Coronavirus: Ridiculous scenes across country as toilet paper panic persists
Supermarket aisles are bare in suburbs all across the country. A Current Affair
The threat of a coronavirus pandemic has led people across the country and abroad to panic buy toilet paper.
The madness has even seen reports emerge of a delivery man in Hong Kong being robbed at knifepoint for 600 toilet paper rolls.
It is unclear exactly why loo paper has become the hot ticket item for a potential battle with a respiratory infection, but there isn't much logical about these scenes, which some psychologists are suggesting is a demonstration of herd mentality.
"I think it's ridiculous! Why toilet paper?" a Sydney shopper told A Current Affair. "The only reason I've bought it is because I didn't think I could get any."
It is unclear exactly why loo paper has become the hot ticket item for a potential battle with a respiratory infection, but there isn't much logical about these scenes A Current Affair
A delivery man in Hong Kong was robbed at knifepoint for 600 toilet paper rolls. AFP
Woolworths has introduced a four-pack limit for toilet paper today as stores across the country ran out of the highly sought-after product.
Toilet paper manufacturer Kimberly Clarke also announced it was opening up production lines in South Australia to deal with the quickly depleting stocks on shelves.
Even the recycled toilet paper company 'Who Gives a Crap' is out of supplies.
Kleenex are assuring customers they can deliver. Kleenex
Australians are not heeding the prime ministers advice to not panic buy. A Current Affair
Many have pointed out the absurdity of the situation. Supplied
"Everybody will get what they need if we just take it logically and carefully," Russell Zimmerman from the Australian Retailers Association told A Current Affair. But no one seems to be heeding pleas to remain calm.
Instead, supermarket shelves across the country have been decimated, leaving empty aisles documented in the Gold Coast, Geelong, Double Bay, Richmond, Redcliffe, Leichhardt, Donvale, Roselands, just to name a few.
People are even apparently taking it on overseas holidays, with 40 rolls of Aussie Quilton paper photographed on the baggage carousel at Tokyo airport.
40 rolls of Australian Quilton toilet paper photographed on the baggage carousel at Tokyo airport. A Current Affair
A Current Affair has reached out for numerous Australian toilet paper manufacturers for comment but all have said they are simply too busy to respond to media.
Never has the product been so in demand.
Empty aisles have been documented in the Gold Coast, Geelong, Double Bay, Richmond, Redcliffe, Leichhardt, Donvale, Roselands, and many more. A Current Affair
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