Yesterday I went to the supermarket to buy some stuff. I was trying to keep a low profile—put things in my basket and go straight to self-checkout.

I went to the cashier with some snacks, a tube of toothpaste, and a box of condoms. The cashier was a woman in her forties, wearing glasses. When she scanned that box of condoms, she paused for a moment, looked up at me, and said:

"This one is buy one get one free. Do you want to grab another box?"

I said, "No thanks."

She said, "This promotion ends today."

I said, "That's enough, really."

She said, "Young man, it doesn't hurt to stock up."

Everyone in line behind me looked over to see what was buy one get one free, then pretended to look back at their phones.

I silently grabbed another box, stuffed everything in the bag, walked out of the supermarket, and stood at the entrance for a while, just feeling the breeze.

It felt like everyone on the entire street knew what I had planned for tonight.