So I’m standing in line, right? Like any normal human being, except this time it’s a pharmacy pick-up line and I just happened to be standing in back of a lovely late 50′s-ish couple. My presciption was ready when I called, so it shouldn’t take long, I thought.
The lady; heavy-set with ingrown roots and a matching pantsuit shuffled to the seats adjacent the waiting line while her husband; skinny, gray-haired and unamused by the rantings of his frugal wife stood idly by. ” 153 Dollars seems quite pricey doesn’t it George?” “Yes, but you have high cholesterol and apparently this stuff works or something,” he replied. “Well before you start on my cholesterol maybe you should get yours checked, you don’t even know what yours is,” she exclaimed defensively. ” Sure it’s 108 or 217 or something…” he replied while browsing through what seemed to be an overwhelming shelf of nasal sprays. The woman, scoffing at his uneducated guess, went on… “George, you’re the one that thinks that if I raise my arm during the test, it’ll lower my cholesterol, ha ha.”
Trying not to laugh at both her overbearing volume and his sheer ignorance, I looked away. And so it continued…for the next ten minutes…all about cholesterol levels and over-priced medication.
“Let’s just go somewhere else and get it…” he muttered quietly as he turned down the vitamin isle. Her response? “Why? So we can avoid it just like you do with going to the doctor?” Oh geez. Here it goes…
“Mia,” the pharmacist called out aimlessly. I paid and got the heck outta there. Needless to say, the couple carried on their conversation. Twas quite an experience.