Tampon Industry Pulls Fast One by Reducing the Number of Tampons Per Box

I stood in the feminine hygiene section of Wal-Mart looking for my preferred brand of tampon and was shocked to find my regular box of 40 was replaced with boxes of 36. This must be some kind of grave error by the printing department of Playtex, I thought. Until I compared every box that should have 40... They all had 36. What happened to the other four tampons? What man thought women would be better served with 36 tampons for the same price we were paying for 40? I say man, because every woman that has ever had to endure the pain of cramping knows you shouldn't mess with women on their periods. It's not wise.

Boxes came with 20 or 40 tampons. With more women in the world today, I can't imagine the need for tampons reducing any time soon. The boxes now hold 18 or 36. What's wrong with this picture? I still use the same number of tampons. Now, rather than having two or three left over (I call these emergency-pons), I have to buy more, just in case my next round is early. What kills me though? The price didn't drop. How can they reduce the number of tampons in a box, but not reduce the price - $6.56 for 40 tampons, $6.56 for 36 tampons - Hmm? Let me think. Nope, that's not working for me.

I dug around the shelves tossing boxes of 36 over my shoulder. A security guard and one of the attendants stared disdainfully at me, but neither approached. I glared at them, shaking a box, then threw it on the ground. In the back, hidden behind countless boxes of 36, I found one lonely box contain 40 of my dearly needed tampons.

No, the printing department, made no error. It's some kind of sick tampon conspiracy, designed to put even more money in the pockets of the top echelon of tampon manufacturers. It's cunning in it's simplicity, what woman would notice four missing tampons, especially if every tampon company started putting 36 in their boxes? Well, I tell you, I'm no average woman. I noticed and I'm peeved.