Saturday, September 10, 2005
Sneeezy
Some of us have always had allergies. In the past three years, I have settled on products like Actifed or "Compare to Actifed" like Longs Cold & Allergy tablets. I used to find them at the local Grocery Outlet, a place to find cheeep groceries and other things.
That was before the product was misused and became an ingredient for illicit drugs. Now I have to go to the pharmacy section of Longs, hat in hand, and humbly request a package of 48 pills. Last week was my first experience in buying a pack.
(1) Wait in line.
(2) New person finally finds my requested item.
(3) Give new person coupon for 50-cents off Long's brand item.
(4) New person does not compute... He's used to bar codes & scanning.
(5) He gets "help" from other pharmacy employee.
(6) Item now costs $1.00 more than normal.
(7) New person calls store manager on the loud speaker.
(8) Manager arrives.
(9) Manager instructs New person to lift the phone & say "Thank You" over the loud speaker.
(10) Manager reaches over and corrects problem--from my side of the cash register.
Then I was allowed to take my 48 pills home legally. I'm sure glad I'm not using the pills to make illicit drugs--though I somewhat understand why some want illicit drugs!
