There is nothing that cracks me up more than watching some guy holding a big carton of Tampons, while waiting in line at the store.

Come on Ladies, can't you buy those things your self? Why make the dopey husband/ boyfriend buy them.

What is the most embarrassing Item that you had to buy at the store???

After caring for one's elderly family members, one gets hardened and things like buying Tampax are relatively embarassment-free.

Years ago you'd walk into the market place and say loudly "I'd like a pack of cigarettes.." and then quietly say " and some condoms."

Today it's just the opposite.

Use Condoms

Birth control pills at 15 (1979-ish...) for a medical condition, not because I was...active.

I grew up in Battle Ground, which had a population of about 1500 at that time. Everyone knew everyone, I went to school with the children of the lone pharmacist, who gave me "The Look" every time I had to refill. So embarrassing.

While on a college roadtrip with some other couples, I needed condoms, and we also needed butter to make our Kraft mac and cheese for dinner. So I went to the store with one of my buddies, and while in line, I realized I was buying only condoms and butter.

Condoms, butter, and two dudes standing in line looking a tad sheepish.

I was at Safeway the other day, this was during the dinner rush and they only had 2 checker lines opened. The lines on both checkstations were extremely long. I noticed the guy in front of me had a box of Trojan Condoms. You could tell he was trying to hide it under his arm, but everyone could see it. You could tell that he just wanted to buy his condoms and get the hell out of there.
I felt like tapping him on the shoulder and saying "If you go to Fred Meyers they have those personal check out stations where you scan, bag and pay for you're items.
Theres something about buying condoms that is embarrassing as hell.

I'm thankful condoms are no longer a part of my life.

Why is it embaressing, it means your probably going to get laid.

Definitely condoms, from a checker old enough to be my grandma!

Pot in Tustin, California.

Last time I bought condoms was at an Albertsons. The checker didn't know what he was doing, and had to call the manager over to help him figure out the cash register. This took about 10 minutes, meanwhile my condoms were sitting there for everyone to see. The worst thing to do is Buying Condoms alone without any other groceries. I learned that the hard way.(no pun intended.)

Here's Woody Allen Trying to buy a porn magazine in the movie "Bananas" (one of his "earlier, funny films.")

They have almost the whole movie on YouTube. Some of the clips from the film are hilarious, such as Howard Cosell (the real one) bringing you a live assassination of the leader of a banana republic on "Wide World of Sports."

Andrew

Buying my first new automobile and finding out later that I might have saved a few hundred bucks (back when a few hun meant a lot more than now) by being a little more persistent.

Condom purchases? nah. Of course, I broke in during the pre-HIV era and things were a lot different, especially at college where although I was majoring in EE, I was minoring in nurses.

Preparation H. That first tube you bring up to the counter with no groceries. Now that was worse than any condom purchase.

Also buying some top 40 pop poop CD because you're playing in a band and covering some song (against your protest but overruled) that ails severely. I'd rather buy the Prep H.

I wonder if Condoms are a big stolen item at stores. Not because they are expensive and people don't have the money to buy them, but because it is so embarrassing to purchase them in front of other people.

A few years ago I bought a box of condoms at the old Fred Meyer store at Lombard and Interstate. After making the purchase, I went through the security scanner when the alarm went off. Sheepishly, I showed the attendant at the security scanner the package and receipt. The cashier forgot to deactivate the security tag on the box of condoms. Needless to say, I was pretty embarrassed but figured that someday, something like this would happen.

When I was 16, I was having a conversation with my mother at the kitchen table. As I leaned over to grab my jacket, the side zipper pocket must have been open because a condom fell out of the pocket into my mothers lap!
It didn't go well, infact I had a 15 minute talk with her about sex, talk about uncomfortable. My dad on the other hand, came over and gave me a high five.

How about the items we buy at our local home improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowes. While standing in the checkout line. Some people might think your using that item. For something other then it's intended purpose.

How about the items we buy at our local [H]ome [I]mprovement stores[,] like Home Depot and Lowe[']s[?] While standing in the checkout line[, s]ome people might think [you're] using that item [f]or something other than [its] intended purpose.

What item are WE talking about?

a cordless drill?

A shovel and night vision goggles?

I dunno, this thing looks kind of scary! Kinky Power Tool

a ho'?

Caulk. Really big caulk.

And a gardening kneepad (pink), gold spray paint, ass't. bungee cords, rubber gloves, 4-in-1 oil (gallon), PVC sockets, tool belt, "personal massager" shower head (hand held), pint of black paint, and a drop cloth.

I don't want to know!

My sister's ex-boyfriend used to work in a plumbing store, and he liked to talk about how often people would come in and buy miscellaneous plumbing fixtures which were obviously destined to be used in some kind of smoking device.

Chains and an overhead hoist. Five cans of florescent spray paint. Four halogen light stands.

TMI?

That is some KINKY SHIT SKEP! I don't wanna know what you do in the bedroom!

He's just picking up the stuff I forgot...

Oh, and don't forget one of those really fluffy things on a long pole for the "cobwebs". And a squeegie.