You Really Don’t Want That On An Open Wound
PHARMACY | RIGHT | JULY 17, 2013
(I’m currently doing inventory at the local pharmacy where I work. An older customer comes up to me with her friend, in a panic.)
Customer: “Can you help me?! I need some ‘Polysperm’!”
(I assume she means ‘Polysporin’, the topical ointment that treats infections.)
Me: “Did you mean ‘Polysporin’?”
Customer: “Oh, no! I DEFINITELY need some ‘Polysperm’!”
Me: “I’m sorry; I haven’t heard of that product. May I ask what you are using it for?”
Customer: “Oh, I scraped my elbow, and want to put that ‘Polysperm’ on it!”
Me: “Okay, let me show you where it’s stocked.”
(I point to the display of ‘Polysporin’.)
Customer: *to her friend* “Young kids these days! They don’t know anything!”
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