Thursday, March 12, 2020

Corona Porn

Dropped Honey off at the dentist's office, and thought I'd do a little shopping while I waited.  I went to the Wal-Mart in Crosby.
The first thing I noticed was that the sanitary wipe dispenser at the front door was empty - nothing available to wipe the shopping cart handle.  I mentioned this to the greeter, and she pointed out the Purell dispenser and said just use that.
Oooo-kay...
The last time I bought Bounty paper towels, I accidentally got the rolls of full-sized sheets - Honey hates them - so the top of my list was Select-A- Size paper towels.  I also needed toilet paper.  
when I got to that aisle, it looked sometyhing like this...
Actually, I didn't bother to take a picture, just found this on line.  The shelves at Wally World were even emptier than this would indicate.
I had seen Memes on Facebook about toilet paper shortages, but I hadn't taken them seriously.  I mean, how could the potential threat of a virus that almost nobody has actually contracted cause a run on toilet paper and paper towels?  Has any of the fear mongers claimed that one of the Covid-19 symptoms is galloping diarrhea?
The entire city of Crosby wasn't out of wipes.  I was able to buy what we needed - right brands but smaller packages and larger prices - at Arlan's Grocery on the way back to the dentist.

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