Used by many to prevent unwanted pregnancy, you have the best intentions, you want to practice safe sex, but the thought of walking up to the cash register and plunking down a package of condoms just gives you the second taught. Will the woman behind the counter who looks just like your grandmother scold you?? Will that cute girl in line who sits behind you in church tell all her friends and your pastor?
Some shop in the morning or late in the evenings. They visit the store when it?s relatively quiet and there are few other shoppers. Because they feel there will be fewer people in the pharmacy shop who could see them picking out a box of condoms and if anything embarrassing does arise which is unlikely, there will be fewer witnesses.
Some pretend a lot. They buy fewer other items before they actually buy what they came for. With This way, they feel more comfortable and have the mindset they are not standing at the counter with nothing but a box of not only condoms but a few other items as well. Their sole aim was to come and shop not to just purchase condoms.It is annoying when others will also enter the shop and ask the use of every drug at the store. They try to crack jokes with the pharmacist so they get familiar to them before they go ahead to buy what they really came for.
Most people use abbreviations such CD, ROBBER, PROTECTOR, to signify condom. People have their whole body shaking when picking the packs of condom from the counter. On most occasions people happen to fake calls just to draw their attention from buying and will end up using body language to tell the pharmacist what they want to buy.Some goes to shops where no one knows them so they can feel free to buy. They purchase it along with a birthday card. That way if anyone asked, they could say they were buying it for a friend. But in actual sense no customer or the lady at the counter will ask you why you bought a condom, because it is none of their business.
Most Write it on a sheet of paper, enter the chemist shop, place the paper on the chemist table and pretend like someone sent them. Some end up buying the wrong drug when they enter the shop and realize there are so many people there. But I see no reason why you should be shy when buying a condom. If you are bold enough to have sex then you should be bold enough to buy it. Maybe people are shy because they think they are too young to have sex and they know that premarital sex is bad and condemned. Married men are not shy when buying condoms unless those condoms they are buying is not meant for their wives. Pretenders in the society are victims when it comes to being shy of buying condoms.
When older people walk into a pharmacy shop it is funny to note them hiding their faces when buying the condom. Am talking about ages above 50. You hardly find them coming over themselves to buy it but they do that through their children which in other sense it is very bad to push a child to do that. It is never easy to find ladies enter a drug store to buy a condom. It only the brave once that can step forward to do that. Few people I spoke to about this situation confirmed they feel a bit nervous whenever they goto a pharmacy shop to get it. Especially if the girl at the counter is very attractive.
I had the chance to sit with a friend a couple of days at his pharmacy shop and it was amazing how people come in and behave so abnormal all because of condoms. I don?t know if you have ever had the above experience before.
Condoms are cheap, easy to get and pretty good at their jobs. It is arguably the shortest point of purchase time of all products. They are practical choice for people who want to have sex without making babies or passing around sexually transmitted infections. As long as they do it right.Condoms are 90 percent effective at preventing the transmission of HIV and other STIs and as long as they are used consistently and correctly. In Africa it has been of great help because of the easy spread of HIV. They are also up to 98 percent effective at preventing pregnancy. Buying condoms means you want to have sex and many aren?t comfortable showing it, when in our modern society it really should be as easy as buying toothpaste. This experience is very common in a small town where everyone knows everyone else. The pharmacist at the local drug store knows everyone too.
Questions are been asked if it is lack of confidence that makes people behave the way they do. Or because of the act of fornication in minds. You are not doing anything wrong. The people who you are shy of also buy condoms are every single day. The pharmacist you are shy of always have packs of condoms in his or her bag. You are not out of the ordinary. There is no age limit on buying condoms so they are not going to ask for your ID. Remember you are doing something responsible, both for your safety and your partners. It may be helpful to take few minutes to ask yourself why you are so nervous while many personal purchases can be a little blush worthy, no one should be ashamed of practicing safe sex. Are you worried that you seem too young. If you are getting into something that you are not ready for then don?t. Are you worried about your parents or friends seeing you? Do a little soul searching to see if these fears hold any water.
Better sex education at schools will put a stop to the shyness to purchase condoms. parents need to also learn to talk to their children about sex. In our societies, sex is branded the greatest sin an adult can commit when the person is not married. With this mindset, there is every chance people will behave as mad men and women when going to purchase condoms.
Do not improvise. Buying them is a lot less embarrassing than dealing with an STD or a pregnancy. When you buy them, the pharmacist will see someone looking out for their own health and health of their loved ones. Some feel comfortable when the person at the counter is a guy. It shouldn?t be so because it shows you are matured and you think about birth control.
By ABROKWAH ABEDNEGO
