Note: This is a satirical piece.
By now we’ve all seen clips of people frantically sweeping the shelves of bleach, cleaning sprays and wipes, and anything claiming to be antibacterial on the label. The latest victims of the coronavirus Bulk Hoarding Syndrome are toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, and rice. Online rumours have many worried that these items won’t be long for the world due to production lines in mainland China being affected by quarantines and shutdowns.
Things are getting pretty insane in the city. Just early yesterday morning, a trio of armed robbers made off with about $1,600 worth of toilet paper from a Wellcome supermarket in Mong Kok. Yes, armed and going after loo rolls, not diamonds. Whoever even heard of a TP heist? Time to install bidets, people!
Because we don’t see common sense prevailing any time soon, we’ve compiled a list of items that might well go out of stock next. According to Hong Kong chatter in internet forums and personal groups chats, these are the things being used to combat and protect against the coronavirus, some with a good degree of ingenuity. Disclaimer: We’re not actually recommending for anyone to jump on the stockpiling bandwagon, we’re just poking fun at some of the unbelievable trends we’ve seen on the internet these past few weeks.