Why are some drug stores putting condoms under lock and key?

[NVMojo]

I just noticed that the condoms are locked up at our local Smith's Pharmacy chain. Then I came across this on:

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2006/04/cvs-obstructs-condom-use.html

what's peculiar about this in my city is that we have legal brothels in our downtown that require the prostitutes (by law) to use condoms when they have paid sex with clients.

So what the feck is up?

[eyesroll]

1. The Cub Foods in Beloit, WI did the same thing a decade ago --

they said it was for theft prevention. They kept condoms, pregnancy tests, yeast-infection meds and other items under lock and key, because people would swipe them, either for the thrill or because they were embarassed about the need in the first place.

[Yupster]

26. Shoplifting was my guess

I would think teenagers would steal them because they were too embarrassed to go through the register with them.

Easier to steal them.

[SmokingJacket]

2. Wha????

What's next -- we have to sign the sex register???

[NVMojo]

5. probably some move by the fundies who also want to stop abortions

yet do nothing about unprotected sex and prevention of unwanted births or diseases. The same fundies who think the rapture is coming. The same fundies who are probably popping viagra left and right.

[-..__...]

14. Or to prevent the fundies from punching pin-holes in the packages.

"See... we told you abstinence was the only solution".

[alarimer]

3. Not a good idea

People will instead do without (but have sex anyway) because they are too embarrassed to ask for them. And, some asshole behind the counter will give the purchaser a lecture.

[0007]

4. This is so bad and so rotten I can't believe it. Perhaps buying

'em on line may be the way to go.

[tammywammy]

6. In my town

one grocery store for sure keeps them locked up at night. It can be unlocked by the manager. It's mostly do to theft at night.

edited to add, along with the condoms the nicotine patchs and gum, diabetic testers are also locked up in the same cabinet with glass doors.

[cassiepriam]

7. So we can become like Romania

Where birth control, abortion, all of it was illegal.
Forced pregnancies resulted in thousands of children dumped in horrific orphanages where they were treated worse than animals. Many of the children were so badly damaged they were unadoptable by Westerners.

[shanti]

8. dunno....

anyone can buy them here in sacramento at the dollar store. :shrug:

[justice1]

9. lol Why does that sound like a pregnancy waiting to happen?

[Yupster]

27. For sale at Seven-Eleven

on every street corner here.

It's not like they're hard to find.

[meisje]

10. Swiper No Swiping!

[YouthInAsia]

11. at the pharm where I work they were behind counter

cuz they were stolen all the time. If youre too embarassed to be seen buying condoms, then you shouldnt be having sex

[Xithras]

12. Probably theft.

Condoms get stolen a lot.

[TahitiNut]

13. I have a better question.

Why do condoms come in Large and Xtra Large? Where's Small and Medium? :dunce:

Don't believe me? Look at them next time. Better still, just ask the pharmacist for "size small, please."

:evilgrin:

[Speck Tater]

15. That's bizzare

In my town they are on the regular shelves at the local Safeway supermarket.

[Synnical]

16. I buy them at Target

Where they are in the Feminine Hygiene Aisle! :)

Yeah, I'm a single female and I always have condoms. ;-)

[don954]

17. dang! must be fundies trying to keep them out of people hands...

good thing i buy mine online, jap ultra-thin rock. Super strong too, i once filled one with 3 gallons of water as a joke.. :silly:

[windy252]

22. This reminds me of a time

my friend's brother used them as water ballons. :rofl:

[newswolf56]

18. Truth Is, Fundies Fear Condoms as Anti-Gunners Fear Guns:

You know, both have to be kept under lock and key lest they come alive in the dead of night, escaping captivity, unwrapping themselves (or loading themselves), then running amok and assaulting the innocent -- doubtless while driving SUVs and/or accompanied by Pit Bulls.

[librechik]

19. # 1 most shoplifted item (I'll bet)

kids don't want the embarrassment-or possible confrantaion-- of paying

[AlienGirl]

23. Or they just don't want the expense of paying!

The clientele at the store where I worked tended to be middle-aged and up, and condoms got shoplifted all the time. Maybe the middle-aged people were all uptight?

(Statistically speaking, the average shoplifter is a white middle-aged woman.)

Tucker

[sproutster]

20. Funny you should mention that

Pregnency tests are behind the counter at Albertsons. All the better for when it's illegal to have a choice huh?

[AlienGirl]

21. They are *very* prone to "shrink" (shoplifting)

I worked at a Walgreens, and condoms were shoplifted all the time. People would just open the box, take the condoms out and stash them, and toss the empty box behind the maxi pads on the other side of the aisle. Happened at least once or twice a day. The only thing more often shoplifted than condoms were pregnancy tests--again, by opening the box, removing contents, and tossing the empty box behind the maxi pads.

Tucker

[MoeHayNow]

24. shoplifting?

Seems to me that it wouldn't have to be a fundie thing or even an anti-abortion/pro-life thing.
I would say that condoms are a readily and fairly easily shoplifted item.
The stores are just trying to keep them from being stolen.

[SoCalDem]

25. Theft.. out here they also lock up cold meds and "feminine products"

like gyne-lotrimin etc. and of course cigarettes..

basically any expensive but small products are likely to be locked up..even nail clippers (the expensive ones" are locked up.