A letter to Wal-Mart

I was in the [street name] store today to pick up a few items for Easter and I also needed to buy a home pregnancy test. Because I only had four items in my cart, I was going to go through the self-checkout lane and was standing in line for one. The young lady for the "express lane" came over and said she could check me out. I walked over with her. As she scanned the pregnancy test, she said, "Good luck. I always tell people 'good luck' with these." I realize she was trying to be friendly and encouraging; however, my first thought was, "What if I desperately wanted to be pregnant and had been unsuccessful up to this point? What if I didn't want to be pregnant at all? What if I thought I might be pregnant and knew my husband wouldn't be too thrilled?"

Would she have said "Good luck!" if I'd bought a box of condoms "Hope they don't break!" Or lice treatment "Hope you get all those nits!" Or a box of tampons, "Oooh, Aunt Flo's in town, huh?"

I realize only having four items and ONE of them being a pregnancy test kind of leaves me open for comments; however, I felt like she crossed a personal line that should not have been crossed.

My purpose in writing this is ABSOLUTELY NOT to get this particular girl in trouble (obviously, or I would've taken time to get her name and would've gone straight to the manager). I'd like to suggest that Wal-Mart caution its associates to not comment on the personal items people are buying, even though it may be tempting. Talk to me about a Digital Scrapbooking Magazine I've just bought. Let's talk about the diapers I buy my kiddos. But please, let's NOT talk about that pregnancy test you just scanned.

Thank you for your time,
Gina Egg...