Timothy Birdnow

Warner Todd Huston chronicles the first rumblings of looting:

Pandemonium: Thief Smashes Car Window in Oregon Just to Steal Toilet Paper

I've been expecting this. As people run out of goods they start getting desperate. Also, the police in many blue states have stand-down orders, orders not to take people into custody or even make traffic stops. So there is no law, desperate people, and the less law-abiding are apt to take what they want. I'm not surprised at this, just surprised it took so long.

I had to buy toilet paper in Hooterville; they were the only ones with any. Been looking for a couple of weeks, frankly. I was lucky though; we always keep a lot on hand and neither of us had to go much.

I don't see why they are out of it to this degree. I used to work as a grocery store manager many years ago, and we would have seen to it that we had enough to get people through. Granted, we had a couple of large stock rooms to store backstock, but even so there are ways. I go to the stores and don't see any big displays, for instance. That is what you do to get your supply out. You don't need big chip displays or spring outdoor stuff when there is no toilet paper. You order more and you build big displays.

It may be the supplier is out of stock. If so, why?  Surely they know they are shorting their customers (the stores). If the suppliers can't get it from the manufacturer, it means the manufacturer has dropped the ball. There is not reason why they cant ramp up production of an item like this. It's not electronics after all.

I wonder who is at fault for the shortage. Yes, the public is acting rather idiotically, but there is no reason for this to be out everywhere. 

My other question is, where is our wonderful government in all this?  People need toilet paper, and that is clearly an emergency service, the kind FEMA handles. Why isn't there FEMA stations distributing toilet paper?  If the stores can't handle it, surely our government - which we have been told we must trust and rely on - should be able to provide. They can charge cost for it; it doesn't have to be free. But where are they?  There are those who want to put these people in charge of our health care but they can't even see that America has proper sanitary material to flush down the sewer.

We used to laugh at the Soviets or the Cubans for having a system unable to provide things like toilet paper. Funny; we're not laughing now.

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