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It had been a good couple of decades since I had wandered into an adult store but to my surprise, the passage of time wasn't making it any easier.
Needing to interview an adult store proprietor who was retiring after 25 years in the game, I found myself, technically now a grown man, once again reduced to a bundle of nerves as I waited for a break in pedestrian traffic to allow as inconspicuous an entrance as possible.adult toy
Once inside, the said retiree was busy serving a couple so I was left to awkwardly wander the aisles.I did my best to avert my gaze from the dizzying array of products on display and the handful of other customers, who clearly were not as burdened with the same hang-ups as I was.
Throwing caution to the wind, I began to take note of what was on display and was only slightly surprised to see the global takeover of salted chocolate had now made its way to personal lubricants.
"It tastes just like the real thing," store owner Glen Idiens called out, making his way towards me now that he had finished with his customers.It appeared much had changed in the 20-odd years since my last visit to an adult store and the surprises just kept on coming as Mr Idiens guided me through the aisles, stopping to explain what 'pleasure products' were now capable of.
He held up a two-part piece of apparatus, one the size and shape of a small egg and a remote control the size of a, well, smaller egg.
I need not have asked, but while holding one of the small, egg-shaped devices, Mr Idiens fired off the remote and it sprang to life, catching me by surprise with the intensity with which it vibrated.
He pressed the remote again and the intensity stepped up a notch, a third tap resulted in it springing off the palm of my hand onto the carpeted floor.