Ever have a cashier give you the hairy eyeball

[catmandu57]

when you buy vasoline? or something similar. Did you look at her or him and think Oh fuck they know?

[Sparkle]

1. vaseline is used for all sorts of things

[Guaranteed]

2. Mmmm hmmm. nt

[skygazer]

3. LOL I am a cashier

I was walking the store one day when I saw a guy looking lost and asked him if I could help him find anything. He stammered and blushed and then sort of whispered, "condoms?". I very calmly told him, "sure" and led him to the aisle but he was quite embarassed. I felt bad for him.

Mostly we don't notice - we're too busy. However, I did notice the guy who had the bottle of champagne, the dozen red roses and the box of Trojans. That was all. It was hard to miss.

[catmandu57]

6. Like a guy buying sanitary napkins

I buy all kinds of feminine products for my wife, no problem at all.

[skygazer]

9. Exactly

We see millions of items come through the line every day. It's pretty automatic.

[MercutioATC]

14. I never understood the problem with men buying feminine hygiene

products...they're obviously not for us. (I don't get embarassed buying kitty litter, either)

[slestak]

26. I've never had a problem with it

It just means that you have a girlfriend/wife and she's not pregnant.

I was a cashier as a teenager, so I know first-hand that cashiers couldn't give a rat's ass what you buy.

[Sparkle]

15. I love guys that would buy those for their wife (or girlfriend) & not feel

embarassed about it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. It's nice to know you love me

but I'm a married man. :hi: :loveya:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. Funny Story:

We bought Durex colors and scents. The cashier looks at them, and thought they were CANDLES. It was hilarious. She was like where did you find these? Skip and I look at each other. She rereads the box. She turns beat red. She takes the money, bags them up, and gives skip his change, and just says thank you. We walked away cracking up. Poor lady. She was around 50, and mortified.
Duckie

[skylarmae]

4. exactly what is a hairy eyeball?

Do you live in a small town? Uh, leering looks while purchasing sex goo, emmmm, and this makes hair grow from one's eyes? LOL

[catmandu57]

5. It's a real hard stare

Kind of like I know what you did and I'm going to tell.

[skygazer]

7. I think it's probably your imagination

Though every now and then, I might notice something or speculate in my mind, I don't have the time or the inclination to make faces at people who are buying stuff that's perfectly legal.

What the hell do I care what you do with your vaseline?

[Bluebear]

8. Something like this?

[Left Is Write]

25. I love Gary Larson.

I miss The Far Side.

[skylarmae]

37. Bluebear - you make me laugh out loud - Somehow you

come up with the best 'right on the mark' visuals...

[underpants]

10. Friend of mine went to a convenience store-puts on the counter..

a twelve pack and a box of tampons

The cashier looks up at him and says, "Big night?"

[catmandu57]

11. The biggest

lol

[underpants]

12. I used that one myself a few years ago

between jobs I worked at the corner store and a guy came in and got a 6-pack and some tampons.........he laughed.

[Rainbowreflect]

13. Many year ago I worked at a 7-11 & one graveyard shift

a car parked at the far end of the parking lot. There was a young man & women in the car. The man gets out & walks into the store. He's hair is all messed up, his shirt is unbuttoned, & his fly is not zipped. He asks me in a flustered voice, "do you sell condoms?"
I point him in the right direction, he garbs them, throws some money at me & runs back to the car.
I started laughing my ass off.

[theboss]

16. I'm 30...

Yet, I still feel weird when I buy condoms.

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. Try buying them in Amish country.

My wife and I (we had just started dating at the time) bought some at a CVS in Middlefield, Ohio, and felt very ashamed. Oh yeah, it was Sunday, too.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. I still get embarrassed buying Tampons.

It's ok. It's getting better. When you're buying condoms, try to find a guy cashier. If nothing else, they'll be envious you're actually getting some.
Duckie

[theboss]

21. This will sound awful....

But being in Northen VA, I typically have the option of going to a male cashier who does not speak English. This is a lot easier than giving them to some blue-haired senior citizen (like I often had to do when I lived in Pittsburgh).

[YellowRubberDuckie]

23. Hey, some of those senior citizens are cool as hell...

...and will be happy that you're getting some. LOL
Duckie

[Flammable Materials]

22. If they do, just give them a sly corner-mouth grin, wink, and say ...

... if you're not busy later, you can come on over.

[Left Is Write]

24. Um, no.

Never even crossed my mind.

Of course, I've never used Vaseline for any purpose for which I might find myself embarrassed.

[Patiod]

27. A nasty old clerk who must not have approved of The Pill

said very loudly "insurance doesn't cover contraception, you know" when I handed her my prescription card (some years ago). I was using them to stem nausea-and-vomiting that came with every period, but she didn't care.

My life is so boring - I'd see vaseline and think - "oh, chapped hands"

[Left Is Write]

28. And that's why we have HIPAA laws now.

To prevent cranks like that from announcing your business to the world.

It was none of her damn business why you were taking the Pill and certainly not her place to comment.

[Patiod]

31. What used to get me was they would put Rx's in clear view

So I could clearly read who in my small town was on Neurotin, Prosac, Atavan, etc.

I also had a clerk up at college stand at the counter, wave my birth control pack and yell "Miss O'Donnell? Miss O'Donnell?" Which would have been bad enough, but it was Valentine's Day and the place was PACKED with other fraternity/sorority people who knew me.

God bless HIPAA.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

29. Nope, but I once was the graveyard shift cashier at

a Kroger's in a BIG college town while in college and damn, people wait unti 2 am to make their embarrassing purchases.

One girl bought douches, tampons, pads, pregnancy tests, condoms, KY, spermicide, sponges (back when those were sold), feminine spray, etc all at once. Oh and a People MAGAZINE. You know, so she'd look all casual about it. Sheesh. Like I gave a shit.

A guy came in once and bought KY, condoms, hot fudge, Reddi-Whip, maraschino cherries (the GIANT jar), a dozen sort of wilted roses and a card.

As he was leaving, I yelled "GOOD LUCK!" and he laughed, turned around and gave me a thumbs up.

Yeah, it was fun.

[Left Is Write]

30. So.......

Do I admit that once, about ten years ago, at about two in the morning, I was at the all-night grocery store buying grapes, strawberries, chocolate sauce, and a box of sponges?

Edited to add that I wasn't embarrassed by it, but it was sort of a dead giveaway, eh?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

33. Hoooo yeah

total dead giveaway. But I doubt the cashier cared. Most of us didn't. LOL!

[Patiod]

32. My S.O. used to love to ask for the "Magnum" sized condoms

Back in the day.

[ldf]

34. why would anyone buy vaseline?

you can get ky, or the housebrand equivilant at any drug store.

you should always use something water soluble. NEVER vaseline.

geez!

[catmandu57]

39. Self gratification

your pecker it knows no difference.

[TrogL]

35. I've had a few shudder

Shopping cart contents:

• three tubes K-Y Jelly
  
• multiple packages of condoms (on sale), various sizes
  
• vegetables: carrots, long-neck squashes, cucumbers
  
• lots of toilet paper
  
• lots of paper towels
  
• Immodium, Pepto
  

:scared::scared::scared::scared::scared::scared:

What can I say? I work the sales.

[eyesroll]

36. My sister once got three prescriptions at once:

1. Her regular birth control prescription
2. An antibiotic for a cervical infection
3. Yeast-infection medication (side effect of the antibiotic)

And she told me (at the Thanksgiving dinner table, if I recall) -- "As I was leaving the drugstore I realized that the pharmacist knows way too much about my personal life."

[UncleSepp]

38. I was working on this costume once...

I was making a plaster mold of a face, coating it with wax, doing a positive, and then building a latex and gelatine appliance for a mask. For large areas, it is useful to put down some sheet latex rather than build up the sheet layer by layer with the liquid. Lightweight, fluffy filler can be used to quickly build volume. Also, eyebrows and other hair tend to stick badly when molding a face, so you want them well covered in something that will not stick to plaster. Finally, for a mask that will be put on and taken off, some very thin material on the back can reduce the irritation to the skin, amount of adhesive necessary, buildup time and overall weight.

So there I was at the counter with a box of paraffin wax, some Knox unflavored gelatine, cotton balls, Vaseline, a few queen size pairs of stockings and a couple of packages of unlubricated condoms...

Clerk eyeballs do not get hairier than that.