Toilet Paper Derangement Syndrome

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/14/2020 at 10:30 • Filed to: None

I boxed this up, plus two more like it, and I’m mailing them to my 21-YO daughter in Humboldt County because TP is scarce and the vagabonds are steeling the toilet paper from public restrooms and they have to keep it locked up at her job.

DISCUSSION (38)

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 10:39

I would insure the shipment !

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 10:53

My wife went shopping yesterday and the local store is out of TP. We live in Montana where TO is optional.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 10:55

I’m down to 3 rolls here. I did break down and order some wipes from Amazon, wince they seemed to be a bit more available, though still back-ordered until the 22nd (Amazon has since updated to say delivery between tomorrow and the 20th). I’ve also got a bidet seat I’ve been meaning to install, and likely will try that this weekend.

Grindintosecond > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 11:13

I was in target yesterday and grocery section aisle was cleared out of ....canned chili.

answers the toilet paper question.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 11:20

On the list of things you never though you’d do, I’m guessing mailing toilet paper to a relative because there wasn’t any to buy was probably fairly high on the list.

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 11:41

I basically never have less than 8 rolls in the house - part of that is due to my IBS, part of it is because manufacturers love packaging it in giant quantities so you look like you must be sitting your brains out all the time when you go up to buy it. So, after my current one, I’ve got 11 more on the second floor, plus 2 in the guest bathroom. Haven’t even been inside a store since well before the insanity started, and am hoping I don’t need groceries until it blows over.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/14/2020 at 12:05

Don't you just have a mountain lion lick you clean while a grizzly bear fights a pack of wolves in the background?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 12:32

I’ve got maybe 24 rolls. 12 are sandpaper x-brand trash, so I hope I won't have to dig into that package...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 12:49

I have have a costco pack left but I ordered a six pack of those 12" industrial rolls just in case. I do have a Japanese toilet so we don’t absolutely have to have TP, but we use it for so much, like the pupper and stuff. I should just get a bunch of washcloths.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 12:51

As of right now the north coast coop in arcata has toilet paper, at least 50 single rolls, 10 4pks, 4 12pks

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
03/14/2020 at 13:39

You have described Thursday night bingo precisely.

Mid Engine > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/14/2020 at 13:53

Kinja'd!!!

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 13:55

Went to the Neighborhood Market early this morning (I like their chocolate milk) - paper goods section was literally empty. Stopped by the nearby Rite Aid I visited yesterday - down to maybe 10% of normal TP stock, but they have something. I can’t imagine what Costco is like right now.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
03/14/2020 at 14:10

I drove by the Business Costco and you couldn’t even get into the parking lot. Line of cars out of the lot and down the street. Mrs. Vandura went to Sprouts and bought whatever she needed. Payed more than Costco, but still.

And on Facebook today, this:

Kinja'd!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw
03/14/2020 at 15:22

Bidet has always struck me as sort of Ew.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Grindintosecond
03/14/2020 at 15:23

Right. I’d probably need to be threatened with SARS or Covid-19 before I’d willingly eat canned chili.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
03/14/2020 at 15:26

To be totally honest, there are other contributing factors that I’d rather not go into, but yes. Mrs. Vandura says this will be much appreesh.

When I was in the Army, an old sergeant once said to me that a single awsh* t was worth dozens or hundreds of attaboys. As a dad, the former are much more attainable than the latter. So if i can earn bonus points for mailing some buttwipe, then I’m extra down.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 15:27

Less ew than toilet paper I think... Though I’ll admit I’d prefer if it were the fancy heated type.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ranwhenparked
03/14/2020 at 15:27

Yes, but do you ever use it?

We keep lots on hand as well, and bought more early in the insanity and avoided the lines.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/14/2020 at 15:29

24 rolls?! Hoarder. We seldom have that few in the house in non-unhinged times.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/14/2020 at 15:31

The custodians at the school where I worked hooked me up with these and had a good laugh when I told them my plans. This kind is much more efficient to ship than the household stuff would be.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492
03/14/2020 at 15:32

Bueno. My daughter is prone to exaggeration and I may have gilded the lily a bit in my post, but mail her the TP I did this morning, also because other reasons.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > facw
03/14/2020 at 15:35

I mean, let’s face it: defecating is a nasty business, but first thing this morning, I was like, Yeah!

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 15:39

I probably have 6 months or more worth of TP in my own hoard, water flows freely from the tap, so I need nothing more than normal perishables, which of course are not being bought in any numbers right now.

That graphic sums up facebook, home of the unsourced wingnut and conspiracy theorist.

ranwhenparked > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 15:39

W hen I get down to a few rolls, I buy another pack. Never run out, always have a few extras on hand.

I’m kind of wondering if part of the panic is because people buy just one thing at a time and have no stock of anything in their houses - individual bars of soap, individual rolls of toilet paper, 1 day of food, etc. Is that a thing? Do people do that?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
03/14/2020 at 15:43

It’s like, Oh yeah, turns out to be bad, but I’m glad I didn’t overreact with those Liberals back when there was something we could’ve done about it.

The thing is, the lady who posted this is 65+ and has serious asthmatic respiratory issues.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ranwhenparked
03/14/2020 at 15:44

I think many do and when forced to look further down the road than the rest of the week, they’re helpless and clueless.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 16:00

TP has always been one of things for me where, after having run out before at an inconvenient moment, I never allowed to happen again.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 16:16

Canned chili is pretty much universally bad. It surprises me that no one is able to make a decent canned chili.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 18:09

It was worth doing, we sold out by 1pm and who knows if the suppliers will be able to restock everybody come Monday. Likely they will “mis- ship” a bunch to larger accounts.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492
03/14/2020 at 18:12

So the coop is where you are working?

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 18:21

Sounds right for the base. It seems the ones worse off and who stand to lose even more are the ones most rabidly for the cult. Kind of like “I’m fucked, I want to see you fucked too”.

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 18:22

3 and 4am For the past 2 years , though I’m quiting in the next couple months.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > fintail
03/14/2020 at 18:25

Some of that dynamic I’m still trying to dial in. I can’t imagine that President Trump’s handlers, and pundits like VDH, have anything but contempt for those people.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > sony1492
03/14/2020 at 18:27

My son-in-law got hired at Costco. Have you considered applying there?

sony1492 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 18:32

It’s hard to get in, but I was 19 last time I applied so I’ll definitely try again now that theres experience and qualifications.

De finately would like to decide on a career rather then these dead end jobs and unions that fail to keep up with inflation/ minimum wage increases

fintail > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/14/2020 at 18:36

But they are willing to align with those people and cater to them for their own profit. They are just as bad as the dumbest base. VDH certainly is - he pretends to be some kind of intellectual, but I don’t buy it.

I have a few in my family tree like that. Constantly moaning about “takers” and “socialism” while if it wasn’t for public sector and/or parental largesse, they’d be in deep shit, and still aren’t exactly tycoons. They are examples of what is wrong with the system, but are fighting to keep the system intact.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
03/15/2020 at 01:21

Kinja'd!!!