Working in a pharmacy can be very helpful!

Thanks to my experience working in a pharmacy, I knew just what medicine to buy to help me get rid of my recent sinus infection fast! That makes me happy! =)

Boy Afraid

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but our store's selection of condoms is situated right beside the pharmacy. So, if you are planning on buying condoms, there is a good chance I will see you looking. Some people are embarrassed to be seen looking at the condoms though and try to brush it off casually, taking glances while I am not looking.

Last night a boy came in who obviously wanted to look at the condoms, but was too afraid of being seen. So, he would walk around and hide in the aisles trying to look at them from afar. Then, he would casually stroll closer, pretending to look at the items adjacent to the condoms display. It was hilarious! As soon as I would look at him, he would quickly turn away. I would watch as his eyes rolled around gazing at anything but the condoms; the ceiling, the floor, the glasses display. It was so funny! The pharmacist saw the kid just kind of loitering around the condoms section and gave me a what-the-heck-is-that-kid-doing look. I just ducked behind the counter and laughed.

Coupons just make cents!

It always astounds me when ladies come up to my register with a cart-load of merchandise and end up getting it all for a few cents because of their many coupons. It really is an amazing feat. So, Kudos ladies, for your most excellent use of coupons.

I just can't get away!

Even on my days off, I usually find myself back at the pharmacy for something or other: Shampoo, conditioner, batteries, food, Ibuprofen, picking up my check, etc. I just can't get away!

Creepy!

One night over winter break while I was working, a man looking to be in his mid 30's or so, came up to my register and bought a Maxim magazine. (Maxim, for all of you who don't know, has a lot of pictures of scantily clad women in it--not quite Playboy, but definitely getting there.) It's always kind of weird having to ring up people who are buying things like this. Plus, this guy was like, overly friendly. I tried to be nice though and was like, "Have a good night!" Right. So, I told the pharmacist, "That's a prime example of when friendly becomes creepy."

Next thing I know, the guy was back! This time he was buying a candy bar and animal crackers. So, I rang him up. At the end of the transaction, he looks at me and asks, "So, would you be interested in going to breakfast with me sometime after the holidays?"

NO! NO! NO! NEVER! I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH! NO! NO! NO!

I did not say that, of course. I just told him no, thank you. I have a boyfriend. He's actually in my age group too, thank you very much.... OK. So, I didn't say that last part, but needless to say, I was thoroughly freaked out. *Shudders* Creepy!

Pleasant Tasting

I was a little bored today at work. So, I was just looking around at the different medicine that we have sitting back in the pharmacy. I found one bottle particularly amusing. It was for a liquid, but where most bottles have a flavor listed on the front, it instead said, "Pleasant Tasting." Hm.... Pleasant tasting? I wonder who came up with that...

"What flavor would you say this medication is?"

"I couldn't say, but it sure is pleasant tasting!"

And thus pleasant tasting became a flavor listing. Oh, brother.

You never know who is going to come walking down that aisle...

From my post behind the counter, I can see the ends of several different aisles, and you never really know who is going to come walking out of them. One day as I was ringing people out, a lady came walking down one of the aisles saying, "I see Jesus! He comes to me." I was completely dumbfounded. I didn't know what to do! She kept going on and on until I had finished ringing her out:

"I see Jesus. He appears to me! He is the most handsome man in the world! If you ever see Him, you will never want to look at another man again! You can see Him too! All you have to do is say, 'Jesus, come to me!' and he will appear to you too! But don't forget the Christ! You have to say, 'Jesus Christ, come to me!' and he will appear to you! He is my best friend, I should know! He will come to you too!"

Finally, she returned up the aisle from whence she came. I turned to the pharmacist and we shared a what-the-heck-just-happened look and began to laugh histerically!

FYI: If you read the Bible, you would know that when Jesus came to earth, he was not physically attractive...

"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him." Isaiah 53:2b