We used to run
through all sorts of supplies back when the store was up and running at full
capacity. In the Video Department, there is a copier machine where customers
could make copies for ten cents. And then there are all kinds of printers
around the store for reports. Because of this, we keep a pretty healthy stock
of paper on hand. There are reams of paper kept in the Video Department.
I know that this
paper was constantly needing to be replaced when we were up and running. Now,
with the business being ground to a halt, that paper barely even gets used
anymore.
I think if anyone
using the most paper, it has to be Alex. He passes a lot of time drawing but no
one is complaining at all because most people have no real need for paper. And
that is just the office copy paper. We have notebooks and Post-It notes and
loose leaf lined paper (regular and college ruled). So we are stocked up in
that department.
I
think one of the more unique things done with the paper is that Judy (not
Hobbit Judy, Demo Judy) has been teaching herself Origami. As far as I know,
she never had any formal training before. She just grabbed a ream of paper and
started folding. I will tell you this, she has gotten pretty good. I mean you
can see the stuff that she is making. By that, I mean her cranes look like
cranes or birds or whatever. And we have enough of paper in back stock to keep
her folding until the cows come home…
With that said, it
kind of makes you wonder. I think it is safe to say that the United States is
considered a land of plenty. Given what we have seen so far, would it be safe
to say that we have lost at least half of the population? Realistically
speaking, has 90% of America been wiped off the map? I guess we won’t know
until official government findings come out… if an official government even
exists. So let’s just say 75% of the population is gone and we have halted all
production. There is no more manufacturing. How long could a population exist
on what we have in America right now?
We are pretty tight
with all of our resources right now. Trash is rather minimal right now. We have
kind of taken a Native American route where we are trying to use everything and
reuse things to make up for things we don’t have anymore.
But I mean things
like cars. We don’t make any more cars. Every person now just pulls a Group 2
like Eric and Justin. They just snatch a car off the lot and run it until
something goes wrong. How many brand new cars are out there? Keep in mind that
75% of the population is shambling around and looking for brains to eat.
Things like blood in
hospitals are going to be in short supply and the leafy greens of vegetables
would need to be replaced quickly. But how long could we go with what we have
right now before we could go back to feel like we are living a “normal” life?
If we can survive
this thing… If we can beat back these zoms and reclaim the world for us, I
really think we could get back to normal. The graveyards are going to be pretty
full. (That is a joke. Kinda. I am fully aware that we would just have to do
mass graves and bury them under with backhoes.)
But this is not like
our country has been decimated by war. This is a biological war. If Beverly
Hills is still standing, all those mansions are just waiting to be lived in and
those Lamborghinis are just waiting to be driven… Oh well, we have to survive
it first…
