Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Missing Out on Active Comfort



Disclaimer: This is, in its entirety, a blog about tampons. Don't be fooled by the photogenic bowl of cereal.

So today, I worked out. For the first time this semester. Whoops. However, we mustn't dwell on past failures, right? So today, I worked out. Also, I will work out in the near future. Hooray optimism!

 Now, for this story to make sense you need to know that upon entering our rec center, you are faced with a long desk and three workers. Tonight there was one girl scanning ID cards, one girl dealing with locker keys, and one boy further down at the desk that deals with rentals and other athletic business. I never interact with this third worker. Anyway, as I was walking past, I saw several pink boxes on the desk by the boy worker. I couldn't tell what they were, but frankly, I didn't quite care. The only free stuff I have gotten from the rec center is that gross sport energy gel, hydration gum, and energy jelly beans. When I passed it again as I was leaving, I at least wanted to find out what crazy new sport product they were trying to give away so I could bring back a great story for the roommate. Well, they were Playtex Sport Tampons. A whole box! They probably contained at least 8-12! This is free AND practical! I went to the locker, got my stuff, came to the locker key girl and eyed up the tampons on the other side of the desk. Were they free? Should I take one? Are they actually free?!

But, my friends, they were in front of the boy worker. In order to find out if they were free, I would have to march over to said boy and ask, "Are you giving away free tampons?"

Because, what if they weren't free and they were saving them for some team or something? Then this boy would have had to say, "Um, excuse me, miss, but those tampons aren't for the taking." Then I would have had to hand the box back to the boy in front of a whole bunch of people. After I left they would have all had a great chuckle over the girl who thought the tampons were free.

Well, I left the rec center tamponless. Guess future workouts won't be as comfortable as they could be. Would you have asked?! Please, I'd really like to know if this is less of a deal than I am making it.

If I post this blog right now, this will singlehandedly be the worst blog I have ever posted.

...I know, links! Links will fix this problem.

I just ordered 5 pair of glasses for home try on from Warby Parker. I'm pretty excited. If you're looking for new glasses, you should check it out.

I check this website nearly every day. It's beautiful.

This is probably one of my favorites. Ever. [Bouncing Balls]

Oh! One more thing. I finally saw the social network and absolutely loved it. I have a new fascination with Mark Zunkerberg and a new crush on Andrew Garfield (the friend who's also the new Spiderman.) Have you seen it? Did you like it?

Hope you're having a great week!

6 comments:

  1. You totally should have asked about the tampons. If they're there next time, you should just ask the key girl or someone if the boy is still the one doing the tampon-handling. I'm sure they would know if they were giveaways or not!

    Also, this entire post made me laugh a ton. Thanks! :)

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  2. It's an incentive for you to return tomorrow, before they've finished giving them all away. And maybe there'll be a girl working behind the counter. :)

    This made me laugh. :)

    The social network was good, but very different to what I expected. You will have to fight a ton of girls for Andrew Garfield though.

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  3. I wouldn't have had the courage to ask for them either, though they would be free and practical and save me a few dollars. Maybe they'll still be there tomorrow?

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  4. I would have just stolen them or tried to embarrass the boy really bad into giving them to me because I had just started and didn't want to bleed my uterus all over the machines.

    I also have no shame, so that may not help you.

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  5. Oooh, boys and tampons. These two things should NOT be combined. I probably would have been like you and just walked away. But I mean free tampons... You probably should have asked.

    That website is amazing! I'd never heard of it before. And I saw the Bouncing Balls video on Tumblr. I love it. It's just. Yeah.

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  6. Hahaha i would have done the same thing! i don't deal well with awkward and tampons are definitely up there on the awkward scale.

    and wow. that video is amazing.

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