OMG, I was a cashier at a 24/7 grocery store that was kind of like a super wally mart. I used to say you should never be able to buy small pets, motor oil, and hamburger in the same store
I worked nights there as a single mom, lasting almost a year there so I could keep my child out of daycare.
They always put me on the express lane when they could (though i was a ping pong ball and often worked 3 areas in one night- lotto/cigarettes, (the guys called me the Lotto Goddess rofl) cust. service (or cussed service might be more appropriate) or they put me on the lanes at express to get the lines down.
Every weekend, my line was FULL of guys buying condoms because I was quick, discreet, and never looked them in the face. Or maybe I was one of the few cashiers under the age of 50 and they didnt' want someone who reminded them of mom ringing them up LOL.
Thing that always killed me was they never just bought the condoms. It was condoms and gum, condoms and a candy bar, or occasionally condoms and some things that made me shudder.
I never saw any women buy them, ever. Just guys. Nervous, embarrassed young guys.
Had a guy try to return a half empty box of them once at the cussed desk.
He said they didn't work!
When it comes to buying the fem-hi stuff, I'll tell you. It's no secret why they keep changing the packaging every other month. It's a conspiracy. They want you to buy the wrong one so you have to spend twice as much to get the thing you thought you were getting to begin with.
I did a blog entry a couple years back on exactly this topic. If any of the ladies want to read it, PM me I'm happy to send it along LOL.
Bottom line: if you go to the store and see a bag in that aisle ripped open, it's because in a fit of hormone fueled desperation, some poor woman had had enough of guessing and needed to know if the bag had maxi superwing overnights in it or heavy channeled superthins and was through screwing around.
Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out. ;)