Iowa Store Clerk Refused To Sell A Woman Tampons Because They’re ‘Gross’

[KamaAina]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/05/10/iowa-store-clerk-refused-to-sell-a-woman-tampons-because-theyre-gross/

British singer/songwriter and podcaster Mary Epworth was touring through Iowa when she got her period. When she went to buy tampons, the male clerk refused to sell them to her and instead had a female clerk ring her up. His reason? Periods are “gross.”

“I kind of had that thought like ‘oh, there’s a guy on the counter.’ For a moment, I thought ‘I’d much rather a woman sold me these,'” Epworth told the Daily Dot. “Then I thought, ‘don’t be stupid.'”

But as it turns out, her trepidation was not unfounded. “I put them on the counter and he said ‘I can’t sell these.'”

She says the guy appeared to be young, perhaps in his early twenties. And the woman he fetched was middle-aged. “She looked me in the eye like she knew it was ridiculous.” And she also didn’t appear surprised, like this had happened many times before.

[malthaussen]

1. I guess it interfered with his deeply-held religious beliefs...

... against things that are "gross."

-- Mal

[frogmarch]

2. He talked to an Unclean Woman!

[trueblue2007]

3. the store needs to fire the male a$$hole clerk

He is not doing the reputation of the store any good. he is doing a dis-service to the store. he should not be doing sales or customer service.

my hubby says the clerk should be doing menial work like being a garbage man.

[Skittles]

4. why don't they name the store?

[Aerows]

7. I'm a shade skeptical of this one, too

Feminine hygiene products are on the table now, too?

I can't imagine someone lost that much of their brain cells. I don't want to believe it.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Dude - I have news for you

Except for the 9 months she was pregnant with you, your Momma bled as well. And, your grandmothers before Your Momma. I'm guessing he doesn't have a girlfriend - but, if he did, she is in the same boat as his Momma and his grandmothers.

And, the last I checked, this isn't some magical evil blood that women are cursed with every month, it's the same blood that you would sell Band-Aids to her for if she scraped her foot kicking your ass

[sarge43]

6. In fact Dude lived on that fluid for the few weeks of his existence.

We all lived on it until Mom's placenta kicked in.

[WinkyDink]

8. He breached the "4th wall": Clerks are not to (act like they) note what one buys, let alone comment.

[elleng]

9. FIRE the idiot!

[Bucky]

10. THEN OUR DEMOCRACY IS OVER!!

If we had had the foresight to evolve into aquatic mammals five millennia ago, this tragedy could have been prevented.

[rurallib]

11. and for the religiously minded, even Mary had periods.

[Enthusiast]

12. Fucking idiot.

[betsuni]

13. That sort of menstruashun is bloody ridiculous, period. nt

[KamaAina]

14. I see what you did there.