If you have to jog to the outhouse…

It seems that the hoarding is not the sole cause of the toilet paper “shortage”. You see, there are two types of toilet paper; those designed for homes, maybe hotels and the like; nice and soft. Then there is “industry” toilet paper, used in factories, institutions, and other high-traffic restroom facilities. These typically have narrow rolls and hold a lot more paper per roll.

The different types of toilet paper are made with different pulp, using different machinery and packaging. It’s very expensive to change a facility to produce the other kind.

So now a LOT of people are, uh, pooping at home, sometimes tripling a household’s consumption. The industrial grade TP doesn’t fit your roller, and much of it is locked up in janitor’s closets of various businesses.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, go easy on the Charmin, OK?