‘They exploded’: Video shows toilet paper rolls spill onto Miami road amid hoarding
There’s panic shopping amid the coronavirus crisis — then there’s these guys.
Miami residents Denise and Amado Rodriguez were out driving on U.S. 1 near the University of Miami on Sunday afternoon when they started seeing rolls of toilet paper clogging up the road.
They did what any functioning adult would do in this day and age: They got out the trusty cellphone camera and began to record. The couple later sent the chaotic clip to lifestyle/comedy page @Miami_WTF and to their niece, singer Camila Llanes.
‘It was crazy, but kind of funny too,” said Llanes, who reposted it on her page, @lacamimusic. “No. Words,” read her caption.
“How many toilet papers?” says Amado in the video. “They all exploded.”
A man is seen on the side of the road hunched over, scrambling to collect the rolls in a giant, clear plastic bag.
“Oh my God, what is this?” Denise Rodriguez screams as the car she is riding in rolls up next to a pickup truck with dozens of packages of TP piled high in the bed. The inside is also crammed full.
Another man is by the side of the truck picking up the rolls that have tumbled out.
The U.S. 1 hoarders need to heed President Donald Trump’s advice, as do we all.
Hours after the roadside clog, Trump called on Americans to stop hoarding groceries and other supplies (read: TP), saying grocers would remain open and that the supply chain is stocked and healthy.
“You don’t have to buy so much,” Trump said at a White House news conference. “Take it easy. Just relax.”
