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Күн бұрынA run on toilet paper left shelves empty across the US. But why did this happen? Turns out, it wasn't just hoarders' fault. Sure, panic buying was part of it. But coupled with a division between commercial and consumer manufacturing of toilet paper, rolls were cleared from retail stores. We spoke with a consumer behavior expert to unpack what caused the panic buying. Then we learned how two toilet-paper manufacturers kept up with demand.
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How Toilet Paper Companies Dealt With The 845% Demand Spike | Big Business
@pianoforte611 4 жыл бұрын
How incredibly lucky for that guy that just started a toilet paper company last year.
@bluemountaindrivepae 4 жыл бұрын
Big price increase on TP for 2020.
@jyee2217 4 жыл бұрын
His business definitely didn't take a dump.
@Florabbyy 4 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. Survived the first year of being a new business! Most companies tank by then!
@350speedfreak 4 жыл бұрын
J Yee I see what you did there.
@LAUGHLORDZ 4 жыл бұрын
He made it, covid gave him a sign
@mcfarofinha134 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, hoarding rice and flour makes a lot more sense than bung roll.
@juanitonalasa2676 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@MrDanisve 3 жыл бұрын
With my nation of barely 5mill people, we will never run out of food. Cause we make food enough to feed our population 18 times over in calories. And that number could be higher if it was not for fishing retrictions. That could be eased in a time of need. Toilet paper is more of a concern. Thus we got a shortage :P
@ronwesilen4536 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrDanisve Wich one is that?
@MrDanisve 3 жыл бұрын
@@ronwesilen4536 I am from Norway :P
@ronwesilen4536 3 жыл бұрын
@@MrDanisve is there only 5 million people in norway
@TheBlondegedu 3 жыл бұрын
Oh my God this is going to be in economics textbooks for YEARS after this.
@jascharl 3 жыл бұрын
Psychology and sociology as well.
@drecellthealive8912 3 жыл бұрын
Isn't the first time this happened. During communism, toilet paper was luxury and almost never available in many countries under the regime. It was a bit of a running joke here in the spring, that we are going back to the 1950s.
@OriginalSuper 3 жыл бұрын
Ok.
@CuddleFish124 3 жыл бұрын
It will also most likely be in all supply chain studies as well. I actually would love to do a case study on the supply chain during the pandemic once it’s all blown over.
@grizzlybears 2 жыл бұрын
@@jascharl was gonna type this
@mattypants 3 жыл бұрын
The most satisfying thing I saw was a guy try to return 18 packages of toilet paper and the store absolutely refusing to give him a refund. He found absolutely zero compassion from anyone in line.
@alisonk5807 3 жыл бұрын
I heard about a guy that bought enough to last him 40 years.
@matildabishops9196 3 жыл бұрын
Did you laugh at him?
@mattypants 3 жыл бұрын
@@matildabishops9196 just silently to myself.
@matildabishops9196 3 жыл бұрын
@@mattypants ...so in other words...you had the last laugh?
@StreakyBaconMan 3 жыл бұрын
The best one I heard was a man who bought up $10,000 worth of toilet paper and hand sanitizer, tried to sell it on ebay and got his listing shutdown for price gouging, got refused a refund and got put on blast on national news by the owner of the shop and then was forced to donate it all to charity for free.
@TaggsR85 4 жыл бұрын
I still don’t understand why people went crazy about toilet paper.
@michaelmayhem123 4 жыл бұрын
Liberals. One of the most useless items during a pandemic.
@ryadhasanahmed5443 4 жыл бұрын
@@michaelmayhem123 lol it's both sides idiot🤦♂️ I've seen many types of people even trump supporters fighting each other and buying large amounts of toilet paper rolls which caused the supply to plummet during the panic buying period
@piggybank_3947 4 жыл бұрын
Mikey Johnson it’s karens/ trump supporters tho
@brandonrodriguez9193 4 жыл бұрын
Mikey Johnson It’s not just liberals moron💀I’ve seen trump supporters fighting for toilet paper.
@joestuff8 4 жыл бұрын
It's because the people who did all the hoarding of toilet paper had this idea of being on lock down/quarantine for a very long time, eventually not even being able to probably leave their house for essential goods/purposes.. or they literally were so afraid and media struck that they had absolutely no intentions to leave home until the "good word" was said and allowed them to carry on with life.
@jacksonliang4552 4 жыл бұрын
China and India: Starts hoarding food so they have a good supply. America, Norway, and Austrailia: pApEr FoR oUr BuTts.
@mrandreas5020 4 жыл бұрын
i live in norway and i always saw the shelves full of toilet paper.
@pawpatrolnews 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my neighbor was 2 days away from having to use sandpaper while our grocery store was out
@TheShahkulu 4 жыл бұрын
Actually the reason China and India didn't hoard toilet paper is because there's a lot of poverty there and people often don't use tp. In China public toilets don't supply tp or soap, in India people shit in the streets and canals.
@KenhelExcallius 4 жыл бұрын
is this some kind of joke that we water user are too advanced to understand?
@lanceknuth5300 4 жыл бұрын
Well you see in the latter three countries we are smart enough to know how to grow food so we don't need to hoard it.
@keziafrager3723 3 жыл бұрын
“Both in real life and on Amazon” So it’s confirmed that Amazon is in fact not real life
@sangitasarminkatun900 3 жыл бұрын
Well these guys r so lucky that they will always be needed & have a job..
@lukeWiz44 3 жыл бұрын
@@sangitasarminkatun900 how did that relate to the original comment...?
@perryplayzzz 3 жыл бұрын
Are they confused or something? 🤣
@Phlegethon 3 жыл бұрын
2019 guy became a multimillionaire overnight
@CaseyBurnsInvesting 4 жыл бұрын
This actually makes some sense. Not more pooping. More pooping at home.
@Axel-Jett 4 жыл бұрын
Weirdest comment I've liked
@narutobroken 4 жыл бұрын
Yep a lot of people go at work but weren’t anymore
@mr.bianchirider8126 4 жыл бұрын
Years ago a guy I knew at work took pride that he pooped at work. To quote “It’s on company time using company TP and the bosses got to smell what sh** smelled like since theirs didn’t “.
@daveh7235 4 жыл бұрын
@Brian 8.5 hours at work, 2 hour dinner, 1-2 hour commute, People only stay home 12 hours a day and 7-9 hours of that is sleeping.
@narutobroken 4 жыл бұрын
Dave H exactly. I'm only awake at home maybe 4 hours a day
@user-dh4bz7fk9z 4 жыл бұрын
Stupid toilet paper hoarders. They also cleaned out the shelves here in Canada..
@childesinthev.761 4 жыл бұрын
Rolls are bulky, even without ultra-hoarders in the mix it doesn't take that many people buying ahead of the time they would normally have to end up with empty shelves. Still midway through the 12-pack I bought some time before the hoopla started so I don't know it went in France, but I do know there was a rush on wheat flour because I regularly buy it to bake. Funny thing, there wasn't really a shortage of flour itself, again more a disruption of normal buying patterns, many of the places that packaged the 1kg bags typically sold in supermarkets ran out of *packaging* and supermarkets weren't always able to shift to the 2.5kg+ packs that typically went to businesses that suddenly needed a lot less of them when everybody was at home.
@simonb2241 4 жыл бұрын
Germany too youre not alone
@michaelmayhem123 4 жыл бұрын
Liberals
@calebweldon8102 4 жыл бұрын
It wasn’t just hoarding, people where using more toilet paper, since they where at home instead of work
@Michaelisinachair 4 жыл бұрын
Your welcome.
@brettw7207 3 жыл бұрын
Literally if people never changed there shopping habits and got what they usually get it never would of been a problem
@alicedoors4826 3 жыл бұрын
Yes but the media had the sheep running around like headless chickens.
@raccoontrashpanda1467 3 жыл бұрын
Except before the pandemic I went to the supermarket multiple times a week, its not possible for me to go once a week and only buy what I used to buy.
@shumeister1059 3 жыл бұрын
That's pretty much what I've been doing; shopping about once a week. Although I've always had a stockpile of pasta 10lbs, and 25lbs of rice, because I use them often, and it's handy to have for going camping.
@jared1804 3 жыл бұрын
Their. Not there.
@brettw7207 3 жыл бұрын
@@jared1804 thank you Mr English professor
@rcarmisin3465 2 жыл бұрын
One of the few businesses that depends on things going down the drain.
@AlboManny 4 жыл бұрын
Silly fools, I just used my hand to wipe and saved a lot of money in the process.
@AdityaJape 4 жыл бұрын
Why not use jet spray?
@AlboManny 4 жыл бұрын
Aditya Jape Clearly I’m not smart enough to have thought about that. Lost my wife, she wasn’t too happy when I told her we will have to use our hands.
@nawwafsyauqiachmad7879 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah in my place toilet paper use as napkin almost in all traditional restaurant 😂😂😂
@working2bselfsufficient724 4 жыл бұрын
Have u heard the stranded song? I heard it in college it went something like- stranded, stranded on a toilet bowl, what do you do when don't have a roll, to prove your a man you must wipe with your hand when your stranded on the toilet bowl. Lol
@Acypha 4 жыл бұрын
Yea bro, I just eat out my own ass. I’ve saved thousands.
@shinma6051 4 жыл бұрын
Can’t they just use a bidet? Much cleaner
@mcbastian280 4 жыл бұрын
American homes are not built for them. They take up more space
@LasdilElizaga 4 жыл бұрын
Mike Bastian a spray bidet is more efficient, you just need a 2way valve so your toilet bowl and bidet can work at the same time
@southernhorizon9521 4 жыл бұрын
Do they have enough pressure for the thicker shit?
@ren4809 4 жыл бұрын
@@southernhorizon9521 yes, if not enough you can increase it or not use yo fingers
@heartcomedy5 4 жыл бұрын
Mike Bastian, actually they take up less space than a toilet paper holder. Handheld bidet’s are small are very efficient in cleaning your bottom.
@toolmanthetim7042 3 жыл бұрын
i saw people leaving walmart with 48 roll packages of tp, and 2 little grey bags of food. enjoyed reminding them that 3 days after they run out of food, they don't need paper!
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@MichelleSmith-ld2vw 2 жыл бұрын
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@marlone6497 4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in the Philippines, we survive everyday just using soap and water.
@bluemountaindrivepae 4 жыл бұрын
Are you well and high and dry? Massive flooding in China and Japan.
@b_dullanojolanc.9011 4 жыл бұрын
@Yu Kay Just buy soap and wash your ass up and your brain
4 жыл бұрын
Or myb water is expensive in US?
@mekuto.fukiko 4 жыл бұрын
tAbO
@thealphasierra9471 4 жыл бұрын
Tabo... hehehe
@paniniman6524 4 жыл бұрын
Humans are so smart and dumb at the same time
@tausbari1508 4 жыл бұрын
@Brian Use a bidet or extension pipe and you're smarter
@LaiPt 4 жыл бұрын
depends on what part of the population you are focusing on.
@bumpet4017 4 жыл бұрын
It's really stupid when they know they can clean better with water. The amount of trash TP leaves behind and the water wasted for production... Same reason parents switch to cloth diapers, girls use menstrual cups or washable cloth pads, and cloth wipes instead of tissue papers.
@yourneighborhoodwierdo8349 4 жыл бұрын
never underestimate the stupidity of humanity
@Reeceeboy 4 жыл бұрын
When a life form can afford to be stupid then you know it's advanced
@EDR_NBA 3 жыл бұрын
Everyone: buys toilet paper Parents with toddlers at home: baby wipes go brr
@arslanaziz5819 3 жыл бұрын
Why not you use water shower its more economical or hygienic
@yunjinsredhair 3 жыл бұрын
@@arslanaziz5819 r/whoooosh
@allyourcode 4 жыл бұрын
I bought exactly 2 rolls towards the end of the great TP run in the US, just to be safe. Once the stores were fully stocked, I hadn't eaten into either of those two roles. So yeah, hoarding was bad, unnecessary, and irrational. There is going to be a giant decline in TP demand for a while as people work to draw down their absurdly large stockpiles.
@mehere8038 2 жыл бұрын
In Australia the panic buying was ended by the use of colourful easter bunnies taking over all available space in what was formerly the toiletpaper aisle, to the point that there were great specials on the bog roll by May as shops desperately tried to clear the oversupply. 2 years on & the games continue though, so everyone here now maintains a stockpile in their home, cause it's become the norm for shelves to empty whenever anything interesting happens in the news
@jeremiahgarrett732 4 жыл бұрын
Easy mode: Toilet paper Normal mode: Wipes Hard mode: News paper Insane mode: Sand paper Survival mode: Bare hands
@ankithsmenon1935 4 жыл бұрын
We do survival mode from existence
@jj0493 4 жыл бұрын
Cheat mode: Bidet
@greenlawnfarm5827 4 жыл бұрын
People used to use cloth diapers. If you need to wipe with a shirt or a towel everything will be ok.
@glenntjang6207 4 жыл бұрын
Smart mode: Bidet
@LaiPt 4 жыл бұрын
lol more like survival mode: leaves but okay. I get the humor
@NuviReyes 4 жыл бұрын
It shouldn’t have increased in the first place. The amount of waste you release doesn’t change
@wweweqws 4 жыл бұрын
Running noses, cleaning purposes, watery fecal matters are a few reasons why people would purchase it more during a pandemic.
@rtgbhreth 4 жыл бұрын
bidets shouldve increased instead. less trees used
@CCPLord 4 жыл бұрын
@Jason Tempel toilet paper is locked in some public toilet then!
@isaac8706 4 жыл бұрын
Dazzle Daze who uses toilet paper for...”cleaning purposes”?
@Hanshiking 4 жыл бұрын
it increased because people aren't using public/work bathrooms and solely utilizing their home bathrooms, increasing the demand for these rolls.
@bush_kit 3 жыл бұрын
I take pride in saying I am a survivor of this strange phenomenon.
@user-kj3qw4dt2s 3 жыл бұрын
Whos here watching this intently and learning facts you'll prob never encounter instead of finishing your school essay. Me bc KZfaq just had to put this as a ad lmao.
@douglaskalberg8899 4 жыл бұрын
One detail that was missed was how much space toilet rolls take in the store, so if people start buying a little more than usual, the shelves start looking empty sooner than other products, causing a panic that just amplifies over and over.
@-webbo- Жыл бұрын
That's a very sensible point, I hadn't thought of that.
@Freudes_06 4 жыл бұрын
fun fact for Americans: we use water in Malaysia🇲🇾😂
@enzuki 4 жыл бұрын
Nice there's a Malaysian here too.
@yashwantsahuxe4374 4 жыл бұрын
in india too
@HieroOnymos 4 жыл бұрын
Same here in the Philippines.
@savagepanda268 4 жыл бұрын
Same here from the Philippines
@brazilianman4305 4 жыл бұрын
ur mad ur not in america easy money over here
@LilyWohlMezzo-Soprano 4 жыл бұрын
I got so lucky and impulsively bought a huge box of toilet paper from amazon before the pandemic hit, still going strong 😁
@mokster5 4 жыл бұрын
In late April I moved from northern Maryland (~1-2 hrs from DC) to rural North Dakota (2 hrs to the nearest large store). It was so crazy seeing the difference. In Maryland I hadn't seen a paper product on the shelves in months. In North Dakota, the shelves were and have remained almost fully stocked. It was so interesting seeing how distribution was also playing a roll in toilet paper shortages. For the record, the only thing the grocery store here has run out of is pancake mix - every time I go that shelf is empty!
@kaiseranonymous 4 жыл бұрын
North Dakota is a great state if you don't mind the winters (Minnesota resident here).
@Mocktailmetal 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah because entire population of ND is half the size of population of twin cities in MN or 1/4 size of area near DC. Throughout the pandemic I lived in Grand Forks, ND and never felt scarcity of Toilet papers in stores in town of 57000 people.
@snakebite215 4 жыл бұрын
Someone need to teach them to use water....
@andrewanderson1473 4 жыл бұрын
Then there will be a water shortages..If we all use water, There seems to be a downside to every solution.
@Yafama 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Anderson water shortages???
@snakebite215 4 жыл бұрын
@@andrewanderson1473 well, it does not take that much of water anyway. probably a liter or 2. do you guys have reserved water tank ? it would be good to have that just in case water supply outage...
@Baasnhuish 4 жыл бұрын
@@snakebite215 well said. Here we have water tank of 100 litres.
@silentwatcher1455 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Anderson water shortage did not happen in many Asian countries except India. Washing with water and soap and using bath towel to dry is a common thing.
@pifdemestre7066 4 жыл бұрын
They forgot to tell about the evolution of reaction for dating. In 2019: - what are you doing for life? - I own a toilet paper company. - what a crappy job! bye. In 2020: - what are you doing for life? - I own a toilet paper company. - marry me now!
@TR4R 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣😝
@key379 3 жыл бұрын
what are you doing for life? - I own a toilet paper company. *host has left the meeting - what are you doing for life? - I own a toilet paper company. *host as invited you to a private breakout room
@CaitlynMistwood 3 жыл бұрын
@@key379 HAHA
@ChristopherCerta 2 жыл бұрын
I dealt with toilet paper hoarding by buying a bidet attachment for my toilet. Best move I ever made.
@monkeycat48 16 күн бұрын
Obviously all of our toilet paper was disappearing due to the Great Cornholio🤣🤣🤣
@EmergencyL0tion 4 жыл бұрын
Me: buys water purifiers and fishing gear in case I can’t get the essentials Rest of America: ToiLeT pApER
@samnguyenthi3092 4 жыл бұрын
Australia too
@lilaclizard4504 4 жыл бұрын
@@samnguyenthi3092 not really, Australia also panic bought vegetable seedlings & then vegetable seeds when the seedlings ran out too
@ronwesilen4536 3 жыл бұрын
I hope you are getting a good use out of those water purifiers, because I honestly believe you are the most stupid of all
@alicedoors4826 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm I just continued on as usual seeing as how by March (when everybody began freaking out in the US) China had already come to grips with the virus and had already started loosening their lockdowns so I didn't see the need to make a mountain out of a molehill just because the media said I should.
@ronwesilen4536 3 жыл бұрын
@@alicedoors4826 so you are pretty lost in life, and maybe think that people didn't die. Also have no idea how this kind of stuff works. I hope you had to wipe your ass with your hand
@markmcdonnell9208 4 жыл бұрын
Here in Australia it wasn’t the issue of manufacturing toilet paper, there was plenty. The issue was with the distribution and getting the toilet paper into supermarkets. Laws here actually needed to be amended to allow for 24/7 deliveries to supermarkets and extended truck drivers logbook hours to keep trucks moving. Super interesting stuff
@skie6282 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like australia, got more laws then america
@ShopperPlug 2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure this is the case for US and many countries.
@mehere8038 2 жыл бұрын
@@skie6282 Yes we do. We like to be able to sleep at night, not be kept up by noisy trucks delivering stuff (normally, we were fine to relax those laws during the pandemic to get the bog roll) & we also have really strict laws to protect consumers too, price gouging is strictly prohibited & normally there are competition laws that prevent monopolies that stop different store companies from being able to talk to each other to co-ordinate supply chains as well, which again needed to be relaxed/temporarily removed so as to get the most possible products to the most possible people by having all stores co-ordinate to do so. We also have a tonne of other laws that would be incomprehensible to America, on top of companies not being allowed to increase prices for anything because of the pandemic & people being willing to pay more, we also have laws prohibiting companies from dumping toxic waste into our water supplies, into our food & even into our air. Weird I know, but we like it that way :)
@victormgv 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, The Great Toilet Paper Famine of 2020 can't wait to tell my grandkids about these crazy times.
@doodskie999 3 жыл бұрын
Americans: uses toilet paper Asians: laser pressurised water into our butts
@johnwilliams9209 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing what people can do with water. No stains and a clean backside.
@aporifera 2 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't water also bring germs to, you know, the front bit?
@cryptoenthusiast724 4 жыл бұрын
These companies made CRAZY PROFIT during Coronavirus😅😅
@slamdunk118 4 жыл бұрын
not much, about 800% increase 😎😎
@JoshGerhards 4 жыл бұрын
It will probably even itself out with the decrease in demand after the people who hoarded still have way too much to use.
@oozy4133 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, their profits decreased slightly. One of the reasons why is higher operational costs.
@justmydeals 3 жыл бұрын
You have to remember that no one is actually pooping more than they were before, they’re just pooping in different places (a.k.a. Buying more for home now but offices, restaurants and stores buying less)
@kathyvanclapdurp4599 3 жыл бұрын
@@justmydeals Yea, if you have a large family, I guess you can go through a lot and no one going to work and school, so you use more at home. Thank goodness it's my husband and myself.
@6JK7rRc5 3 жыл бұрын
I wish this would have talked about the pulp source and how it’s dealt with demand.
@brentboswell1294 2 жыл бұрын
Pulpwood is just junk wood, all the bark and branches from timber processing here in the Northwest USA are turned into pulp. There's also trees that are grown just for pulping, because the wood produced by the trees doesn't have the properties needed for good lumber.
@Huntress_Hannah 3 жыл бұрын
POV: it’s 2019 and you just started your new toilet paper company and everyone is laughing at you
@riyahnarainesanmiguel6130 4 жыл бұрын
Them: *buying a lot of toilet papers* Filipino's: *uses tabo*
@savagepanda268 4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha I agree with you
@hellopeople7929 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@mikijakehernandez4370 4 жыл бұрын
Tabo and bidet for me tho. Bidet after I pee. Tabo after I shit.
@rogirobles 4 жыл бұрын
O kaya bidet
@iamrj006 3 жыл бұрын
LOL i’ve been looking for this comment
@mukamuka0 4 жыл бұрын
Food shelf : Full Toilet paper shelf : Empty Priority guys... priority...
@jaylee1203 4 жыл бұрын
You're comparing 50-80% of a grocery store to 1 aisle... And even with those numbers there were food shortages... so I dont see what you were aiming for with that comment...
@doujinflip 4 жыл бұрын
Have you seen an average American? Finding food isn't a problem 🍟
@marcs8395 3 жыл бұрын
So glad American’s priority is always in the rear and not in the front. No wonder why this country is in trouble
@mauriziobarbone7104 3 жыл бұрын
Drittweltland mit Guccigürtel könnte man nach nach den letzten vier Jahren sagen
@Keet619 4 жыл бұрын
These producers ALL deserve an All America thank you and an Ataboy!
@mycomadam 4 жыл бұрын
I’m still confused why grocery stores didn’t just buy commercial toilet paper to sell. They would have sold just fine with the demand. Despite not having the large toilet paper holder at home.
@MatthewStinar 4 жыл бұрын
Supply chain. The grocery stores don't have a relationship with commercial suppliers to get toilet paper to their warehouses by the truckload. And then the commercial paper isn't packages and labeled for individual sale, so it would need to be repackaged and barcodes would need to be added, but the grocery stores don't have the facilities to repackage toilet paper anywhere in their supply chain. And the commercial toilet paper suppliers don't have the machines to package the toilet paper in a way suitable for sale in the grocery store.
@kadenen 4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewStinar but they literally use the commercial toilet paper int their own bathrooms sooo.....
@boohere2 4 жыл бұрын
The lady behavior expert says it is what people feel comfortable with and allows control. Toilet paper doesn't provide me to be comfortable. However, chocolate provides me to be comfortable. If chocolate goes, i am going to go bat shit crazy.
@CLINT-THE-GREAT 4 жыл бұрын
Kaden McLaws right, that the grocery store buys from THEIR supplier. The tp companies don’t sell to the grocery store their supplies, that comes from a different supplier
@rosswilson2598 4 жыл бұрын
@@MatthewStinar The commercial suppliers also ran out of supply. I tried to order some from an industrial supply company back in March, and the order was cancelled due to out of stock.
@FinancialShinanigan 4 жыл бұрын
They just rolled with it.
@alexandermei6974 4 жыл бұрын
Take my like you dirty bastard
@ajinkya_p 4 жыл бұрын
Take my money
@purplerain5305 2 жыл бұрын
People in Western countries could start using water hoses for cleaning up in the bathroom. It's better and they won't need as much toilet paper.
@ForeverNeverwhere1 2 жыл бұрын
We use old cut down towels sewn into squares, better for the environment, better at cleaning, washable, cheaper and as we have a self contained sceptic system, it needs emptied less.
@purplerain5305 2 жыл бұрын
@@ForeverNeverwhere1 That's great. We also use small towels or cloths for drying off after using the water hose and usually carry a small personal towel when traveling. We wash them daily and always keep clean, and spend fewer toilet rolls.
@GalaxyOpal56 3 жыл бұрын
a tabbes phrase perfectly sums up the demand "I had no idea one of the symptoms of the virus was shitting yourself"
@JanFWeh 4 жыл бұрын
*"They took toilet paper to heart"?* I've been using it wrong for all my life! 😲
@sailingteresaway8492 4 жыл бұрын
Me: *at toilet paper isle* Shelf: Sorry BUTT you're TOI-LET. Me: Not funny.
@cipmylo6919 3 жыл бұрын
@Stop The Censorship thats prob what they said to the original guy if he did steal this
@TRPGpilot 3 жыл бұрын
too funny
@jonip5448 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh just put water spoiler up to your ass
@anderbeau 4 жыл бұрын
I’m using some as I watch this video now 😂😂😂
@everybuddy5924 4 жыл бұрын
While TP you buy for use at home was out of stock on store shelves, people didnt bother buying TP that was available. You was able to go on Amazon or to janitorial service sites and buy commercial TP by the case, no short supply there. And no price gouging either.
@jozki_ 4 жыл бұрын
Americans need a bidet
@faloooo1121 4 жыл бұрын
In my country we dont use toilet paper
@varun_shankar 4 жыл бұрын
water gang
@enzuki 4 жыл бұрын
Same, it's either a bidet in your toilet room or a toilet in the place you shower so you can just use the shower head for the water instead of a bidet
@acommentator69 4 жыл бұрын
🤮
@chungusfungus2990 4 жыл бұрын
@@acommentator69 its called water which saves you money and makes your asshole cleaner anyways.
@davixanderson7664 4 жыл бұрын
I use it as regular tissue instead bc it's cheaper lmao
@nicolemorris1610 3 жыл бұрын
I’m still confused at the logic behind “hoarding” toilet paper of all things. I stocked up on rice and beans. 😂🤣
@SundaysChild1966 3 жыл бұрын
If you are usually at work or school .. and shit there .. and wipe your ass there .. and now you are at home all day .. you are going to shit at home now .. so you need paper to wipe your ass ... no?
@SundaysChild1966 3 жыл бұрын
you don't want to get caught short .. :D
@kenc2257 3 жыл бұрын
@@SundaysChild1966 You certainly have a way with words.
@SundaysChild1966 3 жыл бұрын
@@kenc2257 thank you .. just trying to not sugar-coat it .. sigh .. people are stealing tp from restaurants .. smh ..
@siennatoews5097 3 жыл бұрын
In Canada there definitely was also a toilet people shortage, but KZfaq always forgets about us. Lol 😂
@vyentro29 3 жыл бұрын
True! I’m in Calgary and the shelves were empty. Why aren’t we interesting enough? 😂
@cificare2184 3 жыл бұрын
@@vyentro29 You all are seen as so nice that they don't like to pick on you, lol
@alicedoors4826 3 жыл бұрын
@@vyentro29 Your media doesn't spend enough money trying to get into the minds of the masses, you need to spend more money on propaganda if you want to be remembered. "Popularity is a job Alvin, work to get in, work to stay in!" It is no accident.
@DavidHLee 4 жыл бұрын
they've definitely come a long way. props to the manufacturers for working so hard
@reanjay721 4 жыл бұрын
pandemic happened toilet paper company: *STONKS*
@hilal_younus 4 жыл бұрын
so basically , Asians : Hoards rice (it’s their common food) US :Hoards TP. 😐
@vvdaniii244 4 жыл бұрын
I mean toilet paper is pretty delicious if you ask me
@elitecassidy8258 4 жыл бұрын
Nobody ran out of food. In fact farmers couldn’t sell their produce and had to destroy tons of product. Internet historian made a good video on it
@lilaclizard4504 4 жыл бұрын
@@elitecassidy8258 plenty of Americans have been starving during this pandemic!
@bear2507 3 жыл бұрын
Hilal Younus did you not watch the video? They said it happened in Australia and parts of Europe. Ignoramus
@lilaclizard4504 3 жыл бұрын
@@bear2507 lol are you seriously sensitive over your country hording toiletpaper? We embrace it in Australia & use it as a lightening of the moment to help us cope. Our toiletpaper hording almost saved us from the recession too! We missed out by only 0.2%! If we had have been able to produce it faster, we could have avoided that quarter in negative, due to the increased consumer spending on toiletpaper, so we're really disappointed we can't boast to the world about our novel way of preventing recession, by stockpiling toiletpaper. Why are you so upset over it?
@iryairya2008 4 жыл бұрын
USA: TOILET PAPERS! GRAB IT ALL!!! Me: *laughs while cleaning my stuff with water and soap
@natalialewis5407 4 жыл бұрын
I can just see this video being used in history classes in the future.
@dudebruh3302 4 жыл бұрын
People from the Middle East have like a hand heald bidet.
@DaddyM7MD 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly that shit sprays water so that you can clean yourself. It makes sense cuz if you were barefoot and stepped on dog poop your egonna go wash it off. So why not do that with your butt too? personally i spend 5-10 minutes just blasting my butt with water.
@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 4 жыл бұрын
@@DaddyM7MD I think it's for old people who can't shower as often or with the same ease. A normal functional person can stay hygienic through cleaning themselves like usual through showers/paper.
@DaddyM7MD 4 жыл бұрын
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 i think u didnt know what i meant. The thing is not really shower head it a short hose with a garden. Sprayer on the end to clean yourself. Ours is made from stainless steel and it feels really cool when its cold and i put it on my.....
@HattieMcDanielonaMoon 4 жыл бұрын
@@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1 ويع
@L2002 4 жыл бұрын
yeah handheld bidet is very useful and very very very easy to control it.
@AdityaKumar-lq5ml 4 жыл бұрын
The first thing I did was go to Home Depot and buy a toilet jet, they weren’t out of stock either. Idk why y’all don’t use water to clean your butts. Toilet paper hurts the environment.
@tbone21158 3 жыл бұрын
My Grandpa had an outhouse. Did we have Toilet paper? Nope, we used good old fashioned newspaper!
@anitanaseer1007 4 жыл бұрын
The people that use water are laughing at these people right now... me included
@kenc2257 3 жыл бұрын
Laughter is the best medicine.
@amaraziz7954 3 жыл бұрын
The entire U.S is dumb it’s like they’ve never heard of water before 😂
@anvakathazit1102 3 жыл бұрын
@@amaraziz7954 the US bathrooms don't have bidets
@nishantaadi 3 жыл бұрын
I use water, I love it.
@carlrubia9099 3 жыл бұрын
We use water
@astrakazulqarnain6208 4 жыл бұрын
Use bidet or those handheld shower and you wont have to worry about TP shortage
@UltraGamer9999999999 4 жыл бұрын
What if there are solid chunks of poop stuck to your anus? They won't fit thru the drain holes lol And most toilets don't have bidets, at least in Western countries
@pierreuntel1970 4 жыл бұрын
@@UltraGamer9999999999 what? You sit on the toilet and spray with the jet, it's not like you have to sit on the sink
@UltraGamer9999999999 4 жыл бұрын
@@pierreuntel1970 Did you not read the entire comment? I said that most toilets in Western societies don't have a bidet.
@DaddyM7MD 4 жыл бұрын
@@UltraGamer9999999999 he said use a handheld shower. Thats a fancy name for shattaf which sprays water to clean yourself
@DaddyM7MD 4 жыл бұрын
@@UltraGamer9999999999 ummm you can go on amazon and buy a bidet that installs with the same screws as your toilet seat cover
@dingdongdaddy589 3 жыл бұрын
I spent the last decade preparing for just an event. I could still go another five years without buying another roll...
@deanwassink1088 3 жыл бұрын
The media had a HUGE part in this - don't forget that!
@nathankoroush7918 3 жыл бұрын
The media has everything to do with all this.
@kenc2257 3 жыл бұрын
Uh...nope.
@S2sparkleS2 4 жыл бұрын
Majority of the countries in this world: we have bidets/water hoses America: we need toilet paper!!!!! 😩
@SamaraTrollero 3 жыл бұрын
They only wash it once a day when they shower, if they shower everyday that is
@TheFourthWinchester 3 жыл бұрын
@@SamaraTrollero Most don't shower everyday.
@joshuahawkes7218 4 жыл бұрын
The thing is, with so many people hoarding so much, there will come a time when demand is lower than normal, maybe by a lot or a small amount but it'll still happen
@jblyon2 4 жыл бұрын
My hoard is getting low (coincidental, Target was just running a really good promotion right before the panic hit) so I'll have to buy some soon, but I haven't purchased any in nearly 6 months.
@LiveeviL6969 4 жыл бұрын
I agree and would like to know more about this other side of the mountain. Where are we at with the supply and demand now? I suspect soon they will be at a fraction of their total daily output, but filling back up the warehouse.
@lilaclizard4504 4 жыл бұрын
@@LiveeviL6969 If people have any brains, they'll be maintaining the extra supplies they have right now, cause the winter wave is coming!
@22espec 3 жыл бұрын
I just ran out of Toilet paper, but I'm buying it from.my neighbors at half the cost.
@steven4315 2 жыл бұрын
Paper products don't go bad so it makes sense to keep extra.
@sined911 3 жыл бұрын
Shoutout to my local Bodega that never ran out of TP even once 👍
@Morus433 3 жыл бұрын
Demand of toilet paper? "laughs in japanese space age toilet" ... ... I see myself out... =)
@zulfikrizulfahmi4658 4 жыл бұрын
USA :GO GREEN let's save our earth, don't use paper.... also USA :Use toilet paper
@melmonias8062 3 жыл бұрын
Stupid! how many trees were cut down? So people can wipe their asses.
@rrraynoorrr 3 жыл бұрын
@Plain Paper Copier So how do you think other countries like India are doing it? At this point they should have run through their water considering the sheer number of butts they need to clean everyday.
@TheFourthWinchester 3 жыл бұрын
And so much water wasted to grow those trees and contamination let into the water while processing them as TP. Utter stupidity.
@this_Is_n0_One 4 жыл бұрын
Jake's gf in 2019: k bye never see you Jake's ex-gf in March 2020: mon cheri mon bebe come home i feel alone in this lockdown
@joermnyc 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, and can you bring me a spare roll...?
@JSiuDev 3 жыл бұрын
I know people who have enough toilet paper in their basement enough for the rest of their life 🤣
@lunes-1 3 жыл бұрын
Great video,keep it up 🧻🧻🧻🧻🧻
@felixgarcia2184 4 жыл бұрын
I’m on break right now from working in a toilet paper factory .....to watch a video about toilet paper factories
@ET-dn2ik 3 жыл бұрын
Toiletception
@virajsingh7636 4 жыл бұрын
American sewage system overflowing by 845%
@joermnyc 4 жыл бұрын
anonymous not really, the usage just shifted from offices/hotels/restaurants/etc to homes.
@Maverickgouda 4 жыл бұрын
I think there would be an ever so slight difference in the frequency of bathroom trips in public vs. staying at home. Unless I’m the only one who holds it a little when away from home & might even go one more time out of boredom if stuck at home. Doubt the diets doubled either
@virajsingh7636 4 жыл бұрын
its just a joke, chill
@MartijnPennings 3 жыл бұрын
What I understood about the shortage in supermarkets is that it also has to do with the fact that it takes up lots of space and margins are thin, so supermarkets want to have as little stock of tp as possible, so when people start panic buying it just takes more time for truckloads of tp to come from the tp storage to the supermarkets. In the Netherlands when supermarkets were empty a video went viral of a guy driving around a warehouse full of tp saying: don't panic people, there's enough tp, it just takes some time to roll it out to the supermarkets.
@user-kj3qw4dt2s 3 жыл бұрын
Damn guess I should've guessed and invested in some Toliet Paper Stocks ...
@Ride-With-Me-69 4 жыл бұрын
No one buy toilet paper in South East Asia
@cancel.lgbtq.6892 4 жыл бұрын
When I went to Thailand , they used toilet papers as napkins.
@drakath111zx 4 жыл бұрын
Water gang
@savagepanda268 4 жыл бұрын
Water gang
@IvoPurwanto 4 жыл бұрын
Covid 19 vaccine ❌❌❌ Toilet paper✅✅✅
@HDUnfatalLife 2 жыл бұрын
This is why I have a bidet lol...live in the US, but I don't feel clean using just toilet paper tbh.
@AnythingMike 3 жыл бұрын
As for me and my household, we use water. Or sophisticately called 'Bidet.'
@pratwurschtgulasch6662 3 жыл бұрын
that is really gross, you must be brittish
@AnythingMike 3 жыл бұрын
@@pratwurschtgulasch6662 and you must be unbritish.
@misterblobbys 4 жыл бұрын
I bought a pack of 18 rolls in February . I've still 3 rolls left
@mlwrance 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr? I got a 9 pack way back in November 2019 and I still have 2 rolls left
@pepega3344 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr? I bought 3 rolls back in September 1998 and I still have 2 left
@mattwinward3168 4 жыл бұрын
3:06 Takes Charmin Ultra to a whole new level.
@wehandleit2167 3 жыл бұрын
Americans : where's the toilet paper Indians : where's the jet
@8307c4 2 жыл бұрын
I really don't understand how suddenly demand spiked by that much for this common household product.
@JT-lq4yd 4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, we were running out of TP at the time this whole thing started, we were down to one roll before my wife was able to get a package. Previously, I had gone to Costco for another package and felt silly asking one of the employees who was unloading the truck if they had more. I imagine he thought I wanted to hoard it like everyone else but we did need it as we were close to having to use the left hand. He did not know this.
@camillachandra1405 4 жыл бұрын
The US: *hoards toilet paper* Me, someone who grew up in an Asian household and currently lives in Japan: *laughs nervously in bidet and spray nozzle*
@daestract 4 жыл бұрын
laughs in handheld bidets
@BoxxerCore 3 жыл бұрын
Toilet paper was the thing most apocalypse TV shows and movies got wrong, who would have imagined the end of the world would start with toilet paper wars, not food, not guns and ammo but bog roll ( in the West )
@angjiapheng 4 жыл бұрын
I was using toilet paper for almost 20 years, right until I moved into new hostel, and the housemate was kind enough to help me to finish it. Now I saved a lot of money and space from using water
@poljosaju4517 4 жыл бұрын
Let me clarify: In India, we don't use wheat flour. we use BIDETS
@Hhhh22222-w 4 жыл бұрын
No they definitely use wheat flour to wipe their ass, just like in China they use rice
@happyretardhat 3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate what you guys do but buying a bidet was the best decision I ever made!! Once you have one you can’t live without it!!
@kathyvanclapdurp4599 3 жыл бұрын
What brand did you get? I've looked and there are so many choices.
@chriskeel3096 3 жыл бұрын
because the coal burned to supply electricity for you to do more laundry because now you have to dry your ass helps as well, right? also most seem to not know most tp brands actually use recycled paper
@urgi99 4 жыл бұрын
Now we need an identical video but about the weed consumption during quarantine
@gs-nt6nf 4 жыл бұрын
Bidet? Less toilet paper.
@Brick-Life 4 жыл бұрын
3:06 yes i take 5 orders of those please !
@LostMySauce 2 жыл бұрын
I remember going into my local store with my 1 year old and seeing the shelves completely empty. One man had 3, 24 packs of toilet paper in his cart and I asked if he could manage with 2 being that I have a baby at home. He said no, and just bought all 3.
@danc101 3 жыл бұрын
Part of the problem was crazy panic buyers buying loads of toilet roll. The biggest problem however was regular people trying to get some toilet roll before the panic buyers take it all.
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