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TMI Alert


Oh my.

It's human nature to not want to see (or smell ) other people's bodily fluids, particularly after it's been sitting around cultivating bacteria.

If you learn no other social skill, please learn this one and take it to heart. Trust me. There is nothing more revolting that suddenly being confronted with a bloody tampon left behind by some stranger. You've got to got to got to keep the bloody tampons and pads completely out of view. Wrap them up in a bunch of toilet paper or a paper towel, or whatever it takes to ensure that no human being has to see any bit of it. Mummify those bad boys.

The same goes for disposable diapers and baby wipes, or anything with poop on it, or snot, or something you chewed up and spat out, or any substance that came from your body and can be smeared on a tissue. All of it falls under the category of "Don't Let People See It." But it's doubly important with the menstrual stuff because there are all kinds of cultural taboos about menstruation.

You might not be revolted by seeing that stuff, but if you are not, then you are an exception to the rule. Most people would be completely disgusted by seeing a bloody tampon in the trash. If it's one of those little trash cans that's mounted in the stall right next to the toilet, then anyone else who comes to use the toilet as to see it and smell it. When you go to potty train your kid, you'll notice that that those bins are right at a toddler's eye level, and the first thing they do it reach out and touch. The people who empty the trash and clean the restroom have an unpleasant enough job as it is, and don't make much money. Don't make them have to see something like that.

I'm telling you all this because I care.


*By the way, even the worst toilet can handle the actual tampon. It's the applicators that you shouldn't flush. At least that's always been my assumption.