Just a reminder that you can buy loo roll and other essentials on Amazon

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

May be stating the obvious, but I've seen a few people stressing after trawling the shops. Plus not all elderly people are online, so if people who can use Amazon do, that can't be a bad thing. (And yes I know MN hates Amazon but needs must.)

@Mojito good name though

I think I will have no choice but to use water when my loo roll supplies run out. I am not paying Amazon prices for bog roll. No way.

@Grumpy wouldn't it be lovely to have one of those Japanese style toilets round about now...

Was meant to be getting my bimonthly Amazon order of cleaning wipes, cat food, toothpaste, washing powder and coffee pods today. Only the cat food arrived. I wouldn't rely on them at the moment.

@Sister they probably kept it back to re-sell to me at stupid money. Sorry about that...

Reusable wipes are definitely the way to go.

Think I'd prefer water tbh. Might almost be nice - post apocalyptic ASMR.

Most of us are at home, so why can’t we use water to clean ourselves? It’s actually better to use water.

Just looked on thecaravanshop.co.uk and they seem to have 6 rolls of aquasoft for £3.45. We use this on holiday or if not try other caravan shops

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I didn’t realise toilet roll was an essential - when did that happen?

I don’t live in the U.K. and I’m constantly being asked why Brits are so obsessed with toilet rolls - I really have no answer. I was asked if no one had heard of water / washing - I guess given the above the answer is no?

I'd rather use toilet roll tbh. I imagine water and washing would be a lot messier

Whatever - no one will die if they don’t have a house full of toilet roll!

One of the choices for the future is behavioural changes - and considering what really is essential

Have you seen the price ….. £70 for 24 rolls!
What??
It's a con.
I'm not paying that. I would rather go without.

Tesco have some at the moment.

@FreyaMountstart well, quite. I didn't think we were going to die from that, but whether you like it or not, loo roll is classed as an 'essential' in many cultures. Not essential to life, but essential in the sense that (if you've grown up using it) it's something you can't suddenly do without. For example, my 8yo is quite germ-phobic and would struggle learning to clean himself with just his hand and some water. So if the situation continues, we'll be learning to use water and keeping the last of the loo roll for him.

I can’t get flour anywhere, not even amazon

When I say you can't suddenly do without it, I mean it's quite a bit adjustment, particularly for people with OCD/anxiety/been phobias. I don't mean we'll literally die. Clarifying since that seems to be causing you some confusion.

Oh lord... Big, not bit, and germ, not been.

I was pleasantly surprised to find chicken and other meat in my local morrisons today after the empty shelves in Tesco yesterday. Managed not to buy it all up and just bought what I needed.

When I say you can't suddenly do without it, I mean it's quite a bit adjustment

I think what's difficult is teaching DC how to cope without loo paper and to be ok with it. Especially when they have other anxieties/SEN/medical issues and when we're also having to tell them they have to adjust their food tastes and eat what they're given, they can't see their friends and all fun is cancelled for the foreseeable future.

After days and days running around scavenging for loo paper under the tills in case someone has left something behind, I've just realised I don't want to play the toilet paper game anymore. It's just not worth it. Plus, it's bad for the environment anyway.

I grew up in Cardiff - there was no ‘culture of toilet paper’ - in fact my Grandad used to cut up the South Wales Echo and put it on a length of string to use! He would also turn in his grave if he thought lining the pockets of the billionaire Bezos was a necessity in this time of crisis!

@LonginesPrime - a voice of reason at last!

Freya well if you flushed squares of newspaper down the toilet now, you'd probably fuck the plumbing and cause sewer blockages, so maybe don't encourage people to do that? And I wish you'd bore off about how eeeeevil Amazon is. It would be nice if this could be a thread of practical, sensible suggestions for dealing with loo roll shortages, without people shaming one another for making perfectly viable suggestions that you personally disapprove of. LonginesPrime's post is a great example of how to put forward an alternative viewpoint without coming across as sneering and holier-than-thou. You could learn from it.

Thank you for the sneer and I am grateful for the reminder as to why I left the U.K. - good luck with finding the essential at this time of crisis