Mayhem. Source: Facebook''Bloody embarrassing.''
As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, shoppers are beginning to partake in stockpiling and panic buying.
In Australia, a toilet paper stockpiling craze sweeping the nation and causing scenes of mayhem and empty shelves in supermarkets.
And one such video shared to Facebook on Sunday has revealed the intense moment Aldi shoppers leave the shelves bare in a matter of moments.
The video is believed to have been filmed in a Melbourne store, according to news.com.au.
In manic scenes, it shows hundreds of shoppers swarming to buy cart loads of toilet paper.
The clip of the stampede has since gathered 3000 reactions, 21,000 shares and 14,000 comments with many saying the behaviour was disgusting.
One person said: “Do these people have a 20 person household … why would you need any more than one pack of toilet rolls … bloody embarrassing.”
While another said they thought the frenzy over loo roll was a case of “ironic hysteria”.
“The thing is that 80 per cent of these people aren’t stocking up on toilet paper because of the coronavirus, they’re rushing to buy toilet paper because they’re scared of not having toilet paper themselves because of the people panicking over the coronavirus,” they said.
“Which creates more hysteria because the demand for toilet paper becomes higher, introducing new people panicking over not getting toilet paper for their normal use. It’s an ironic circle of hysteria.”
A third commenter said they were concerned for people like the elderly who could miss out because of panic buying.
“So selfish what about the pensioners who are unable and don’t have the money to buy up big as well. Selfish.”
''One per customer''.
In response to the bulk buying of essential items such as toilet paper, the supermarket is restricting limits ''to one per customer” in the country.
