Allergy medicine stupidity…
Ok, it’s Cedar Fever season here in Central Texas. That means heading down to the local Walgreens to stock up on Sudafed. I dropped by this morning to do just that and found out what a pain it really is.
On the shelves they stock something called Sudafed PE or something. I wanted real Sudafed because that’s what works for me. As I was looking for it an employee walking by asked if I need help. I told her what I was looking for. She told me I had to take a little slip up to the pharmacy counter to get ‘real’ Sudafed. WTF?
I did as she said and the pharmacist had to stop filling a real prescription to get my what used to be OTC drugs. I then had to produce my license and he wrote down the info in a little book, how much I was buying, and had me sign it. I mentioned that ‘this is a total pain in the ass’. He told me ‘I couldn’t have said it better myself’. I said next time I was in I’d stock up to avoid the hassle before I thought about what I’d said. He laughed and told me not to get too much or I’d have black helicopters following me around. He’s probably more right than I know.
Ah, the ‘War on Drugs’, you’ve gotta love it. Thanks all you tweakers out there for making everyone else’s life a little more joyful.