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2020-03-31
COVID-19 Toiletpaper Meme
This is a meme, or humorous image associated with both COVID-19 as well as the toilet paper shortage induced by COVID-19. #HST643 -
2020-05-01
Cops and Toiltet Paper
Getting toilet paper in the COVID-19 pandemic -
2020-03-15
Empty toilet paper shelves at Winco
The video shows the empty toilet paper shelves at a local Winco in Phoenix, Arizona. Due to the pandemic, Americans are stockpiling toilet paper and other home essentials. #REL101 -
2020-03-14
The Reality of a Pandemic
Walmart, which is usually known for having large quantities of any and all goods you could ever need, is shown being completely out of toilet paper. It shows the reality of this pandemic, and the obsession to "horde" what is seen as neccesities. Not pictured is the meat section completely empty, as well as all the bicycles being sold out, both of which were the case on different occasions. #REL101 -
2020-03-14
A local Tempre Grocery Store
The pandemic has caused Americans to stock up on toiletries due to the chance of these items not being available if quarantine was to occur. #REL101 -
2020-04-25
Toilet Paper Street Art, New Orleans, LA
Rolls of toilet paper spray-painted on boarded-up doors of Dat Dog on Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. Businesses along Frenchmen and throughout the French Quarter boarded up their doors and windows at the beginning of the COVID-19 stay-at-home-order. Toilet paper was one of the first items to go out of stock due to panic buying in the United States. -
2020-03-16
Corona Clap by Dee-1, New Orleans, LA
New Orleans rapper Dee-1 released the song "Corona Clap," a remix of the New Orleans classic "Nolia Clap" by UTP (rappers Juvenile, Wacko and Skip) in March 2020. Lyrics include references to handwashing, cheap flights, NBA cancellations, school and church closures, and toilet paper shortages. The song includes a sound bite from New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell. -
2020-04-25
Corona Virus Grocery Meme
This picture is a perfect depiction of the unnecessarily extreme measures some Americans are taking during grocery shopping, i.e. covering up abundantly, stocking up on toilet paper, etc. This humor is more targeted at making fun of the ignorance of some people. -
03/16/2020
The last resort
We began rationing our toilet paper quickly once we realized we had missed our opportunity to stock up. We assumed people would calm down and refrain from hoarding. We were wrong. I bought a bag of cheap terry cloth material and cut it up to use "for number 1only!" -
2020-04-09
Toilet Paper Panic at The Local Food Lion
As the COVID-19 spreads across the world, and the country is in a state of emergency, toilet paper is seemingly wiped off the face of the Earth. Acting out of panic, people rush to grocery stores to buy TP before it’s too late. Those who make it there in time are relieved to find a few remaining rolls of TP. Those who do not are s*** out of luck, and probably should have gone earlier. Now, friends and family have a duty to each other if they ever want to put this behind us. All joking aside, this event has caused a major shortage of TP across at least the United States. #DePaulHST391 -
2020-04-18
Some people don't care about grocery store rules
A small story about my tales of working at a grocery store during our pandemic. As of the last couple of weeks, my grocery store has had a limit on certain items like meat, water, eggs, toilet paper, etc. I was working in at customer service this day and I was making sure things were in order, wasn't really busy anyway. We had this couple come up to me and ask if I was ready to check them out and I directed them to a register, but before they walked away I realized they had 2 cases of water and 5 things of chicken. I informed them of our limit on those specific items right now, even though we had signed by each of these items explaining the same thing. The husband told me " What if I just come back in and buy the rest, are you going to stop me?". That really caught me off guard because it was such a disregard for basic rules. I told him still, he has to put some of it back, he kept joking around he was gonna put it back or come back in. He played it off like I wasn't paying attention by just putting the water back. He put it on some random shelf right behind him too. He still got into line with all the chicken. I told another cashier to tell them the same thing. So as they checked out they had 2 more cashiers tell them. I was told the guy said him and his wife would split the order so they could get all the chicken. I can't imagine just wanting something so bad you gotta just bend around the rules to get it, especially when those rules are in place to make things fair to other people. In the end, he had to put the 3 extra chickens back because of a manager getting involved. I don't know why people can't respect simple rules. -
2020-04-18
Working at a Grocery Store
This all takes place in March around the week of the 20th I believe? Sadly, I have not been keeping tabs during when the pandemic was actually announced, but I did work that week a few days when the news hit everyone. The week following the mass panic in my area I paid attention to what was going on in the other parts of the U.S. People were stocking up on toliet paper and handsanitzer, so I knew to be ready when I was here. I bought my stuff and people thought I was crazy. When the week came, my little store with only 6 registers was packed. All day long there were from 3-5 people lined up at every register. They bought everything. The shelves were just bare and the meat department was empty. People paniced that we would never get food back in as if trucks weren't going to come on their correct dates with fresh supply. Every single day the trucks came the food was gone. People thought we were hiding stuff in the back, but in reality the moment it got here it was put on the shelves and then gone. I did not work in the morning, but since grocery trucks (the ones with toilet paper) were stocked overnight in the morning it would be packed. Halfway through the week, we put limits on things like meat, eggs, hand sanitizer, and any other sold out items. This concludes for those weeks. -
2020-03-29
Rationing at Walmart in Belmont, NC
Walmart in Belmont, North Carolina hangs signs in the toilet paper aisle limiting people to how many products they can purchase at once. They state: “we respectfully ask you to limit your purchase to 1 per item.” -
2020-03-23
Growing my own toilet paper
a joke tweet about growing toilet paper, since there was a shortage during the pandemic -
2020-04-09
Toilet paper shipment from a friend
A friend in need is a friend indeed: a friend from out of state ships us some toilet paper, as there is none to be had locally and shipments from Amazon take about 4-6 weeks to arrive. -
2020-04-10
Toilet Paper Wig Meme
This depiction is representative of the unnecessary need to hoard toilet paper. -
2020-04-08
Finally Found Toliet Paper!!!!
After not having toilet paper in store for about 3 weeks I was very excited to finally find some. I never thought that I would be so excited to find such a thing. I felt a like a kid on Christmas morning. -
2020-04-06
Man’s Pursuit of Toilet Paper
This empty shelf has become emblematic of a serious disruption in the Toilet Paper supply chain. After shopping in 5 stores, this is what i found. this is so frustrating because we are towed in the media that there is no shortage of toilet paper but it is still difficult to find. -
2020-04-05
Corona Is the Devil
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2020-04-05
Moving Out
About a week ago, my folks and I had to make a mad dash to my college resident hall to salvage all of the stuff in my room. My dad made extra sure to let me know how it important it was that we got the toilet paper from my room. The whole experience was really bizarre. For starters, there was actually parking spots in the parking lot, something the school is usually pretty lacking in. In addition, the place was practically dead. There were some other students coming to get their belongings as well, but it was pretty much just me and my dad walking up and down the hallway. Considering it was my first year at college, it was a little depressing moving out so unceremoniously. Everything had to be quick and orderly. No time for goodbyes or anything like that. I almost feel like I'm missing out on the college experience a bit. -
2020-04-05
The Great Toilet Paper Crisis
Both of my parents drive for a limousine company. This week, one of them was to drive an old woman to do chores and grocery shopping. All she needed from the store was toilet paper and ground beef. She was not able to find any in any of the stores they had tried. We could not let her go without any, so we gave her some from home. Why are people purchasing so much stuff at once? It's like they had decided to start stockpiling as much as they could get there hands on. -
2020-03-30
Empty Cleaning Isle
This image shows how limited some resources are. At almost all local grocery stores they are out of paper products and cleaning supplies. This issue occurs when people panic bulk buy. This shows the effect the pandemic has had on people's attitudes and dispositions. -
2020-04-02
toilet paper returned - but not for long
I took this picture at our local supermarket at 3521 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee, FL on 4/2/2020. I posted the picture on FB the next day and a FB friend said by the time they got there the TP was all gone. -
2020-04-05
People Swarm Toliet Paper at Local Sam's Club
I walked to the back of the store where they keep the toilet paper and saw that the worker was bringing out toilet paper on a pallet. I looked around to see that people were literally swarming this man. As soon as he let down the pallet and walked away they crowded the pallet and starting grabbing. It was such a crazy sight to see. I had to take a picture. This just shows that we value toilet paper. -
2020-04-04
Oregon Trail Toilet Paper Meme
This image tells the story of how a lot of people ran to the supermarket and started buying all the toilet paper as soon as the covid-19 epidemic hit. -
2020-04-03
Covid-19 Oregon Trail Meme
This image reflects how many people ran to the stores and started buying all the toilet paper in stock, leaving none for the rest of us. -
2020-10-13
Where is my toilet paper?
[Curator's Note] An image of a shelf with no toilet paper -
2020-03-31
COVID19 Feels
It's poking fun at the regulations being put into action because of COVID19. -
2020-03-13
Aisles at Walmart on Rochambeau Drive were out of toilet paper since Thursday
This photograph was taken at a local Walmart in Williamsburg, Virginia. This Walmart ran out of toilet paper and the store was struggling to restock the toilet paper. This photo is an example of "panic buying." As the number of confirmed cases in Williamsburg increases more people are stocking up on supplies. -
2020-03-26
Humorous Bumper Sticker
A humorous bumper sticker. It reads: Stop buying all of the toilet paper. Go get Kitty Litter if you want to act like wild animals! -
2020-03-30
"Humanity has yet to return to the toilet paper aisle"
Shows the continuing effect of hoarding in the US -
2020-03-20
toilet paper gone at Publix
I went to the grocery store on March 10, 2020 before schools closed down etc in Tallahassee and the major grocery store in the area was already almost out of toilet paper. This was before the started rationing it (1 purchase per customer) -
2020-03-10
Out of Toliet paper at Publix grocery store
I wen to the grocery store at 3521 Thomasville Rd Tallahassee, FL 32309-7134 on March 10, 2020 before we started having cases and the toilet paper was mostly gone. -
2020-03-26
Empty Shelves at Target
This is a photograph taken at a Target store in the Fenway neighborhood in Boston, MA. The toilet paper shelves, stretching a whole wall of the store, are empty. #HIST5241 -
2020-03-10
An Argument Over Toilet Paper
A customer left behind a package of toilet paper, where another customer picked up and decided to check out. The customer realized that "his" toilet paper was gone and wanted it back, arguing with the cashier. It was the last package in the store. -
03/24/2020
Alexander Oral History, 2020/03/24
Alexander describes how his life has changed in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Some of his challenges include teleworking for a new job, watching over his kids now that they can’t go to school, and coping with shortages of necessities and lack of normal entertainment such as sports. He talks about how he thinks it is a good thing that his kids are not at school, as primary schools are known to be germ spreaders. Alexander conveys his hopes that the lockdown will end soon and normal life will be able to continue. -
2020-03-19
Empty banana shelf at Target.
This is an empty banana shelf at a Target in Pflugerville TX. People did not only hoard Toilet paper and handsanitizer, they also bought many fresh fruits and vegetables. Most of the bins in this produce section were empty as well. I don't know how people are going to keep all of the produce from spoiling before they eat it. Also in this Target, most of the refrigerators and freezers that held prepackaged meals or TV dinners were completely empty. -
2020-03-24
"How Fear Can Spread like a Virus"
This image shows how crazy the hysteria has become, people are hoarding items for this "apocalypse" leaving store shelves empty. When they are fully restocked again, it's only a matter or hours until they completely sell out. However, not many are thinking about those in serious need of those supplies. The elderly have a higher risk of dying and need certain supplies, and families are finding it hard to find meat and other foods to feed their families because of all the hoarding. -
2020-03-18
Empty shelves at Wegmans in the Lehigh Valley
All over the Lehigh valley stores are running out of toilet paper and other necessary items. People bulk bought in the very beginning and stores are having a hard time restocking these items. -
2020-03
Coronavirus Star Wars Meme
The image shows Ben Solo/Kylo Wren saying an important line from The Force Awakens but it addresses the lack of toilet paper during coronavirus. Due to the fact that people have mass bought out toilet papers from stores, the joke is that Kylo Wren's movie quote conveys the feeling of panic when you have to use the restroom with sandpaper instead of toilet paper. -
2020-03-21
Free toilet paper
A store front in South Melbourne offering free toilet paper to those who may need them, as they have become in short supply due to stockpiling and panic buying in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. -
2020-03-04
Single toilet paper roll sells for $1000 as coronavirus panic-buying reaches new level
A commercial news website reports on the panic buying of toilet paper. URL for full article here: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/single-toilet-paper-roll-sells-for-1000-as-coronavirus-panic-buying-reaches-new-level-c-729542 In Australia, supermarket shelves were stripped of many essential items once people understood how serious the pandemic was, but the one that became a national obsession was toilet paper. People were filling trolleys with packs of toilet paper as soon as they realised lockdowns might be ordered. Major supermarkets eventually instituted 2 packs per person limits. A black market emerged online. There were many many memes, videos, articles, as well as serious analysis of this phenomenon. The irony is that toilet paper is in fact produced in Australia, so it was never going to run out. So this was an opportunity for us to think about human irrationality and panic; local and global manufacturing (and ignorance of this); enjoy humour as a response... and so much more. Also an opportunity to think about what people used before toilet paper was the norm - squares of newspaper, leaves etc! Suddenly ads for bidets appeared in our newsfeeds as well! -
2020-03-23
Different People with Different Beliefs- COVID 19
Short text written by Justin Smith -
03/20/2020
Out of Stock.
An image listing what items the store was out of. -
2020-03-09
The Ballad of the Dunny Roll
The video satirises the 'Australian spirit' and the panic buying of toilet paper which is still - 23 March - a feature of the response to the Pandemic in Australia -
Relating to the toilet paper shortage
Gold, Oil, 2020 by u/crfornataro
It shows human creativity and finding comfort in humor in these uncertain times -
2020-03-20
Empty Shelves
This image shows empty shelves at Roche Bros. Supermarket in Natick, MA. This is the toilet paper and paper towel aisle. They are completely empty, showing that people are still panic buying these products despite recommendations that these are not the priority and should be bought according to need rather than fear. -
2020-03-20
Limits on High Demand Products
This hand-made sign lists items that, due to their high demand, have a limit on how many items customers can buy when they are in stock. This sign highlights the continued scarcity of certain necessities such as toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer, and surgical face masks among other items. Even over halfway through March, these products are still in high demand and the shelves are often empty, forcing management of CVS to limit what each customer can buy to ensure as many people obtain the items they need. -
2020-03-21
Adams supermarket, Deep River, Connecticut, 8:15 am,
One sign shows the store tried rationing. The second sign shows it wasn’t enough. -
2020-03-20
Victory
Colleague learns of a shipment of household supplies to the nearest CVS, returns triumphant. But not hoarding, he'd like to point out.