Especially as a young female. I'm 19.
Has anyone ever been questioned for trying to buy rope? I don't want anything to happen. I want to be prepared. Maybe I could buy a plant too? I'm not sure.
These are the kind of situations where your mindset is important. Objectively, there is nothing inherently suspicious about someone buying just rope. Believe that fact in your mind, and it will come across in your demeanor. If that confidence comes across in your demeanor, there is nothing unusual for the store staff to notice.
People tend to only trip themselves up when they overthink things and appear anxious. But in the case of just rope (as opposed to buying say poison or a firearm) a customer would have to present as a pretty exaggerated stereotype of suicidality to jolt your average store worker out of their boredom and cause them to wonder. And in the case of rope, odds are any questions you
do get are due to the staff either making small talk or trying to ensure you get the right variety for your needs, rather than due to any suspicion you might be using it for suicide. So it certainly doesn't hurt to have a fake intended purpose in mind in case you are asked. But this is only to put your mind at ease in the situation.
[...] Or ask them, "Would you ask a man why he's buying tampons?"
Wait...so by the logic of that analogy, a woman buying rope could only be purchasing it for her male partner to use?
P.S. This is just a joke, not an attack.
By some pvc plumbing fixtures and some plumbers dope as well. [...]
Isn't cannabis just going to arouse even more suspicion?
Well, I'd you are concerned do it just like every teenage boy buying condoms, hidden among other things.
Hell, combine both methods and buy a bunch of condoms and some rope. Nothing suspicious there!
