I had to go to a grocery store today to buy a Sympathy card (for my boss) for a sub-contractor who lost her husband recently. I was in one of those grocery stores where you just want to run in and run out because it was not in the best side of town. I had picked up my card and was about ready to head out, and an older type cowboy man approached me and asked “can I ask you a personal question?”
Ok me being a bit on the shy side and not in the best of neighborhoods began to pray right then and there. And then I noticed his arms were full of …well let’s say female products. I just looked at him and he showed me one of the boxes and said, “Is this pearl?” Ok my mouth literally fell the floor. I was so off guard. I felt like I had this shocked look on my face.
I guess I look like a nice young (hehe notice how I add that in the description) girl, who would be easy to approach about her female products usage.
He said “This is for my daughter and my wife sent me to get these and I don’t know what it means by Pearl?” All I could manage to say is, “It says Pearl on the outside of the box”. And he began to walk away, down the isle he came from, looking for the Pearl on the box…
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I had to laugh! Poor guy, but a different approach probably would have been a little less shocking than “can I ask you a personal question”. Hee!
I’ve been there too, when young guys have been standing, very uncomfortably staring at a wall of the stuff with a list in their hands, just looking back and forth, back and forth, from the list to the wall. :vD
I never know if I should offer to help or not.
Susanne
You made me laugh and I needed it. Pearl…that’s so funny:) I’m sure you helped him. Poor guy was probably sooo embarassed.
Your site won’t let me post a reply. I’ve tried at least 20 times… Here’s what I said;
Yeah, I’d have helped him and then taken him to the Midol and said, “Buy it and stock in it.”
Then I would have taken him to the candy section and placed some Hershey’s dark chocolate kisses in his hand and said, “Trust me on this one.”
Then I would praised him for his willingness to help each of the women in his life. (That is a lovely way of showing his love for each of them.)
Lastly, I would have suggested that he get caught up on movies in the theatre that week because with two of them on their periods, the safest place for him would be out of the house.
Feel free to put it up there for me. Please.
Shalee
Oh. My. Goodness!
very funny! I would of been overly helpful or would of stood there with my mouth wide open thinking “did he really just ask me that!?”
I’m looking for option c: Explain to him that if his wife asked for Pearls for Christmas that is NOT what she had in mind.
wow! Poor guy; what an errand he was sent on! Looking forward to how you responded.
aggiejenn
Wow. I have had strane men come up to me and ask equally strange questions but never that one. Of course I always have three little ones hanging on so maybe that is why.
I am sure you andled it perfectly. 
Okay, first of all you gotta be careful no matter what!
Second of all, a cowboy hat! That’s too funny! Someone ought to send that one as a script for a heart warming commercial!
Okay, first of all you gotta be careful no matter what!
Second of all, a cowboy hat! That’s too funny! Someone ought to send that one as a script for a heart warming commercial!
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on the ROCK
Oh MY!!! I think I would have fallen through the floor!
My guess is you went with him to help him find the right product. Am I right? I love Shalee’s response. I wish I were that thoughtful.
I can’t wait to see this one make the rounds as an email warning: Beware the cowboy-hat-wearing, tampax-totin’ stranger! Ladies, this is a trick!!
Oh, and I LOVE your new look!
You know Laurel, I think it took a lot of guts for him to approach you. I think it is cool that a guy would go to the store for hie daughter to buy this product.
Now that is funny…and scary, all rolled into one. I would love to see the security tape
Ok, here’s a story my mommy told me oh so many years ago. True btw. She was in the grocery store, say the Piggly Wiggly, and the gal in front of her had forgotten to get “tampons”. She whispered something to the cashier, who in turn sent the grocery stock boy. In a moment he came back asking “Do you want the kind that you drive in with a hammer or push in with your thumb?” He thought she was looking for thumb tacks.
I cannot purchase a box without thinking of that story.
****SHOUT FOR JOY**** !!!!
Told ya!
Cowboy Man, searching for the pearl of great price… and who else is he gonna run into… but LAUREL WREATH!