If the Condom Fits

While traveling recently I have noticed that there a certain locations that sell condoms in their bathrooms through coin operated dispensers. Now, I've noticed this before, but I hadn't really given it any thought. But last week while using a bathroom in Sutherlin Oregon at a Chevron I actually took notice of it and gave it a good hard contemplative thought.

This is what they look like if you've never seen one before!

Through my amazing powers of reason (thank you Southern Oregon University!) I was forced to ask this question, "when did the sale of condoms in bathrooms originate from and why?"

I would be so scared just to find myself in this bathroom. The last thing I would be looking for is a condom.

My first theory is that it was a marketing strategy by the condom company's. A strategy similar to Pepsi or Coke and their use of vending machines possibly. Or maybe there was originally a commission (e.g. the OLCC ) that was put in charge of controlling when, where, and how condoms were sold.

This bathroom is less scary, but I still doubt I would be concerned with a condom.

I haven't been able to answer my original question yet. But it has left me with yet other questions, like why are condoms still sold in bathrooms? And, why are condoms sold in bathrooms that seem the least likely for someone to actually need to purchase a condom? Why don't you see condom vending machines in bathrooms in bars, pizza shops, bike shops, coffee shops, or movie theaters (i.e. places that don't conveniently sell them on the shelves ten feet from the bathroom)? Is this a good economy for the condom vending machine market?

I think all these questions are good condom for thought!