Rolling in toilet paper - Australian family over-orders coveted commodity

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Empty shelves are seen after customers stocked up on toilet paper during swirling fears around the coronavirus in Sydney, Australia, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy

That works out at 2,304 toilet paper rolls for Haidee Janetzki and her family at a time when panic buying due to the coronavirus outbreak has caused major grocers in Australia to restrict supplies to a pack a person. Janetzki’s husband Chris went on social media to detail both the “exciting day” the toilet paper arrived, and Janetzki sitting on a ‘throne’ made from the boxes and decorated with different rolls on Wednesday, holding a staff in one hand and with a crown on her head, both made with toilet paper rolls.

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