JUST RETURNED FROM THE STORE WITH THIS THOUGHT ...

Do we really need to label the aisle "feminine hygiene products"?  Can't we just call them tampons? 

Comments

[Michelle]

Somehow that would just be to simple and honest for our politically correct, oversensitive society.

[beek]

Well, there's that and who wants to read the sign: "Tampons, Pads, Douches and Feminine Cleansing Wipes" ? Bogue. I go for "hygine products" any day of the week...well, mostly just one week out of the month, but you see what I'm sayin there.

[Jenne]

See, I don't agree. I don't think they have to list all those lovely items. In other aisles, they don't list everything. Marinades, for example, aren't listed on the giant plastic placard suspended above our heads. But I know to look for them in the salad dressing section because they are salad dressing like. Why can't we just say "tampons" and assume we females in need will know where to look should we require anything in that, um, category.

Or at least, for goodness sake, come up with a better description for the whole category. "Hygiene" reminds of 7th grade gym class and "feminine" makes me think something is going to be batting its eyelashes at me. What's wrong with "womanly essentials" or just "girl stuff"? We’ll know what you mean. We aren’t THAT proper.

I was in the restroom today and noticed a typed sign that read: "Ladies, please do not discard your sanitary items in the toilet" My, how medicinal. Sanitary items. There goes my idea of flushing my bottle of Lysol down the can.