Timely. Here in the Pacific Northwest, Rite Aid bought Pay Less and Bartell’s. Recently they closed the old Pay Less distribution center in Wilsonville, Oregon. It’s the end of an era, and they’re still closing stores. And now Wallgreen’s is starting to close stores too. Where else am I going to go to involuntarily smell perfume displays on my way to looking at leftover Halloween candy?
Yeah, there is a very self-conscious age when you think the world cares about you… And then you realize no one cares, as long as you do nothing to inconvenience them.
Addie, it doesn’t matter. Even if she doesn’t need one, she wants one to feel comfortable. Just get her one and show her how to use it instead of debating it to death. Her period could start any day and every body is different. One size doesn’t fit all. Buy her a razor, buy her some period product, put them somewhere she has easy access to and let her use them when she wants to.
This, btw. is a PSA for all parents of AFAB children and girls, many girls get their period as early as 8 or 9 years old, so have a talk with them before that and make period and body care products available them to them early and where they can discretely access them.
These retailers are getting what they deserve. Before the pandemic they were opening stores left and right and across the street from each other in many cases. So now they’re realizing the public doesn’t need a drugstore on every corner and they’re closing a lot of them. The same thing happened with malls and strip malls. They built too many and now a lot of them are empty and abandoned or close to ghost towns. Pretty sad and such a waste of real estate.
The average age for girls to start puberty is 11, (Heart’s age, by the way). But it’s perfectly normal for puberty to begin at any point between the ages of 8 and 13 in girls and 9 and 14 in boys.
codycab 5 months ago
Yeah, that cashier will be spreading the word right away.
fretlessman71 5 months ago
Tumbleweeds in Philly?
ericbrower 5 months ago
Wait, that’s not Rite-Aid. Everything isn’t locked behind plexi-glass.
Amina Rush 5 months ago
Yep, Addie is in denial
Ermine Notyours 5 months ago
Timely. Here in the Pacific Northwest, Rite Aid bought Pay Less and Bartell’s. Recently they closed the old Pay Less distribution center in Wilsonville, Oregon. It’s the end of an era, and they’re still closing stores. And now Wallgreen’s is starting to close stores too. Where else am I going to go to involuntarily smell perfume displays on my way to looking at leftover Halloween candy?
mysterysciencefreezer 5 months ago
All the Rite Aids here (Memphis) were bought out by Walgreens. The “there’s never anyone in here” crown was picked up by CVS.
sueb1863 5 months ago
Why can’t Heart just tell her, hey, I’ve started growing underarm hair?
LawrenceS 5 months ago
Yeah, there is a very self-conscious age when you think the world cares about you… And then you realize no one cares, as long as you do nothing to inconvenience them.
Carl Fink Premium Member 5 months ago
I have to wonder if Steenz is deliberately supporting Rite-Aid, famously in financial trouble.
snarkm 5 months ago
Addie, it doesn’t matter. Even if she doesn’t need one, she wants one to feel comfortable. Just get her one and show her how to use it instead of debating it to death. Her period could start any day and every body is different. One size doesn’t fit all. Buy her a razor, buy her some period product, put them somewhere she has easy access to and let her use them when she wants to.
This, btw. is a PSA for all parents of AFAB children and girls, many girls get their period as early as 8 or 9 years old, so have a talk with them before that and make period and body care products available them to them early and where they can discretely access them.
SquidGamerGal 5 months ago
Relax, Heart! Cashiers are not allowed to post on social media sites while on the job.
Niko S 5 months ago
These retailers are getting what they deserve. Before the pandemic they were opening stores left and right and across the street from each other in many cases. So now they’re realizing the public doesn’t need a drugstore on every corner and they’re closing a lot of them. The same thing happened with malls and strip malls. They built too many and now a lot of them are empty and abandoned or close to ghost towns. Pretty sad and such a waste of real estate.
Decepticomic 5 months ago
And the worst part is, that tumbleweed is a real blabbermouth.
1JennyJenkins 5 months ago
The average age for girls to start puberty is 11, (Heart’s age, by the way). But it’s perfectly normal for puberty to begin at any point between the ages of 8 and 13 in girls and 9 and 14 in boys.
jbarnes 5 months ago
My kiddos did it backwards – their periods started a couple of years before the armpit hair.
eddi-TBH 5 months ago
That’s rarity for those stores.