I went to Costco this morning for my normal weekly shopping trip and I saw 3 people in line returning multiple packages of TP now that the strike is over.

If I were Costco, I'd tell them to GTFO. Greedy idiots!

Pre pandemic I had a bad habit of not monitoring my subscribe and save well. I also had a large basement. So I went all the way through lockdown without needing to buy any, and even had lots to give away. We’ve downsized and I don’t have that kind of basement anymore, but I do have a bidet now.

I’m stocking up on sugar, cocoa and chocolate. Anything else is going into the IDGAF section of my mind

Well strikes been postponed a lot folk from this website will be returning TP tomorrow.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what actual imported products should one be concerned about?

🍌 75% of the country's banana imports
🍒 90% of imported cherries
🥫 85% of canned food
🌶️ 82% of hot peppers
🍫 80% of the nation's imported chocolate
🍷 80% of imported beer, wine, whiskey and scotch
🍹60% of rum
Plus: Imported seafood, coffee, car parts, tires, clothes, furniture and electronics could also be affected in the coming weeks.

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2024/10/03/virginia-port-strike-banana-booze-shortage

ok I can deal with domestic beer, wine, and liquor, but my 5 year old will be quite p*ssed about the lack of bananas.

Lol! My mind was in a similar place. I thought phew thank God I grow my own peppers. My kid is going to be upset about the bananas, but he'll survive. The rest we'll be fine with.

Feed the kid peanuts instead.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently people are panic buying and hoarding it now, because of the port issue? We don’t import paper through ports. Anyway…

Stopped at Target to normal-purchase TP and the lady at the register filled me in.

Won't need toilet paper if the ports are closed and food can't be brought into the country.

Do you want to know something cool? The majority of our food comes from…. America!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what actual imported products should one be concerned about?

🍌 75% of the country's banana imports
🍒 90% of imported cherries
🥫 85% of canned food
🌶️ 82% of hot peppers
🍫 80% of the nation's imported chocolate
🍷 80% of imported beer, wine, whiskey and scotch
🍹60% of rum
Plus: Imported seafood, coffee, car parts, tires, clothes, furniture and electronics could also be affected in the coming weeks.

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2024/10/03/virginia-port-strike-banana-booze-shortage

ok I can deal with domestic beer, wine, and liquor, but my 5 year old will be quite p*ssed about the lack of bananas.

Lol! My mind was in a similar place. I thought phew thank God I grow my own peppers. My kid is going to be upset about the bananas, but he'll survive. The rest we'll be fine with.

Costco is sold out. So dumb.

Anonymous wrote:After the last shortage, I stocked up. Currently have 102 rolls of TP. I think I'll be OK for awhile.

From 4 years ago? Wha?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rats, just when we're out of toilet paper.
Oh well. If worse comes to worse, I'm sure I have some rags somewhere. We'll go super environmentally-friendly

We’ve done this before, we will be fine!

I’m actually a little worried about clothes, to be honest. I might panic buy some winter essentials for my kids. They don’t fit into anything from last year and I’ve been waiting.

I didn't stress the first time and won't stress now. There are many ways to clean your butt...