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Not sure I’ve ever posted in this thread. I didn’t want to be “that guy” so I’ll post it here to vent my stupid pet peeve:

I get that most people are saying this as a joke, and one should just smile and move on even if it doesn’t make sense, but it’s been repeated so much that I think there’s an underlying belief in this being somewhat true. People talking about how they should have bought stock in Charmin, or stating that the toilet paper industry is the biggest winner of all this. Though there has been an increased demand in buying toilet paper, there hasn’t been an actual increase in demand for using toilet paper. The toilet paper companies aren’t make anymore money than normal, their sales are just being redistributed.
 
infection said:
Not sure I’ve ever posted in this thread. I didn’t want to be “that guy” so I’ll post it here to vent my stupid pet peeve:

I get that most people are saying this as a joke, and one should just smile and move on even if it doesn’t make sense, but it’s been repeated so much that I think there’s an underlying belief in this being somewhat true. People talking about how they should have bought stock in Charmin, or stating that the toilet paper industry is the biggest winner of all this. Though there has been an increased demand in buying toilet paper, there hasn’t been an actual increase in demand for using toilet paper. The toilet paper companies aren’t make anymore money than normal, their sales are just being redistributed.
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Close but not quite right. They are seeing a surge in sales right now over what they would normally expect at this time of the year. However since people in their homes won't actually use the toilet paper any faster, they just filled up a closet with it or whatever, then later the toilet paper companies will see a decrease in sales as people use their stockpile and do not buy any toilet paper until they need to when the crisis is over. So a surge now followed by a substantial drop in sales. In essence nothing will change for the TP companies in the long run, but for the next few months their sales will be out of whack compared to last year at this time. But in the end their total sales will only go up as much as they normally do from any given year to year period.
 
Since yesterday all the cafés and restaurants in Belgium are closed. But the borders with neighbouring Holland and Luxembourg are still open and those countries still do normal. So what do people here do? Go there of course as it's a short drive for many.. Is it really so ****ing impossible to survive two days without going to the café?? Don't they see what's going on in Italy and Spain? I really think that some people still don't buy into the concept of viruses and bacterias as they are invisible with a naked eye.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Close but not quite right. They are seeing a surge in sales right now over what they would normally expect at this time of the year. However since people in their homes won't actually use the toilet paper any faster, they just filled up a closet with it or whatever, then later the toilet paper companies will see a decrease in sales as people use their stockpile and do not buy any toilet paper until they need to when the crisis is over. So a surge now followed by a substantial drop in sales. In essence nothing will change for the TP companies in the long run, but for the next few months their sales will be out of whack compared to last year at this time. But in the end their total sales will only go up as much as they normally do from any given year to year period.
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That’s what I said.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Close but not quite right. They are seeing a surge in sales right now over what they would normally expect at this time of the year. However since people in their homes won't actually use the toilet paper any faster, they just filled up a closet with it or whatever, then later the toilet paper companies will see a decrease in sales as people use their stockpile and do not buy any toilet paper until they need to when the crisis is over. So a surge now followed by a substantial drop in sales. In essence nothing will change for the TP companies in the long run, but for the next few months their sales will be out of whack compared to last year at this time. But in the end their total sales will only go up as much as they normally do from any given year to year period.
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That's the same thing @infection said.
 
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