Down to my 2nd last toilet roll

[bright.ton42]

Any suggestions what to do/use/?  Got plenty of newspaper but hoping for something a little more sensitive?

[domino-710]

Never mind - rescue is at hand.

[davidc4430]

i heard a guy on radio this morning claim his local coles was implementing a policy of 1 transaction of toilet paper per customer.

sounds fair right?

cept the 1 transaction could be 1 pack of 36 rolls or 1 single roll

**bleep**!

[imastawka]

Choose wisely

[twyngwyn]

https://homesteadsurvivalsite.com/toilet-paper-alternatives/

[icyfroth]

They can try to intimidate customers, but really, they have no legal standing. Their mandate is to sell stuff. It's what they do.

People want to buy stuff, it's their business to sell.

Same as with the baby formula thing. People want to buy up big? No worries.

Or the present bags for inspection thing. They're making enough profit to absorb a little shoplifting.

They're just going through the motions. They're making a motza! Why would they try to stop it?

[brerrabbit585]

The shops don't absorb the shoplifting - the customers pay for what others steal!

When I started work in Big W at the end of 1999 they were losing about $300 a day in shoplifting and damaged goods but by time I left 3 years later it was well over $800 a day. That's just one store and 17 years ago. What's it like now? In 1999 they had just under 100 stores in Australia and it took the profits from three stores to pay for the losses in all the others.

[lionrose.7]

Still have loo paper here in NZ, who knows when more people here get the Virus, 8 here so far.

I have to say I did buy today heaps of canned fruit, I will use it any way, but what about my Yogurt.

Now I am thinking CATS FOOD

[domino-710]

Given - the Supermarket is not my favourite place in the whole world.

I have been known - to go on occasion.

I have - I admit - taken a Cherry Ripe - riped the seal - and absorbed that delicious - one off - taste.

While strolling the aisles.

Arriving at the checkout - the last item to be scanned is the empty paper - gone is the treat.

They look at me - I look at them.

Smile - I'm now carrying it out. 

Paid for.

[icyfroth]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:
The shops don't absorb the shoplifting - the customers pay for what others steal!

Yes, agree.

When I started work in Big W at the end of 1999 they were losing about $300 a day in shoplifting and damaged goods but by time I left 3 years later it was well over $800 a day. That's just one store and 17 years ago. What's it like now? In 1999 they had just under 100 stores in Australia and it took the profits from three stores to pay for the losses in all the others.

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But do the shoppers take notice? Or have anywhere else to go?

No.

The big supermarket chains have killed off small business. It's a fact of life.

Live with it or grow your own.

[icyfroth]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Given - the Supermarket is not my favourite place in the whole world.

I have been known - to go on occasion.

I have - I admit - taken a Cherry Ripe - riped the seal - and absorbed that delicious - one off - taste.

While strolling the aisles.

Arriving at the checkout - the last item to be scanned is the empty paper - gone is the treat.

They look at me - I look at them.

Smile - I'm now carrying it out. 

Paid for.

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What a hero!