# Beer, Astroglide and Walgreens Clerks **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 26, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259 "2004-02-26T08:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/21 "2004-02-27T06:04:29Z")
> [@Beltane](#): > > However, my personal experience is that most cashiers don’t really pay any attention to what the combination of items suggest. For example I had experience with a cahier who did not bat an eyelash when the following items were purchased > > 1. 6 boxes of assorted sleeping pills > 2. 1 box or razor blades > 3. 1 box of trash Bags with cinch ties > > ( Before anyone asks, No, I am not suicidal and have not been for a long time. Yes, I was when I purchased the items. No, I do not want to discuss the concept of “a cry for help”.) Heh. If I’d been that clerk, I would have wondered if you were a serial killer. Although I suppose it would take an awful long time to dismember your victims with razor blades. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenchslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@Wrenchslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenchslinger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/22 "2004-02-27T08:00:09Z")
You think that’s bad? Don’t ever tell the sound guy you’ll pick up stuff for him while you’re at the store. He’ll ask you to pick up a case of 9v batteries and as many unlubricated condoms as you can get you’re hands on. Try explaining that the 65 year old grandmother manning the register. ---
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@Garnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/23 "2004-02-27T23:24:44Z")
OK, someone had to ask: what are the unlubricated condoms for? I assume they are cut up and used as rubber sheeting or something… but why? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/24 "2004-02-28T00:00:22Z")
What the fuck business of the clerk was it to ask anything? He should have been reprimanded for that, you should have complained. I would have also added that if he ever asks me that again, I’ll bust him in his fucking jaw. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/25 "2004-02-28T01:27:20Z")
> [@Garnet](#): > > OK, someone had to ask: what are the unlubricated condoms for? I assume they are cut up and used as rubber sheeting or something… but why? Semi-WAG, but I think they’re used for water-proofing microphones. I was at Tower Records last Saturday night, and I bought two comic book graphic novels, the extended version of The Two Towers, a the latest issue of Hustler. At the checkout, it was commented that the first three purchases explained the necessity of the fourth. I’d have been insulted if it hadn’t been me making the comment. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenchslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@Wrenchslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenchslinger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/26 "2004-02-28T07:27:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Semi-WAG, but I think they’re used for water-proofing microphones. Close enough. more sweat-proofing than waterproofing, but you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259/27 "2004-02-28T17:32:36Z")
**WE:** _What the fuck business of the clerk was it to ask anything?_ Hear hear. I thought it was standard policy for cashiers in all stores that sell any sex-related items to keep their faces straight and their mouths shut when such items are brought for checkout, no matter what bizarro combinations of other goods the customer happens to be buying. If that’s not standard policy at the OP’s Walgreens, sounds like it ought to be. If the customer really wants to be kidded about buying condoms, let him/her bring it up. (Bring up the subject, I mean. Oh dear. Never mind.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-astroglide-and-walgreens-clerks/231259.md?page=1)