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I would like to present the following for your consideration:
This, my (male) friends, is found in the women's bathroom at Newman. For those of you who do not know, it is a small box on the side of the stall that contains paper bags in which one would put their "women's products" to dispose of once she leaves the stall. Its intention is to not make it so obvious that you are ON YOUR PERIOD and have a GROSS DIRTY PAD/TAMPON to throw away.
This seems perfectly logical. However, it also seems unusual.
1) From the typeface and general look of the product, I would assume it was purchased somewhere in the 1950s. Maybe it’s just me putting my own assumptions onto others, but I do not feel that women are so concerned about this that they need to provide bags. Toilet paper will do the trick. It surprises me that such delicacies were not eliminated in budget cuts long ago. Yet, the box continues to be refilled and so someone is not only using them, but also buying them...
2) The Sanibag product leads me to believe that the need to cover up your feminine nature is so universal that it is to be printed in three languages. Not just English, but Spanish and French too. So, not only do we have this obscure product, but it has a market the world over.
3) If you look closely, you will find that this extravagant product is not only used worldwide, but manufactured in the thriving metropolis of Dixon, Illinois. Perhaps you've never been to Dixon, but let me assure you that I cannot imagine where the 1950s Sanibag people EVER got the idea that their product would go from the middle-of-no-where-midwest to a necessity in French-speaking lands. Dixon is lame. Obviously the Sanibag didn't make any improvements in the town’s industry potential.
4) The product clearly states it is for "Discrete Women Everywhere." The tri-lingual aspect has proven the "everywhere" part of that statement. But I am stuck on the word "discrete." Its kind of hip--sexy--even. I can just picture this tall-intellectual type, librarian glasses and curly hair held back in a glamorous french-twist, stepping out of the stall with her little baggie and placing it in the garbage as if to say, "hello world, I'm being discrete." It makes ME want to use the paper bags. I want to be discrete!
Way to sex your period up, Sanibag Corp. I think you're changing to world, one paperbaggie at a time.
4) The product clearly states it is for "Discrete Women Everywhere." The tri-lingual aspect has proven the "everywhere" part of that statement. But I am stuck on the word "discrete." Its kind of hip--sexy--even. I can just picture this tall-intellectual type, librarian glasses and curly hair held back in a glamorous french-twist, stepping out of the stall with her little baggie and placing it in the garbage as if to say, "hello world, I'm being discrete." It makes ME want to use the paper bags. I want to be discrete!
Way to sex your period up, Sanibag Corp. I think you're changing to world, one paperbaggie at a time.
This, my (male) friends, is found in the women's bathroom at Newman. For those of you who do not know, it is a small box on the side of the stall that contains paper bags in which one would put their "women's products" to dispose of once she leaves the stall. Its intention is to not make it so obvious that you are ON YOUR PERIOD and have a GROSS DIRTY PAD/TAMPON to throw away.
This seems perfectly logical. However, it also seems unusual.
1) From the typeface and general look of the product, I would assume it was purchased somewhere in the 1950s. Maybe it’s just me putting my own assumptions onto others, but I do not feel that women are so concerned about this that they need to provide bags. Toilet paper will do the trick. It surprises me that such delicacies were not eliminated in budget cuts long ago. Yet, the box continues to be refilled and so someone is not only using them, but also buying them...
2) The Sanibag product leads me to believe that the need to cover up your feminine nature is so universal that it is to be printed in three languages. Not just English, but Spanish and French too. So, not only do we have this obscure product, but it has a market the world over.
3) If you look closely, you will find that this extravagant product is not only used worldwide, but manufactured in the thriving metropolis of Dixon, Illinois. Perhaps you've never been to Dixon, but let me assure you that I cannot imagine where the 1950s Sanibag people EVER got the idea that their product would go from the middle-of-no-where-midwest to a necessity in French-speaking lands. Dixon is lame. Obviously the Sanibag didn't make any improvements in the town’s industry potential.
4) The product clearly states it is for "Discrete Women Everywhere." The tri-lingual aspect has proven the "everywhere" part of that statement. But I am stuck on the word "discrete." Its kind of hip--sexy--even. I can just picture this tall-intellectual type, librarian glasses and curly hair held back in a glamorous french-twist, stepping out of the stall with her little baggie and placing it in the garbage as if to say, "hello world, I'm being discrete." It makes ME want to use the paper bags. I want to be discrete!
Way to sex your period up, Sanibag Corp. I think you're changing to world, one paperbaggie at a time.
4) The product clearly states it is for "Discrete Women Everywhere." The tri-lingual aspect has proven the "everywhere" part of that statement. But I am stuck on the word "discrete." Its kind of hip--sexy--even. I can just picture this tall-intellectual type, librarian glasses and curly hair held back in a glamorous french-twist, stepping out of the stall with her little baggie and placing it in the garbage as if to say, "hello world, I'm being discrete." It makes ME want to use the paper bags. I want to be discrete!
Way to sex your period up, Sanibag Corp. I think you're changing to world, one paperbaggie at a time.