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The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    So apparently 40% of toilet paper consumption is in institutions and commercial spaces.

    As we all started to stay home there was a sudden shift in demand for residential TP - that afternoon dump you took at the office you now did at home. The spike in demand for residential paper was offset by a decline in demand of the commercial paper but much the commercial stuff couldn’t be easily ported over. Different supply chains and, often, product dimensions.

    So the initial demand shock was real - along with the initial shortage. Only then did panic buying make it worse.

    You were warned.

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      At one point I bought a case of large commercial rolls (about a foot in diameter) off Amazon. I never needed to use it. But it gave us peace of mind.

      I gave it to a friend who had commercial space when the crisis was over.

      You were warned.

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        We never had an issue…

        The Brad

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        • MikM Away
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          We didn’t either.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            For me it depends of the meaning of ‘issue’. We never went without household paper but I did have to go to multiple stores or buy singly ply garbage, etc.

            You were warned.

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              Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

              Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

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                You fools. I just held it for like 8 months. It wasn't that difficult and it gave credence to folks who looked at me and would say, "You are so full of shit."

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                  Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

                  jon-nycJ Online
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                  @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                  Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                  Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

                  Mark was evangelizing them at the time. I ended up getting a poor man’s bidet (sprayer attached to toilet) as Mayla prefers them.

                  You were warned.

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                    Lol, 89! My mom had/has (she’s in memory care, her husband still in the house) one of those Japanese toilet seats that does the bidet thing, plus has an air dryer, along with a heated seat. It’s a pretty good substitute for an actual bidet. It freaks you out a little when you first sit down as it’s unexpectedly warm.

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                    • jon-nycJ Online
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                      I’ve used those before and agree it’s weird. I suppose it becomes non-weird at some point.

                      You were warned.

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                        I have like the one that Jodi mentions, from a Japanese company called Toto. It does become "non weird" and then a regular toilet becomes weird. LOL

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                          The hardest part for guests was understanding that it was still just a a toilet, all those buttons and funny pictures made you think you had to flush it some other way than the normal way.

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                            Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

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                            @taiwan_girl said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                            Get a bidet!!!! Never realized how nice they were until I got one. Hard to go back!

                            Plus, you use quite a bit less toilet paper

                            I have a story about a bidet from when I first visited France in the mid 70’s. I had no idea what it was. I thought was for washing my feet. My German girlfriend told me otherwise.

                            When we visited Vienna in 2012, my then five year old son was impressed as hell with our hotel room. After a quick inspection of the bathroom he commented that the room “even had a special toilet for kids”.

                            Elbows up!

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                            • jon-nycJ Online
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                              Lol.

                              You were warned.

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                                In Taiwan, probably a big majority of toilets, even in public places are of the "squat pot" type, though they are becoming a bit less common. In a public urinal place that does not really cater to Westerners, there may be five toilets, four of them will be squat pots.

                                something like below

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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  In Taiwan, probably a big majority of toilets, even in public places are of the "squat pot" type, though they are becoming a bit less common. In a public urinal place that does not really cater to Westerners, there may be five toilets, four of them will be squat pots.

                                  something like below

                                  alt text

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                                  @taiwan_girl

                                  Soviet “bomb sight” toilets were “medieval” in comparison to the photo you linked. I’ll leave at the word “medieval”.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                    @taiwan_girl

                                    Soviet “bomb sight” toilets were “medieval” in comparison to the photo you linked. I’ll leave at the word “medieval”.

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                                    @Renauda 555

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                                      I haven't used toilet paper since,,,, oh shit, since 3 days ago at the last hotel I stayed in in Sardinia. It was an agritourismo and they had no bidet (the sacrilege!!!). They also had gas station type of toilet paper from a dispenser. Ugh. No really, I installed bidet's onto my toilets couple years back and there is no turning back nor need for paper to clean my better half.

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                                        I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                                        You were warned.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 wasn’t as irrational as we thought.:

                                          I resist using our sprayer because the water is too cold.

                                          Said every woman everywhere.

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