I noticed this story off of Focus this morning.....reporter who'd finally hit rock-bottom on toilet paper (to his final few sheets), and he went looking (while doing a story on this adventure).
So he eventually gets to Lidl. For the benefit of non-Germans, I'd describe it as a bare-bones grocery operation, which sells things at discount prices. If you wanted fine wine, premium spaghetti sauce, or personalized butcher-chatter....this is NOT the place for you. If you can find a Lidl employee standing around....doing nothing much...he's likely to be fired by the end of the shift.
Somehow, this reporter found an employee (the actual branch manager stocking the shelves himself), and put the question to them....why can't I get toilet paper.
The response? It was blunt and direct.....the manager explains that he has 2,000 people a day coming in and everyone wants toilet paper.
This particular morning, he opened the cash registers at 7:03 AM. Then the 'rush' started. As he described it.....even looking at Christmas and Easter 'rushes'....this rush is way bigger.
Odds of this going away? No one ever says much. Personally, I could see this active-buying going on for a minimum of three more months, and some folks having 500 rolls of toilet paper stuffed into the attic or garage.
Note: at the end of this Lidl adventure....the journalist did get one package of toilet paper from the manager.
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