While many are stocking up on pantry staples such as pasta and flour, a new photo taken inside a Costco store shows this is the one product people are most afraid of running out.
“Can someone please tell me WHY these idiots are panic buying all the toilet paper ???” the caption reads.
But they’re not alone. Scores of shoppers have been sharing on social media how toilet roll sections at their supermarkets have been decimated.
The hysteria comes despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison telling people today not to panic buy.
“Just before coming into this press conference earlier today, I spoke to both Coles and Woolworths, just to get an update on their arrangements, and I appreciate their response and the steps they are taking to assure people and their own customers,” he said.
“They would send the same message I am sending you today. It is important that people just go about their business and their normal processes in a calm manner.
They had spoken to me about the arrangements they have in place around their supply lines and things like this, but I would just urge people to be going about their business in the normal way when it comes to those matters.”
Leading Australian toilet paper manufacturers have also told news.com.au there is no need to panic as we won’t be running out of rolls anytime soon.
"It is important that people just go about their business and their normal processes in a calm manner."
Good to see our PM has a sense of humour.
But really! Toilet paper?
