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you go ahead and keep that angle. You have no proof, but it is all yours.He doesn't have to. People use the media when it suits their purposes.
you go ahead and keep that angle. You have no proof, but it is all yours.He doesn't have to. People use the media when it suits their purposes.
One constant I've heard, from practically every rational person is, "I don't get the run on TP".
It's a bigger riddle than "Who shot J.R."
Mike said it started down under.
One constant I've heard, from practically every rational person is, "I don't get the run on TP".
It's a bigger riddle than "Who shot J.R."
Mike said it started down under.
I don't know why it started but I read a great article explaining why shortages continue.
When we are all working and going out, bathroom usage is split almost equally between home and other places. Offices, restaurants, bars, etc all use commercial grade TP while consumers buy a personal grade of TP for the house. These two products are made in separate plants using different raw materials. Commercial TP is created using a high percentage of recycled goods while personal or consumer TP is made using almost 100% virgin wood pulp. Supply chains are not currently set up for all raw materials to go to all plants and the plants themselves are not set up to produce the other product.
All this means that we have doubled the use of home bathrooms meaning we use more TP at home but we have been unable to double the production of TP for home use.
That is an interesting and logical post as to why. But I don't think most people thought of it that way. The majority of people throughout the world are not that logical. I've heard some psychological explanations about this as well having to do with risk aversion. But really it just comes down to herd mentality. People see hoarding of some product and they want to get theirs before it runs out.
you go ahead and keep that angle. You have no proof, but it is all yours.
I don't know why it started but I read a great article explaining why shortages continue.
When we are all working and going out, bathroom usage is split almost equally between home and other places. Offices, restaurants, bars, etc all use commercial grade TP while consumers buy a personal grade of TP for the house. These two products are made in separate plants using different raw materials. Commercial TP is created using a high percentage of recycled goods while personal or consumer TP is made using almost 100% virgin wood pulp. Supply chains are not currently set up for all raw materials to go to all plants and the plants themselves are not set up to produce the other product.
All this means that we have doubled the use of home bathrooms meaning we use more TP at home but we have been unable to double the production of TP for home use.
Interesting.
Where I live the TP vacated the shelves long before most were told to stay home.
Not that I want the discussion to go down this road.....but do you accept the premise that one half of bowel movements in one's life occur at work?
You been holding it all day all these years Al? You gotta learn to let go
Al, if you read my second post on this subject you will see where I admit that the same happened here and it was driven by fear. That is where the problem started for sure. This explanation is more about the ongoing shortage.
Also please notice that I said usage is split "nearly equally between home and other places". Those other places could be work, restaurants, bars, churches, parks, hotels or any other place that is not your house. I travel for business. I spent nearly a month of my life in 2019 in hotels. I wasn't in the office but I wasn't at home either. I think it is probably fair to say that adults who work full time outside the home, probably do a significant amount of their business in restrooms outside the home.
Exactly "one half" - no, probably not. But certainly a statistically relevant percentage.
You been holding it all day all these years Al? You gotta learn to let go
Patients. No staff positive (yet - to our knowledge - but probably inevitable). And yes - there have been deaths. NC (so far) has mirrored Virginia, currently around 3500 known positive cases with less than 100 deaths. I think one of the flaws in modeling may turn out to be the extrapolation of results from urban areas where the virus is taking a far greater toll than in other areas. I think some of the predictions my be skewed as a result, but it's hard to know for sure. The counties where the bulk of infections and deaths are occurring here in NC are ones with large cities (Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, etc..).Staff or patients? Any fatalities yet? Localized to your area or common across NC? If I recall, Reseatch Triangle in NC leans heavily to healthcare.
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