BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT VERY ORDINARY THINGS - EIGHT

This is the eighth in a series of periodic reflections on the "ordinary things" that many people do on a regular basis without much thought. During this pandemic, I am developing a need to "rage, rage" against hast and laziness and replace it with care and attention. My hope is to become personally more intentional about doing ordinary things with care and focused attention, while inspiring others to maybe do the same.  

TOILET PAPER

All of us use toilet paper, and unless we have a "problem," we don't think about it too much until somebody yells "shortage," like they have done during this pandemic.  Then it becomes, overnight, more valuable than gold to masses of people. The hysteria around the accumulation of toilet paper has been pitiful to watch. It has truly been strange. In reaction to COVID-19, people are going crazy over hoarding, of all things, toilet paper! If you don't believe me, watch this! 

hoarding 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_-kR267SQ

Just when you think it can't get any stranger, I came across this related video while I was researching this blog post. There are people who are actually addicted to eating toilet paper!

addiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kdTZK3-fcY

If you have a stockpile of toilet paper, I suggest that you sell it while prices are high! Suppliers predict that the market has been so flooded that prices are bound to drop drastically in the near future and people's precious "goldmines" will be pretty much worthless. The only good thing is, if the mice don't get into it, it has no expiration date. It will merely continue to take up valuable space for years to come. You will probably get so tired of working around it, that you will be ready to give it away to a homeless shelter, burn it in the fireplace or just take it to the dumpster.

If we can learn anything from this "toilet paper hysteria," surely it must be this! Resist a "herd mentality" and "following the crowd" and think for yourself! 

If you have been stockpiling toilet paper on one hand and refusing to wear a mask at public gatherings on the other, you have earned the right, to put it bluntly, to be labeled a "nut case!"