(04-28-2025, 07:49 PM)ironyak Wrote: Going to depend on which shelves are empty of course..
I get the feeling 'made in China' ain't the only stuff going to be disrupted..
If China stuff don't get to the dock in Los Angeles in the same quantity or timing then Matson's scheduling is going to be effected, and they aren't going to be happy about trips from there to here with half empty ships, so they'll cut a ship out of the system.. which in turn is going to put Young Bros in a pickle.. and they'll adjust.. and the dominos will fall.. as we.. at the very end of that chain will have our's disrupted too. So.. even if it's made in America it's going to be different and may not be in stock as often..
My immediate concern is the initial disruption. In a day or two this kind of idea is going to spread across the state.. and as with all threats of shipping pilikia I suspect we'll see TP disappear in short order. Yeah, I know it ain't made in China, but when has the Hawaii consumer ever been rational? For real.. dock probs mean TP shortages.. it's a Hawaii thing.
For me, the reaction was simple.. I went and did an extra shopping trip. I don't know the TP, or the special sauce, or where does this stuff really come from, I just figured I'd put one more increment of stuff in the pantry and not worry about it otherwise.
One more increment..
Before Covid if I was running low on something it'd go on the list for next time in town.. with Covid I started having an extra dose of stuff, so when I was running low on the second to last of something I'd put it on the list.. in that way I created a small buffer between the calamity of the streets and my home life. Then, at some point I jumped that to two. Now, last weekend, I went out and bought a third of everything.. three packages of.. and will go back to watching all this as entertainment.. oh look ma they wiggle.. and hope I have enough staples to round out any fluctuations.. and still be able to make pizzas (remember how flour disappeared during covid?) when I want..