Tesco, Condoms and security boxes

Voltex

Im just wondering why Tesco feels the need to lock up the condoms in the security boxes? Are condoms appealing to thieves?

copacetic

No, they just do it for the lolz

gosuckonalemon

Voltex wrote: »

Im just wondering why Tesco feels the need to lock up the condoms in the security boxes? Are condoms appealing to thieves?

Yes.

/close thread

Ghandee

Same with razor blades.

Prob a 'high mark up' item, so more to lose on Tesco's behalf if someone half inches them!

mikeym

Usually their the 12 pack ones aren't they???

deisedave

In Waterford they but alarms on the contour bottles of coke, its quite annoying when you are trying to just grab a bottle.

TeddyTedson

Chastity casing.

The King of Moo

They're useful to tiny thieves as replacement disguises instead of panty hose.

W.Shakes-Beer

Why OP? Is it that hard to ask the cashier: "Giz a box of rubbers and some cable ties"

TeddyTedson

Well just imagine the scenario. Your 10 and want to have sex with your GF, you're going to have heard about condoms but will probably be too embarrassed to buy them yourself, so you try to rob them in Tesco instead.

Sunnyisland

Voltex wrote: »

Im just wondering why Tesco feels the need to lock up the condoms in the security boxes? Are condoms appealing to thieves?

Yes they can easily slip them over there heads and act the prick.

laugh

I noticed this in Tesco today, the plastic box with condom box in it is fucking massive.

Gummy Panda

Condoms are a high risk item like razor blades.

I knew girls who worked in a pharmacy where condoms were regularly shop lifted. They said junkies would be coming in robbing them and the tingle lube.

Unique User Name

Of course. Haven't you ever heard of the rubber bandits?

Niles

I worked in an Argos once. They had a special shelf for Over 18 items, among these items was a Winnie the Pooh tea set!

(It included a knife)

Caraville

I think I remember someone saying in a thread here before that they were asked for ID when buying condoms, doesn't seem to make any sense though

Unless that was all a ploy to get the person's name in the hope that they might get the roide off them :pac:

Liam Byrne

Ghandee wrote: »

Same with razor blades.

Prob a 'high mark up' item, so more to lose on Tesco's behalf if someone half inches them!

Do they come that small ?

Or are you Tony "silly rhyming slang" Fenton ?

mikom

Voltex wrote: »

Im just wondering why Tesco feels the need to lock up the condoms in the security boxes? Are condoms appealing to thieves?

Poor Conor the condom thought he had escaped from the box, only to end up in another one.

gcgirl

Grab a cucumber packet of jonneys and tin of Vaseline and throw them in someone else's trolley for the laugh

Mike 1972

Caraville wrote: »

I think I remember someone saying in a thread here before that they were asked for ID when buying condoms, doesn't seem to make any sense though

Prior to the early 1990's condoms were only legally available to over 18's

Youre right though It didnt make sense.

Hasmunch

Would it not make more sense for Tesco to leave them unsecure.

Ok all the condoms will be robbed by skangers, but hopefully they wil use them and stop the skangers multipling and less skangers around in the next generation to rob the rest of the stuff in tesco.

Its a long term plan but it should work

policarp

Con Thems is only for us in the Republic of ??????????The Vatican. . .

chasm

probably stops people tampering with the product- (think Ronnie in eastenders!)

Mike 1972

Hasmunch wrote: »

Ok all the condoms will be robbed by skangers, but hopefully they wil use them and stop the skangers multipling.

Why should a private company sponsor your little eugenics project ?

don ramo

no posh **** so tonight OP;):D:D:D

Hasmunch

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Why should a private company sponsor your little eugenics project ?

Because i have no money!

cloptrop

Yeah never though of that , maybe it stops people putting pins in them .
Plus they would sell , if a kid stole 18 of them hed prob get 2 euro a jonny off his mates. Who are all gonna use them of course . when the kids turn 16 they will all still have that johnnie under their mattress . When they finally go to use it itll be like candle wax.

TRue story
A friend obviously not me
cough cough

saywhatyousee

cloptrop wrote: »

Who are all gonna use them of course .

Posh **** for all!!!

Doc

When I first had to buy condoms I was incredibly embarrassed. (I feel the opposite now )

They are always being shoplifted because people (particularly young people) are embarrassed buying them. If you are in a shop and know the person at the register and have to buy condoms it could be very embarrassing and lets face it its not like that would be rare in a small town in Ireland.

saywhatyousee

Doc wrote: »

When I first had to buy condoms I was incredibly embarrassed. (I feel the opposite now )

They are always being shoplifted because people (particularly young people) are embarrassed buying them. If you are in a shop and know the person at the register and have to buy condoms it could be very embarrassing and lets face it its not like that would be rare in a small town in Ireland.

Pub vending machines were a god send!!

Stinicker

Wasn't there a time when you had to produce a valid RC marriage cert and a doctors prescription to buy the aul prophylactics?

Saint_Mel

saywhatyousee wrote: »

Pub vending machines were a god send!!

I know a pub that never bother restocking their machine cos its a gold mine when left empty. Not too many people go up to the bar to complain that the johnny machine took their money