A friend of mine spotted a vending machine at one of the guy bathrooms at the Avenues offering free condoms and tampons. Tampons I can understand although its strange that its in the guys bathroom but condoms? The bathroom he found this vending machine in is on the top floor next to the first Starbucks that comes up when walking away from IKEA.
Thanks Holla!
update: This is NOT an april fools prank!
55 replies on “Free condoms and tampons at Avenues”
are you serious?
Ya I know but they don’t work isaw thim at some bathrooms around the avenue but every time I look inside it’s empty LOL
A late April Fool !!!
Hahah, but April Fools was 4 days ago..
Wat? This is real?
dudes and dudets this is REALY REALY REALY OLD there used t be vending machines like theese in the avenues mall back in 06 when it frist open’d up i dared my friends to do it for 6 kd but they are to shy LMAO
What is the brand ? H&M ??
They stopped selling them on pharmacy ? why should i get one while im shopping ? does make sense at all unless someone if in a hurry
does not*
April Fool ? ;P
are ya sure about that?
they have been empty since day 1
Hah! those boys are hot and bothered ,, let them play along. NOT!
Late April fool =P
That would happen in Kuwait when hell freezes over!
This is a common occurence in the UK but I am shocked it is here in Kuwait- Mr T…bt…i will be on his high horse soon and there will be ructions in parliament……………….lol
Oh just read previous posts……….as me old mum says, ”April Fool is dead and gone, and YOU’RE the fool for carrying on’…..( carrying on….Freudian slip)
This is not an April fools joke. I am not lame like that.
what brand of condom ?
:p
LOL db7.
Anyway, they’re in marina mall too. Always empty. I guess Holla took all of ’em.
Why not? It’s better then spreading STDs.
They’re in more than one bathroom. I think the tampons are because originally, the restroom was supposed to be for women…but then they didn’t want to put a mens bathroom next to a womens bathroom…so that’s y u have 2 mens bathroom right next to each other. But the other thing..r u sure they’re condoms?
I’ve seen these a looong time ago. Ever since the Avenues opened, some Bathrooms had these dispensers. But nothing is ever inside them. I’m not really sure why they put them there.
OK! Time for 3agads to blow up the rubber’s like baloons and walk all over the mall!!! yippeeeeee!
I’ve seen that at the Avenues a few months back. I knew that they had the tampons in the male’s toilet, but was curious about the other one. Actually, I thought I was in an ex-female’s toilet, so condoms was the last thing in my mind.
i was at the cinema today and they had one of those in the bathroom lol
That round sign is NOT for condoms, it is the universal sign for ‘female’ and it is used here for sanitary pads. Which would make sense with the tampons.
Kind of figured it probably isn’t a condom dispenser otherwise it would have had the ‘male’ sign.
The real question is; why is there a tampon dispenser in the men’s toilet?
Are we sure this picture isn’t from one of the loos in the National Ass-embly?
It’s a good thing, we need more sexual awareness in this country, people should use condoms more.
It says “tampon” and “condom” under the corresponding pix, but they don’t show up in the photo bc they are written in grey. This whole machine is meant for the women’s toilet only i believe. but since this is kuwait i guess they figured the men would use the tampons more than the women hehehe.
I’ve seen it dere at Avenues men’s W.C, Its not an april fool’s prank ! i had seen it in January
My guess for the condoms and kotex to be in the men’s room is because there are times when a man might want a quickie… tampon and kotex= less mess…? I suppose it could be a hint?
I noticed the tampon disposal unit in the mens last month. Didn’t see the vending machine in there! Figured its for the nose bleeds 😉
https://alvares.in/mario/20090328/avenues-rest-rooms-cater-to-nose-bleeds/
cool ! only if there was enough space in there for a quickie. Now the upcoming malls in Kuwait might offer glory holes as well ! who knows ! 😛
I this its condoms and tampons dispensers not vender machines !!
It’s tampons and MENSTRUAL PADS.
i second miafushi
wow this is the first time i hear about it!!
so Holla what did u do with them????
lol suspic Holla took ’em all
Actually, they need to put up condom vending machines at the airport, cinemas, malls, universities and on all flights to Dubai, Bahrain and Thailand. Public service ads on radio, TV and in the print media encouraging safe sex practice is currently de rigueur for Kuwait.
Funny some of you should mention this. All along I used to think the washrooms in Avenues are unisex.
I heard they have dispensers or such for condoms, but giveaway free condoms! Now I can’t blame the Turkish hotel for offering it.
It’s not really a nice quite place for such things if we wanna take it this far dont u think?
GEEZ ppl take a chill pill akeed he’s serious since he took a picture of it !! probably Al-shaya ordered those CR facilities as they are from the manufacturers !!
Um.. That is not a condom dispenser.. It’s a pad and the other is indeed a tampon. Get your mind out of the gutter. Sheesh. Plus I think a condom dispenser would make more sense than a tampon dispenser in a mens room;p
Ok I wwent today and checked. It is a condom machine – but , it’s empty.
You can all calm down now.
The reason the machine’s empty right now is because demand has outstripped supply, so it would seem. As a matter of fact every mall and public utility should provide for quick and easy access to condoms, tampons and nicotine patches not just the Avenues. Moving things up a notch a safe needle exchange program managed through the information kiosks at malls would be a brilliant idea. Like they say, if you can’t beat’em, join ’em.
seriously?! :S it’s female pads! it’s so obvious :S :S
Now I know why every man and his brother wants to suddenly go spend a penny while shopping at the Avenues
Condoms are fun provided you are taught how to wear one correctly in school. I have often wondered why no progressive airline won’t do condoms and diaphragms in their in-flight amenities kit. There is ample reason for Emirates and Qantas to discreetly start dispensing condoms to couples in first class cabins on board the A380s.
You cant use a tampoon if your Virgin..lol
OMG, I thought I just saw a scented condom vending machine in Salhiya complex. Personally, I prefer my condoms to smell of Chanel No. 5
Oddly enough, any entry on condoms or condom vending machine usually gets people’s attention for all the wrong reasons. Today more than ever when people in some parts of the world continue to procreate like wild bunnies there is reason to encourage more married couples to use the condom more often.
We are hugely disappointed that this post didn’t elicit the kind of response from bloggers as we thought it would! However, it has got many a mall developers in the region and beyond, looking to provide all this “convenience stuff,” and more in their powder and cloak rooms. Little tooth brushing devices and dental floss are already to be seen in rest-rooms in picture halls and malls.
umm that is totally not a condom picture, it’s clearly a female pad or whatever the hell they call it.. fix the error!
Are you sure their not pads? ;p
Hey Mark ! thx for the interesting post indeed
Its obviously condom , don’ really know why some of u are so amazed !
Well am happy we’ve got such machines in our malls, its a sign of civilization , seriously we need em there, thousand timz i’ve been stopped at the WC by an embaressed lady or girl asking for a pad !
Bravo who ever provided em , and if i can suggest I would ask them to provide mostly pads NOT tampons cuz virgins cannot use it ..
I have been going 2 the avenues ever since the moment it oppened…..
the venders were ALWAYS empty…& u dont have 2 actually pay anything 2 get them… u just have to pull/push the lever (IT SAYS FREE)….& nothing comes out…
never had ANYTHING in them except dust….
maybe they just came with the toilets accessories, set or design…
Dude I Go there every Suday and thursday and always both are empty what the heck only a drawing with nothing inside
Do not be babies who cares nothing is inside anyway