Ummm?

[Teefies2]

I work in a drugstore.

Let that soak in for a moment. A DRUGSTORE. We have a pharmacy section that dispenses the "good" stuff and another section that has aisles and aisles of over the counter medicine.

Again, I work in a drugstore.

"Bubba" (not his real name, I don't know his real name, but he looked like a Bubba) stops me just as he enters the store. I mean, 3 feet inside the door, didn't even *try* to look around ....

"Where's y'all's medicines?" I am dead SERIOUS .... this is what he asked me. When I picked my jaw up from the floor, I asked him to clarify, and we proceeded from there.

But really?? You walk into a DRUGSTORE and ask the first person you see "Where's y'all's medicines?" I can't even.

[dalesys]

Reverse shades of Fat Freddy engaging in a protest at the university library, stacking the books on the floor, gets frustrated and asks the librarian where the porn is...

[Seanette]

Frankly, most drugstores I go into lately have the snack foods, makeup, and miscellaneous stuff a lot closer to the entrance, with actual health-related stuff at the back of the store. I can see where someone could walk in and wonder where anything medical is around the groceries and sundry stuff.

[Teefies2]

Frankly, most drugstores I go into lately have the snack foods, makeup, and miscellaneous stuff a lot closer to the entrance, with actual health-related stuff at the back of the store. I can see where someone could walk in and wonder where anything medical is around the groceries and sundry stuff.

I get that, I really do.

But, he wasn't even far enough into the store to see the snacks, etc. He was literally 3 feet inside the door, not even past the shopping carts, nor the front register. He had honestly walked in the door, gotten just beyond the sensor mat that causes the door to open and close. He didn't even look anywhere but at me (I was on my way out the door for lunch, coat on, badge off - as far as he could tell I was another customer).

And okay, I know a new store can be overwhelming when you first walk in, but danggit! Walking into a drugstore and wanting to know where the "medicines" are? Maybe it's me, but I would at least try to orient myself first, before asking someone. Like you know, find the register - where there is clearly someone that works there and is ready to help customers? - or look up to see if there are aisle markings? My sense was that he didn't even try, he just asked me (and if hadn't been me, it would have been another customer). Does that make sense??

Sorry to be long, but I would also like to address the fact that non-drug stuff is in the front of the store, while the "medicines" are towards the back. There are a couple of reasons for this: 1) the non-drug stuff that you don't want makes you walk through them to get to the stuff you want - much like grocery stores put the milk in the back of the store, the hope is you will pick up some other stuff on your wanderings. AND 2) putting the drug stuff towards the back makes it just this *-* much easier to keep us from getting robbed, or if we do, the thief has to make his/her way ALL the way to the front of the store to get out - more of them on camera time (easier identification for law enforcement, etc), more opportunities for staff to "soft stop" (give thief the "opportunity" to pay for what they took).

[Rosco the Iroc]

"Bubba" (not his real name, I don't know his real name, but he looked like a Bubba) stops me just as he enters the store. I mean, 3 feet inside the door, didn't even *try* to look around ....

"Where's y'all's medicines?" I am dead SERIOUS .... this is what he asked me. When I picked my jaw up from the floor, I asked him to clarify, and we proceeded from there.

But really?? You walk into a DRUGSTORE and ask the first person you see "Where's y'all's medicines?" I can't even.

People say men don't ask for directions...

[thehuckster]

Not to mention asking someone at a drugstore where their "medicines" are is like going to Home Depot and asking where their tools are, or going to a grocery store and asking where their food is. When a store's main purpose is providing products of that variety, you're going to need to get more specific to give better directions.