I Want My Clear Stick!
This is my blog and I can write about what I want. My concern for the moment is my deodorant. When it was first suggested to me that I needed to start using deodorant (by my mother) my natural reaction was rebellion against parental authority. When I finally noticed that my friends were beginning to stand further away from me, I sought out my father for advice. Hence, my underarms were introduced to Right Guard Spray Deodorant. This was my deodorant up until the time that TV commercials convinced me to switch from “deodorant” to “antiperspirant.” I don’t know if my underarms actually sweated less or not but I was not normally offensive to the olfactory nerves and stuck with this product. Then came the scare tactics. Aerosols were a threat to the environment and the aluminum used in antiperspirants would cause us all to have dementia by our mid-fifties. So I abandoned my Right Guard Spray Antiperspirant and tried the solid forms that are supposed to prevent my armpits from smelling like something from The Pit. I tried the invisible solid and found that it wasn’t. It looked like the hairs under my arms had been dusted with snow or some illegal powder. Next I tried the gel. I love the feel of goo in the morning! This was not for me. So I wedded myself to the Clear Stick and have been happy for well over a decade. Now the Clear Stick (all brands) has disappeared from the shelves in Franklin. I’ve searched four Walgreens, three Krogers, Wal-Mart, Target, and K-mart. None, zero, nada. This morning in desperation (my last Clear Stick is almost gone) I sent an email of protest to the Right Guard website. I want my Clear Stick. It’s only fair to warn anyone reading this post that my failure to acquire a supply of Clear Stick may result in the loss of my “close” friends. Is there no product-parity left?