Shampoo and Handcuffs

There's an advertising campaign out there (I can't remember the brand so it's not that effective) that plays on stores that try to mix-and-match their services. For example, dry cleaner and sushi restaurant. Or funeral parlor and make-overs. I recall the point it made in the commercial, but now I am starting to have second doubts.

Case in point: Ricky's.

For all you non-New Yorkers out there, Ricky's is the quintessential "drug store." Where else can you get nail polish and shampoo in one aisle, and a vibrator and anal beads in another. Yup, Ricky's is a porn drug store. Sure, they have the "feathered curtain" and under 18 sign blaring, so you kind of feel pervy if you go ahunting sex toys. But at the same time, selling hair dryers and handcuffs might just be the perfect combination. You buy all the products to make you look beautiful when you go out, and then you buy all the products for when you come home. Or just come.