Stanton On…Toilet Paper

By Rick Stanton

Well, “it’s” really hit the fan, and toilet paper has become a new kind of currency.

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve witnessed the supposedly well-educated, well-off citizens of Bainbridge Island behave like self-absorbed idiots. And frankly, many of them are way more self-absorbed than any other character trait.

Times like these bring out the best and the worst in people. Hoarding comes to mind, in the latter category

I got into it with some horse’s ass the other day. He literally was putting every last can of Campbell’s tomato soup on the shelf into his shopping cart.

I asked him when was the last time he got the crap beat out of him in public by an old guy? “Huh?” he said. Put all but three of those cans back on the shelf, or you can count today as a milestone in your low life, I told him. He did.

And how many of you have been unable to purchase toilet paper because of people like the guy I confronted?

I’m clearly out of patience with this behavior. We need to be more kind, not more selfish.

Fix food for shut-ins. Buy them groceries and supplies, including toilet paper, if you can find it.

Americans can be crashing boors. We also can be decent, when we choose to be.

It is a choice, after all.

These times are unchartered territory, as most people with a brain and a heart understand.

Going forward, I ask that all of you who take the time to read my column to consider doing the right thing.

The title of my next book is, and I kid you not, “It’s plain to see, I don’t care about you, I care about me.”

Sad to say, it can be the case—more than ever—these days.

https://kisscasper.com/watch-funny-dad-explains-toilet-paper-math-during-quarantine/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/toilet-paper-calculator-coronavirus-trnd/index.html