I am lost for words.

This is so amazing that I am fairly certain you couldn't make something like this up if you tried.

A man comes into the store and wants to know if we carry cotton wedges. Thinking that this man is obviously concerned with his general appearance and is thus looking for some type of makeup remover/applicator sponge (don't ask me why I am assuming he wears makeup, I have no idea. I work in a beauty store, when people ask for cotton wedges they are generally using them for makeup application, makeup removal or nail polish removal. Maybe he wanted them for some type of craft project. At the time, I had no idea so I just assumed.)

Ahem, anyway. My boss, obviously thinking along the same lines as me, starts to show him the cotton balls that we do indeed carry, in excess, in our store.

"No, not those," he says, " I am looking for the kind that you use, well, you know, that a woman would use when she has her period."

My boss, god bless her little heart, without missing a beat says,

"Oh, you mean tampons? No, I am sorry, we don't carry tampons here. You could try the drugstore though."

"No, you don't understand." he says, obviously getting frustrated, " I want the type of cotton that a woman can use when she has her period and wants to have sex."

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Neither of us have any idea what he is talking about.

Frustrated, "tampon boy" starts to walk around the store obviously intent on finding this certain type of cotton whatever that can be used when having sex. On your period. I have to admit, I am confused. Having been a woman for 30 years I think I should know about whatever it is that he is talking about. But I just don't. This vexes me.

Suddenly, from the back of the store, a triumphant cry.

"Here they are!" he exclaims.

I can not wait to see what he will bring up to the counter.

Wait for it...

He approaches the counter carrying a bag of sponge applicator wedges. For those of you not well versed in beauty products and the accessories needed to use said beauty products, allow me to elaborate.

A sponge applicator wedge is what it sounds like. It is a wedge shaped sponge, approximately 2 inches long and oh about an inch wide at its largest point. Maybe you missed that, IT IS A SPONGE SHAPED WEDGE that is typically used to apply makeup. It comes in a large plastic bag with many other sponge shaped wedges. It is neither sanitary nor meant to be placed inside of a woman so that she can "have sex while on her period."

This is so much more information about this guy's personal life than I ever needed to know. I don't know if I am concerned that this "woman" is asking him to pick these up for her or if he is taking it upon himself to buy something for her to make their sex life easier, or at the very least, less messy.

I don't know if I can sell this to him and have a clear conscience.

Then I think about evolution and natural selection and I figure, meh, what the hell.