Sex Toys at Spencer's
Issue date: 27/02/08
A story about morality at the mall. Local parents are upset that a chain of stores is selling sexually provocative items at malls all over the Triangle.
Parents are so fired up, they've gone to the Attorney General, police and now Troubleshooter Diane Wilson. This isn't just one parent outraged, it's literally dozens and they're on a mission to keep adult items out of the reach of their children.
The stores in question are Spencer's Gifts. It's a national chain that's always been a bit edgy. When you go to Spencer's you know you'll find gag gifts, whoopee cushions and things you wouldn't find anywhere else in the mall. But things have changed. Spencer's now sell sex games, sex manuals even sex toys. Jay Peters is one of the upset parents. He tells Troubleshooter Diane Wilson, "To know that he can walk into Spencer's and buy something like this is very alarming." These parents were so fired up actually brought us a bag full of sexual items that they say they bought at Spencer's.
Carol Shepard says, "I went in to see for myself and it was disgusting." She adds she was in a local Spencer's a year-and-a-half ago and witnessed two teens buying an oral sex enhancer. She says she was so offended she confronted the clerk. She says, "I said would you sell these to young kids and he said oh yeah the only thing we can't sell them is lighter fluid." Laura Hall says she got the shock of her life when she and her kids went in to buy a gag gift for her husband's birthday. She adds, "My 11 year old walked up with a sex toy and asked what it was."
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