Anyone who buys no-name toilet paper in a drugstore, supermarket or discounter in Germany is very likely to be holding a product from the WEPA Group in Arnsberg.
Martin Krengel, 63, is the second generation to run the family business.
He looks back on a wild year - and one in which toilet paper finally got the “appreciation it deserves,” as he says.
WORLD:
Mr. Krengel, I should ask the first question for a friend who has been fighting a bitter marital argument about it for years: Do you hang the toilet paper roll in the holder with the sheet facing forward or backward?
Think twice, marriage depends on ...
Martin Krengel:
Haha, I can relax and act as a mediator.
It's really a matter of taste.
WORLD:
Really?
In all honesty, I thought you were saying the paper had to come up front.
So don't you secretly turn the role around when you're a guest somewhere?