Some People just don't grow up.

Really people, some things are just too weird to figure out.

Let me just spill this out. When you got to a store and buy an item, you expect the shopkeeper to make the transaction without any fuss. It cannot be any more simpler, you pick the item(s) you want to purchase, pay the required amount, take what you bought, and leave. Tell me, what is the big deal in this ?

Don't fret, I'll get straight to the point.
This is the thing. I am a normal male of south indian origin, from Madras actually. I am 24 years old, a little bit on the shorter side, umm.....somewhat obese and i possess an attitude proportionate to my size. I have had a fairly active sex life, i've never had to try too hard to, you know....... get laid. I am not in any relationship of any kind, i just hook up with any girl i happen to like. I admit, when i first get acquainted with any girl, i look for any kind of action that i can get. What else do you expect from men my age ? I get lucky most of the time, since most of the girls i meet are the typical single-working in a big IT company-outgoing-partying-looking to have fun kind of girls. Most of the time, they are just there to unwind and party. Only very rarely does things go otherwise, and it works just fine for me.

The fact of the matter is, since i get a fairly good amount of action, i keep adequate protection with me. Now, yesterday i went to the neighborhood medical store to buy some condoms. There were just a few people before me. When my turn finally came, i went straight up to the shopkeeper and asked him for a particular brand of condoms. He had what i asked for, right there on the front shelf, it was right in front, displayed for all to see. What took me aback was that the shopkeeper kept looking at me in a disapproving way, as if i had asked him for something illegal. He was this middle aged fellow(in his 40's, i think) and he kept on shushing me. I didn't know what the hell was going on and i kept pointing to what i asked him for. To my surprise, he swatted my hand away and told me to keep quiet. He then took the pack out and gave it to me as if he was handing over drugs or something else illegal. Mind you, the whole affair had me perplexed, i didnt' know why he was behaving like this. Then it hit me, he was actually embarrassed to give me the condoms.

This is really stupid, i know. I didn't say anything, i just handed him the money and left the store. I can't help thinking about this weird episode. Everyone, i mean every sane person out there knows about safe sex, and every sane person condones the use of condoms whole heartedly. The Government is totally behind this, the government encourages people to indulge in safe sex as part of its AIDS awareness programs. Then why is this shopkeeper embarrassed to sell condoms ? Why is he such a prude, yet keeps them in his inventory ?


God only knows why.

yours truly,
Ar'Nath