Moisture fell from the sky today. Just a little bit and not for long and only after it was a humid partly cloudy mess for the greater part of the day, but I felt it patter on my head and clothes all the same. It was a small lovely thing.
At work I got to talking to one of the newer cashiers. She is very open like myself and we quickly got to talking about such sensitive matters as friend's deaths and her own health scares. It was an interesting dialogue but not as comfortable as it could have been were we in any other place than a break room full of people. But I figured we were keeping our voice down so no worries.
The gal discovered a tampon and was joking around if anyone needed one (the room the mainly filled with boys) and I just went with my now automatic "glad I don't have to use those" which brought up the menstrual cup topic. I got one sentence into explaining how they work to her before I hear "enough!" and looked up to see another co-worker who is notorious for being fairly testy though I have never had issue with her before. So she says her piece how no one wants to hear about that and the gal I was talking to gives the "freedom of speech" response.
A couple of guys who were between where I was talking to the new cashier and where the testy co-worker was sitting make mumblings about what a menstrual cup could be with one ultimately saying "I don't think I want to know". I immediately fire back "then there is no need to ask", but I made sure to also include before exiting that there was nothing wrong in what we were talking about, it is completely natural, only if approached in an immature manner could it be offensive. It is a shame some people are so uncomfortable with reality, especially this woman who has had a child and surely encountered far more vulgar stuff. Oh...and she was paying attention to a conversation that wasn't hers...that too.
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