One adult store in Toronto received an hilariously serious letter from an unexpected source over the summer, as they were ordered by the US Department of War to stop sending butt plugs to a specific location.
It can be a nightmare to get your head around international shipping, as each country has different laws and charges — and that's not even taking into account the painful tariffs implemented by US President Donald Trump early last year.
Bonjibon – an adult store opened in Toronto back in 2019 – received a rather unexpected complaint regarding an item that was sent overseas last year, yet they seemed to see the funny side of things.
As shared by CP24, Bonjibon co-founder Grace Bennett received a number of letters over the course of a month last summer, all of which were sent from the Pentagon by the US Department of War.
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Now you might be wondering why a small adult store would catch the attention of the largest military in the world, but the it appears that even the army like to have a little fun every now and then.
According to Bennett, the letters were sent in tandem with returned packages that had passed through the US Naval Forces Central Command fleet logistics center in Bahrain, which was strange enough as it is as the store does not ship there due to regulations in the nation.
"We didn't even know it was going to Bahrain until it came back to us months later, and it just kind of unraveled this whole [...] hilarious moment," Bennett explained in an interview with CTV News Toronto, and she suspects that the package – containing a number of adult items – was forwarded on from a military base elsewhere.
The reason for their return was detailed inside the letter, as it explains: "During security screening by Bahrain Customs, pornographic materials and or devices were identified in a package addressed to you.
"This letter is to notify you that your parcel was returned to the sender. Please notify the sender that pornographic materials or devices are not allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrain."
Bonjibon's owners practiced customer confidentiality and refused to explicitly state what was sent inside the package – which had been opened up and investigated by officials – but the letter left little up to the imagination by ordering the store to "stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain."
The shop itself is seeing the lighter side of it all though, as Bennett noted that there's "many layers of hilarity to this that we can all just poke fun [at] and the situation is quite funny, while at the same time, I genuinely want everyone — I'm sad that they didn't get their order."