[perl4ever]

Obviously you got to distinguish between problems that are going to get better over time and those that are going to get worse. It seems like people are just randomly assigning things to those categories. I mean, switching products from B2B to B2C (toilet paper, milk, flour, etc) is obviously something that can't happen instantly, but must be taking place as fast as humanly possible, right? So if you're writing an article about impending doom in the coming weeks and months, surely you need to pick a different topic, I would think.

[vkou]

>. I mean, switching products from B2B to B2C (toilet paper, milk, flour, etc) is obviously something that can't happen instantly, but must be taking place as fast as humanly possible, right?

No, because half the business world thinks that we're going to all re-open in two weeks, and isn't willing to spend money on any kind of retooling/restructuring for such a short period of time.

[mlyle]

Certainly it is happening. My local stores have small amounts of yeast in little beverage cups with improvised seals, made by yeast manufacturers that usually sell large quantities to restaurants and industrial bread producers.

They've also briefly had shitty 1ply commercial toilet paper with big plastic bag and twist-tie packaging.

[eesmith]

But is it "taking place as fast as humanly possible"? I believe vkou's comment is that 1/2 of the companies are not switching products, not that none are.