How would you like that sliced?

[TattooedMommie]

I work in the deli at a small local grocery store. You know, a deli..meat, cheese, some salad? Well last night an older gentleman steps up to the counter and starts mumbling.

OG: :"::mumble mumble::: broccoli."
me: "Excuse me?"
OG: "Broccoli"
me:
OG (slowly, as if I were the moron): "Broc-co-li...or Green-Beans"
me (disarming smile): "What about 'em?"
OG: "You have any?"
me (still smiling): "Not here in the deli" I wave my arm down the counter, showing our display of meats and cheese. "But the produce department is right there, I believe that's where they'd be." Points to my right, literally about 15 feet away, at the beautiful display of (gasp!) produce.
OG looks at the produce, looks at me, walks away without a word.

I couldnt wait for my coworker to get there an hour later to share that little encounter with her.


Another time, another OG steps up the deli counter and demands:
OG: "You have champagne??"
me (same disarming smile): "Not here in the deli. But there is a little liquor department right around the corner, I believe they'd have it there" I point to the entrance off to the right of the produce department, where there is a LARGE sign hanging from the ceiling that states (gasp) "BEER/WINE"
I then watch the OG walk to the main enterance of the store and EXIT the store, the whole time, I'm thinking WTF?? Apparently he likes deli-style champagne

fun fun!

[Pagan]

Hell, I've had people ask for safety pins and super glue....in the pharmacy.

[Buglady]

Hell, I've had people ask for safety pins and super glue....in the pharmacy.

Do-it-yourself stitches?

I just squicked myself out...

[greek_jester]

Is there a reason why you wouldn't find safety pins in the pharmacy? We've got a display of plasters, bandages, surgical tape & safety pins by ours. The superglue? Ok, I'm stumped. I thought that was only a medical supply in war zones.

[Pagan]

Is there a reason why you wouldn't find safety pins in the pharmacy? We've got a display of plasters, bandages, surgical tape & safety pins by ours. The superglue? Ok, I'm stumped. I thought that was only a medical supply in war zones.

'Cause safety pins are usually found with sewing/craft supplies.

[Slytovhand]

So... what do people hold slings etc together with?? I'd expect safety pins near First Aid supplies.


Superglue can be when you run out of everything else you need in the First Aid kit because no-one ever replaces what they use, and they never tell anyone that it's all out....

Pagan

[crazylegs]

Safety Pins are regularly stocked in/near pharmacys/healthcare counters here (in the UK), mostly because the Health and Safety at Work Act requires (as part of their minimum standards) that there be a certain number of safety pins in each first aid kit in a place of work where a kit is required.

Superglue is regularly used to bring together to edges of a clean wound in a hospital setting, it's my understanding this is done where the cut is on an area where the skin is right on top of the bone and stitching would be difficult, however IANAD.

Having worked in a pharmacy and been asked for shoe polish, I've yet to work that one out!

[Pagan]

So... what do people hold slings etc together with?? I'd expect safety pins near First Aid supplies.

Pagan

The slings that are given out here have the adjustable type straps that you see on, say, like, backpacks.

Slytovhand

Safety Pins are regularly stocked in/near pharmacys/healthcare counters here (in the UK), mostly because the Health and Safety at Work Act requires (as part of their minimum standards) that there be a certain number of safety pins in each first aid kit in a place of work where a kit is required.

Superglue is regularly used to bring together to edges of a clean wound in a hospital setting, it's my understanding this is done where the cut is on an area where the skin is right on top of the bone and stitching would be difficult, however IANAD.

Come to think of it, I have yet to see an actual First-Aid kit in the pharmacy!

And we don't usually have any gaping wounds show up at the pharmacy that we'd need superglue.... That would come under the heading of "Get thee to a hospital stat!"

Having worked in a pharmacy and been asked for shoe polish, I've yet to work that one out!

Oh, I've been asked for flowers. Was asked where the groceries are one time. How she managed to miss the entire other side of the store, I don't know.

[crazylegs]

Oh, I've been asked for flowers. Was asked where the groceries are one time. How she managed to miss the entire other side of the store, I don't know.

Ah, our store was just a pharmacy (as opposed to one within a larger store) hence my bewilderment.

[Pagan]

Ah, our store was just a pharmacy (as opposed to one within a larger store) hence my bewilderment.

You could probably guess where I work. Think "evil empire with a smiley face" in the US.

[PepperElf]

Having worked in a pharmacy and been asked for shoe polish, I've yet to work that one out!

I know that at many NEX stores they keep the shoe polish supplies next to the condoms.

[Pagan]

I know that at many NEX stores they keep the shoe polish supplies next to the condoms.

Doesn't that mean that there's probably someone out there polishing the wrong thing with the shoe polish?

[dalesys]

Doesn't that mean that there's probably someone out there polishing the wrong thing with the shoe polish?

"My love, he comes in colors..." (Arthur Lee, Love 1967, She Comes in Colors)

[Seshat]

A triangular bandage and some safety pins is a vital part of a small first aid kit. With the triangular bandage and safety pins, you can make almost every type of non-compression bandage, as long as you fold it right.

As for superglue: we have spray superglue aka 'invisible bandaids' in Aussieland. And we keep a liberal supply in our house, cause I'm always injuring myself. Betadine and spray bandaid are vital supplies!


So yeah: superglue and safety pins in a pharmacy.

(And what sort of pharmacy doesn't have first aid kits? That confuses me.)

[Pagan]

(And what sort of pharmacy doesn't have first aid kits? That confuses me.)

Well, they're not actually in the pharmacy. We only have the prescription drugs in there. They're in the first aid area outside the pharmacy. With the band-aids, Neosporin, etc.