead and social isolation. In suburbia, we have about 10 people per acre (in my neighborhood it’s probably closer to 15 people per acre) . In the country, population densities are measure in acres per people.

Growing up, the big grocery store was 45 miles away, so my mom went the grocery store once a month to stock up. We had a lot of canned and frozen goods to sustain us.

When I lived in the country, m y best friend lived three miles away and if I wanted to hang out, I had to hop on a bike and get there myself. The exciting part was trying to ride down dirt and gravel roads on a road bike. I was gravel-biking before gravel bikes were a thing.

So yeah, you’re right. Most suburbanites have trouble dealing with long-term,unforeseen issues.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/18/2020 at 19:55

My wife’s two older sisters are second only to my wife as women that I am close to in life. The eldest sister is very progressive in the not-deeply-thought-out way. She made a claim to me once that because of the density of urban living, urbanites were more likely to be more concerned for each others’ wellfare. Au contraire, mon soir , I said. I said, it’s quite the opposite. In Rural Land, folks depend upon each other. In Urbania, where the lemmings live stacked on top of each other, they mostly have contempt for each other.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/18/2020 at 22:51

You are correct. There have been numerous studies on social interaction and population density. In general, interaction with friends increases with density while interactions with neighbors decreases with density. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257066946_Does_Urban_Density_Promote_Social_Interaction_Evidence_from_Instrumental_Variable_Estimation

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck
03/18/2020 at 23:00

Well, it’s nothing I read, just what I’ve learned in life, and observed. It’s nice to have that validated.