It's a warning to all young men: Do not mess with women during that time of the month.
An Australian woman has posted a rant on on Facebook directed at the supermarket giant Coles after she claims a male cashier made a joke as she purchased sanitary products.
"Hi Coles. Just wondering whether your male checkout staff receive training on appropriate conversation and facial expressions to display while scanning female sanitary items, such as pads and tampons?" Lauren Jovanović asked in the angry post.
During her last trip to the supermarket, she said, a young man asked her "have you tried Viva paper towels? I've heard they're pretty absorbent" as he scanned and bagged her Libra sanitary pads. Bad move, kid.
Jovanović said she could normally handle an innocent joke, but when she is menstruating she turns into a "scary, enraged and frustrated being" who does not want to be advised of "alternative ways to contain or absorb the blood that is mercilessly flowing out of her nether regions." Fair.
The checkout boy no doubt learned an important lesson when she threatened to shove a roll of paper towels where the sun don't shine.