I've noticed that it's always hard to find condoms and lubricants at US pharmacies because the aisles aren't labelled, or labelled incorrectly. I've had this experience at CVS, Walgreens, you name it.
And I don't live in the conservative South -- I'm in the Baltimore/Washington area on the East coast.
When I walk into a US pharmacy, there are no aisles labelled "Intimacy" or "Contraception" -- and believe it or not, not even something "Family Planning." It's always a guessing game for me. Sometimes I manage to find them in bizarre aisles like "Skin Care." One time I got tired of searching -- I'd carefully checked every single aisle! -- and asked one of the employees, "Where do you have condoms?" He directed to, believe it or not, an aisle labelled "Sanitary Protection." Sanitary Protection! I had thought that meant things like soap, sanitizer, and for that reason kept searching! It's incredible how sexually uptight and Puritan this country is, even in this day and age! You would never see this kind of crap anywhere else, not even in third-world countries!
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I don’t think it’s as much making them hard to find as having them out of the way for privacy and so those not looking won’t notice if they’re kids or up tight people. It shouldn’t be uncomfortable but for some people it is.
Of course it’s more annoying when they’re locked up. This is fairly common. That’s why never WalMart. Gotta love looking for the associate with the key and having them walk you to the front.
I always found them in the men's grooming/personal care section. That is, until I just started ordering them from the billionaire in space.
The local CVS they are in the Family Planning section. Close to the Pharmacy counter. I guess it varies by region. Eastern PA.
They’re not hard to find in either FL or MA. (Or you can get them for free at Planned Parenthood.)
The Target I go to in central Maryland has a sign hanging above that section of the aisle that says “sexual health”. Seems pretty straightforward to me.
One of my favs thought I was making it up that there's sometimes a condom vending machine in the men's room. I had to take a picture of one to prove it to her.
"One time I got tired of searching -- I'd carefully checked every single aisle! -- and asked one of the employees, "Where do you have condoms?" He directed to, believe it or not, an aisle labelled "Sanitary Protection." Sanitary Protection! I had thought that meant things like soap, sanitizer, and for that reason kept searching!"
^ And here I was expecting the "Every Sperm is Sacred" song.
What's a condom, other than something that kills the experience?
OP is faithful to his handle. There's not much consistency, but I can walk into a chain drugstore and track them down within a few minutes. Sometimes, there's a "Family Planning" sign, which is remarkable since they occupy about 3 feet of shelf space in a big ass store. Often, they're with the sanitary napkins and tampons (a/k/a "sanitary protection") for some reason, which is interesting since you wouldn't think women would be the prime purchasers. And, if I have to ask, NBD.
Or buy them online for way cheaper than a store...
There's this website called Amazon. You can buy condoms there and have them shipped to you in a day or two. If this was 30 years ago maybe where condoms are located in a store might be an issue but certainly not today.
christ - walk into a US pharma store and you get Vibrators shoved into your face. You cant find a lube or condom but I get MASTURBATION TOOLS for women shoved in my face?
^^ I don't know where you live. Have you been to your local CVS or Walgreens lately? Not a word of what you said is true in my experience, it's exactly the opposite.
I've been in CVS's from Manhattan down to Miami. If you complained about condoms being in a locked case, that I'd understand. But simply being too dense to find them and claiming that as proof of America being sexually repressed... I can't help but laugh.
Like rawhide said there are fucking vibrators at CVS. If you can't even locate condoms in a relatively small drug store, just use Amazon. Unless getting contraceptives delivered straight to your door is too puritanical for you 🤣
"You cant find a lube or condom but I get MASTURBATION TOOLS for women shoved in my face?"
@rawhide2 Shoved in your face? Are vibrators now sold right at the checkout lanes alongside breath mints and candy bars? 😂
Hey @PAWG_Patrol, and others who ridiculed my post,
Just so you guys don't talk out of your ass, here's a picture I took just for you guys, literally an hour ago, at a random pharmacy I was passing through that I'd never been to before. Just a random Walgreens here on the East Coast:
You see this? This is what I'm talking about. Condoms are tucked away in a place no normal person would find them: "Shaving Needs." And this isn't an isolated incident. While some pharmacies do have signs or sections for "Intimacy" or "Family Planning," a great many in this country do not, and it's not an accident.
"Shave Needs" looks like it's for the adjacent aisle, given it's not at all lined up with the aisle you were in.
But I'm sure your condom conspiracy is 100% real and not at all a skill issue. Carry on.
Nope. You're looking at a two-sided shelf. The aisles are on each side of the shelf (you can tell by the dividers). I was in the aisle almost directly facing the "Shave Needs" sign.
Here, just to clear up any questions: A person entering the store sees two-sided shelves, one of which is "Hair Accessories / Shave Needs":
Here's that "Shave Needs" shelf both from the front and the back. The last two photos show it from the back, with boxes of Skyn condoms at the top on the left peeping out.
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cc: @PAWG_Patrol et al.
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