I am not a crook

[vatavian]

I have rather fond and wholesome memories of biking to the local Walgreens in Houston and buying Gold Circle Coin condoms. They usually came in gold foil but sometimes in red, blue, green or white. The foil was sturdy enough to put the packages back together after removing the condom and I once strung a bunch of them like popcorn as Christmas

Comments

[pigmassacre]

Very valid points, although to be fair I get this funny feeling, without knowing the specifics, that some of this ordeal would have been included with your purchase of just about anything given where you went and when.

[vatavian]

Where I went and when? It was the CVS near work, in pedestrian-friendly downtown Decatur, on my lunch break. My story may have made it sound like it was a middle-of-the-night desperate situation, but it was not.

Now I am thinking maybe a vending machine could satisfy security without the inconvenience of dealing with the staff, but I am not sure how that could be made compatible with the store model of having to go through the checkout.

[pigmassacre]

Huh. Those crazy Decatur college girls always stealing rubbers I guess. Either that or the people are freakin' incompetent -- none of this invalidates your larger points.

[abovenyquist]

You make a superb point - I've often made similar observations. You should put that in a letter and send that to the CVS.