An interviewee just asked me if I ever had a "tampon emergency."

[eyesroll]

...if I've ever been in a public restroom and needed one NOW and had to leave work or leave the store I was visiting because they didn't have a vending machine.

Ugh.

WHERE DO THESE PEOPLE COME FROM?
:argh:

[redqueen]

1. The offices of tampon or tampon vending machine manufacturing companies?

Just a guess...

:shrug:

[eyesroll]

3. DING DING DING!

I won't say which, because there aren't too many of them out here.

But yes, I was interviewing someone who provided "feminine hygiene amenities" in restrooms.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

25. Well now that makes sense.

[pagerbear]

2. This was a job interview?

[eyesroll]

4. Journalistic, thank god.

The last of the "restroom dispenser" interviews...

Boy, he was excitied about this.

[redqueen]

7. LMAO!

Oh I wish how I wish someone would ask me that in an interview!

:evilgrin:

[pagerbear]

5. Well? Have you?

[redqueen]

8. I think I can safely say no woman has.

There's this stuff called toilet paper...

[eyesroll]

9. Only the first time, when I was 12

The nurse at camp took care of me.

[tridim]

6. Maybe they wanted a creative solution from you?

Still, an odd question.

[eyesroll]

11. Nah -- he wanted me to get excited about his product

and write a nice blurb about it. Still, a bit creepy/personal. I'm not shy about discussing that sort of stuff, but it still took me by surprise.

[Gothic Sponge]

10. I had a tampon emergency today!

What man doesn't.......am i right guys?...........guys?...........Hello?


;)

[eyesroll]

13. Well, then...

Shall I give you this guy's number? He'd be happy to talk to you about feminine-hygiene restroom amenities.

[Gothic Sponge]

16. No thanks! I use pads anyway....

;)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. Were you interviewing or were you being interviewed?

I'm confused.
Duckie

[eyesroll]

14. I was interviewing someone for an article.

People in this industry are some of the weirdest people in existance.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. Weird.

I hope you're not hiring this person.
Duckie

[eyesroll]

17. Nah -- this guy is safely cloistered as the president

of his own company that provides these products.

I just have to look at him twice a year at conventions.

[redqueen]

18. Is he the 'they're asleep upstairs' guy?

EW EW EW!

Those conventions must really drive you right up to the edge of madness.

[eyesroll]

19. No. Thank god.

I do have fun at these things...but there are some really unfortunate people. At times, I think, the guys who are way too excited about their feminine-hygiene products are worse than the cads -- at least everybody understands if you throw a drink at the cads (no, I've never had to do that).

[jeff30997]

28. Now pardon me for being a caveman but:

Me think Duckie smart !!!

:headbang:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. I've had one. The Reading Festival 1992, during L7's set.

I wonder if anyone has any idea what I'm talking about?

[redqueen]

21. I have some vague ideas

but something tells me I'd rather not know the real story.

(What did she do?!!!!!)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

32. They're not meant to be airborne.

[eyesroll]

24. I do!

Wow! I know a disgusting bit of pop-culture history!

Too bad I didn't think about that...it would have made the interview more interesting...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. Yes.

To witness history first hand is a terrible thing.

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Oh I do!

A tampon in the eye would definitely qualify as an emergency in my book! Those women had no shame! :bounce:

[Kat45]

44. I know what you're talking about.

Fortunately, it must have been a different time of month when I saw them.

[patcox2]

22. Wouldn't that make you the interviewee, she the interviewer?

If this was a journalistic interview, and you were being interviewed, or have I got it backward?

[eyesroll]

26. I was the one doing the interview.

The person I was interviewing asked me a question (happens quite a bit).

[patcox2]

41. Maybe she thought she was bonding.

If you'd said "yes," she would have been all "oh, I hate when that happens, don't you?" and it would have been all "us girls" and stuff.

[eyesroll]

46. The guy was male.

:puke:

[barb162]

42. what did you say

like "why the hell are you asking me about a tampon" or were you too stunned to say anything

[eyesroll]

47. Welll....the guy was a vendor, so he did have reason to bring it up

but not like that.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

23. What the hell????????????

[Richardo]

29. I'm put in mind of Steely Dan for some reason...

It's a glamour profession
The L.A. concession
Local boys will spend a quarter
Just to shine the silver bowl
Living hard will take its toll

Illegal fun
Under the sun

:D

[DS1]

30. I went to some event in some school in Alabama dressed as one, I

still don't think I was wearing the right costume....

[Magrittes Pipe]

34. I went to dinner dressed as a tampon. Even splashed salsa all over myself.

Top that.

[redqueen]

35. You just made that up, didn't you?

Besides, the onions and peppers would ruin the look. Now spaghetti sauce with stewed tomatoes, on the other hand...

[Magrittes Pipe]

36. The onions and peppers were imperfections, sure.

But no, I didn't make it up.

eyesroll was there, you can ask her.

[redqueen]

38. Coooool

Wish you'd have taken pictures. :)

[eyesroll]

45. Sadly. It's true.

[DS1]

37. I wore a Sombrero with Tampon Tassles to a dual Pinate Party/Bar mitzvah

got loaded on Tequila and Fried Matsa, vomited all over your tampon outfit and pissed the Star of David into the snow outside.

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. You mean that WASN'T salsa?

Ewwwww.

[Skittles]

33. I've had a problem coming up with a quarter

I work mostly with men who will offer me two dimes and a nickel. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[redqueen]

39. lol

Well, at least they're trying to help... right?

[Book Lover]

43. I have the opposite problem

They're only a dime where I work, and I never have change (!) At least publishing is mostly women, so asking officemates is never a problem.