Diapers Are the Latest Pandemic Shortage [nytimes.com]

Natalie Audage 10/15/211:59 PM

By Alyssa Lukpat, The New York Times, October 3, 2021

“Anyone recognize him?” the police in Winter Haven, Fla., asked on Facebook last month.

Photos with the post showed a man walking out of a Walmart without paying for his items after several of his credit cards were declined, the police said. Among the items in his cart were boxes of diapers.

“When your card is declined and you try another one with the same result, that is NOT license to just walk out with the items anyway,” read the Facebook post, which was later deleted.

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