Weird combinations

[cheese]

I personally think brown wings are less gross than red ones, but hey whatever floats your boat

Sorry for taking it so off topic!

[Jester]

Umm, Jester, unless the meaning of "earning your red wings" has changed...

Umm. Uh. Yeah.

I personally think brown wings are less gross than red ones, but hey whatever floats your boat

Sorry for taking it so off topic!

Yes, to each their own. By the way, not to get too graphic, but there are two ways to "earn your red wings" and I have only done, and would only ever do, one of them. (There are, naturally, also two ways to earn your brown wings, but I think we all know my view on that.)

And on THAT note.....I think I need to get me some breakfast!

[Imogene]

Not really a purchase, but the comment about the 16 year old clerk renting Showgirls to a guy buying Vaseline and Kleenex reminded me.

Back at Chesterfield, just after the Huge Special edition box of Showgirls came out, one night, some guy and his girlfriend were hanging out around my register. We had all the Showgirls boxes on the soda fridge right next to my counter. Guy suddenly grabs the upright Showgirls box, flips it over, and comments, "You know, there's really only one scene I watch in this movie." and then he looks at me expectantly, as if waiting for me to say, "Well, that's perfectly natural, sir, Showgirls is a piece of crap wrapped around an excuse to get Liz Berkley naked."
And waited.
And waited.
And waited, as I just stood there staring at him with a look that said, "I'm really too tired to tell you what I thought of the movie, cause it'll destroy your little world that I actually kind of enjoyed the story in it. So she got naked, big deal. It fit the character, and all the hints that she was sliding into depravity far enough to actually kill/beat down that one guy."

[repsac]

I've said this before, so I'll warn you ahead of time, that is for those that haven't read the earlier post on it.

I use condoms in my model making. They make rather useful piping bags for squeezing out tiny ammounts of paint or some glues. Yes. I am strange. I know that.

Imagine the looks I've gotten though, coming up front with a box or two of condoms, model glues, and a ton of paint.

[Rapscallion]

Can we cut out the wings comments, please? It's making people uncomfortable.

Rapscallion

[Food Lady]

Ok, I'll change the subject. A friend of a friend used to think it amusing to go to the store around Halloween and buy a bag of apples and a pack of razorblades. I suppose the cashier went

I've done the whole tampon, Midol, chocolate bit more than once.

[Jester]

I think the strangest look I got from a cashier for my purchases was when I bought some music at a grocery store. They had that discounted bin of tapes, and I found a couple I liked. Much better prices than I would have had at the music store, too. This was back when I was 18 or so, so CD's were not quite as prevalent (and I didn't have a CD player anyway). So, I found what I liked, went up to the checkout, and purchased them. A Mamas and Papas tape and a Black Sabbath tape. And the girl looked at me like And I looked her square in the eye, and said, "Yes. They ARE both for me."

[NightAngel]

A Mamas and Papas tape and a Black Sabbath tape.

I'm the same way. People ask me what kind of music I like and I say, "Most of it." No one has ever given me any weird looks while purchasing for my eclectic tastes though.

Now, I just use Rhapsody and burn my own compilation albums to suit my various moods.

[KuzcoLlama]

I'm the same way. People ask me what kind of music I like and I say, "Most of it." No one has ever given me any weird looks while purchasing for my eclectic tastes though.

I'm the same way, NA. I start my work day by hitting "Shuffle Songs on my ipod, and let it go through the over 1k songs. It's fun.

Never been at a job where I could properly questions people's purchasing needs. That and I don't remember what people bought. They probably weren't special enough.

[Rahmota]

Back when I was in my early twenties I was on a date that was going well, very well. And stopped at a gas station to pick up a pop for me and the date, some munchies and a box of condoms. I've never been a person who embaressed easily so when the old lady behind the counter gave me a dirty look and humphed all I said was "Hey at least I'm being responsible babe, and I'm getting somethign you aint." Not a happy lady I am sure.

I dunno why people get so hung up over simple bodily functions as sex or related. I'm not even bothered by buying feminine hygine products for my wife.

[Seanette]

My DH flatly refuses to deal with buying feminine supplies for me.

Why DO men get so squicked by female biological functions, anyway? I'm sure it's come up in Dilbert at least once that Alice got PHB off her back about leaving early/taking time off by telling him it was a "female thing", and PHB freaked and nearly shoved her out the door.

[AFpheonix]

I don't ask my hubby to get me my thingies, although I'm sure he would if I asked. Mostly, I'm a control freak and want to make sure I get the right kind

[Misanthropical]

I'm lucky, my husband doesn't have a problem with anything I have asked him to pick up. All he asks is that I write down the exact brand and size I want.

The only weird looks I get is when I buy MAD magazine. I have had cashiers ask if it was for my teenage son and I tell them that my son can read it after I'm done reading it first.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Heh heh. Mine wasn't PRECISELY a purchase, but...it is in character.

Two notes:

1. I'm a girl (obvious.)
2. Ever since I was little, I liked sharp things. Swords, knives, whatever.

So, one day, I realize it's almost that time of the month. So I head into Wal-Mart and pick up my usual...pads and a box of Aleve. Then, because I insist on traveling with one, I needed a new toothbrush, so I found a pretty pink one and threw it in. My mother had told me to pick up some things for her, so I got laundry detergent, cat litter, and some bleach Then I decided to meander around because I wasn't ready to go home yet.

Yes. I went to sporting goods.

There I am, with pads, Aleve, a toothbrush, litter, and various cleaning products, and looking with some interest at the knives.

I don't think anyone but me noticed, and I didn't even notice it until I walked off after a while. OY. Glad the cops didn't stop my @$$ on the way out.