Re: [silk] sanitary napkins in brown paper bag ...

[maia sauren]

buy a menstrual cuo, avoid the whole mess.

loosely in the cloud with typos
On 18 May 2016 13:52, "Rajesh Mehar"  wrote:

> Have you tried buying beef yet? :-)
>
> - the guy will either wrap it in
>
> > > a
> > > > newspaper or a brown paper bag before putting it inside a plastic bag
> > > (not
> > > > done for anything else)
> >
>

Re: [silk] sanitary napkins in brown paper bag ...

[Rajesh Mehar]

Have you tried buying beef yet? :-)

- the guy will either wrap it in

> > a
> > > newspaper or a brown paper bag before putting it inside a plastic bag
> > (not
> > > done for anything else)
>

Re: [silk] sanitary napkins in brown paper bag ...

[Abhineeta Raghunath]

Interestingly, my online delivery arrives like this:
Sanitary napkins- in a big basket along with my cereal and deodorant.
Condoms- in tiny brown paper covers (cello taped).

When I do buy my sanitary napkins over the counter, I return the paper
bag/black bag to him (I usually carry my own bag and avoid the plastic bags
at shops, anyway). Typically, what happens is- the guy opens and shuts his
mouth several times like a goldfish, says something incomprehensible, and I
play dumb.

Like many things in the world (the concept of money, political borders, and
unit of time), I have no idea where this logic comes from. The best we can
do is try to make it go away.

Abhineeta

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian 
wrote:

> Condoms too get brown bagged.
>
> Liquor stores seem to prefer opaque black plastic bags these days.
>
> --srs
>
> > On 18-May-2016, at 11:30 AM, harry  wrote:
> >
> > One of the things that I find very odd is the way sanitary napkins are
> > treated.
> >
> > for example, if I buy it in a pharmacy -- the guy will either wrap it in
> a
> > newspaper or a brown paper bag before putting it inside a plastic bag
> (not
> > done for anything else), clearly to conceal what is inside. Kind of like
> > the alcohol used to be sold many years ago .
>
>

Re: [silk] sanitary napkins in brown paper bag ...

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Condoms too get brown bagged.

Liquor stores seem to prefer opaque black plastic bags these days.

--srs

> On 18-May-2016, at 11:30 AM, harry  wrote:
> 
> One of the things that I find very odd is the way sanitary napkins are
> treated.
> 
> for example, if I buy it in a pharmacy -- the guy will either wrap it in a
> newspaper or a brown paper bag before putting it inside a plastic bag (not
> done for anything else), clearly to conceal what is inside. Kind of like
> the alcohol used to be sold many years ago .

[silk] sanitary napkins in brown paper bag ...

[harry]

I have been back to live in India after 15 years.

One of the things that I find very odd is the way sanitary napkins are
treated.

for example, if I buy it in a pharmacy -- the guy will either wrap it in a
newspaper or a brown paper bag before putting it inside a plastic bag (not
done for anything else), clearly to conceal what is inside. Kind of like
the alcohol used to be sold many years ago ...

I have tried asking many times why they do this -- but I get an embarrassed
mumbled reply. Recently i ordered things from an online grocery service,
and they had a sanitary pad as a free gift ... interestingly even this came
meticulously packed inside a brown paper bag.

I tried asking my mother why are they doing this -- but she wouldn't give
me an answer either ... it was a matter too embarrassing to be discussed.
I haven't attempted walking around with a pack inside a plastic bag without
anonymization ... perhaps I should. I have not seen this phenomenon in
other countries ( my sample of other countries is a couple of african
countries  and a few european countries)