It's for ummmm INSULIN! Yeah that's it!!!

[Merriweather]

Hello, fellow duckie fan I'll spare you the list of duckies on my desk, and in my bathroom. But the hot rod devil duck looks bitchin' sitting on top of my car's dashboard

One of my duckies is gross on the inside, too (the glow in the dark one) I wonder if I could use an oral irrigator to shoot bleach inside. hmmm... thanks for the idea!

Glad to be of help. Just get plenty into them, and sit them on an old towel & swish them around a bit for a few days if they're really bad.

I have mostly the smaller size ducks - cheaper, easier to find unusual ones, & I have a small bathroom. Our local party shop tends to get them in on and off. I have several boy & girl sets, including Chinese, Hawaiin, punk, angel & devil, prom couple and more. I'm hoping that around Thanksgiving the shop will get in a native American duckie, and I'm on the lookout for a cop duckie, cause I have a sailor and a construction worker, and I want to have the Village Ducks

[PepperElf]

Another helpful tip: If you are being followed, and you know the area quite well, travel down some reads you wouldn't normally go as long as there's a clear way out. Why? If the person tries stalking you again, they may wait along the same road you went out of your way on the first time.

We did this to someone once, but not on purpose. The car in front of us took a right hand turn off the main road. And so did we. She took the next left into a parking lot. And so did we. She turned left as soon as she got into the lot. And so did we. She did a sharp U-turn out of the lot. We parked and my BF went inside to order pizza.


I shouldn't laugh so much tho cos I've been that woman before. Driving home after work one night I was just tired and felt like driving under the speed limit. So... I got behind a big truck that was doing 60-65 and stayed there. So now I'm not really holding up traffic... the truck in front of me is, right? Not to mention... o look the passing lane is open.

Some car stayed behind me most of my way home. Including following me on to the next highway, and on to my last exit. So I drove exactly at limit, until I got off the exit and onto the main regular road. He was still there, so I took the first left. which gave me two choices - back onto the highway I'd just left (but going the other way) or a uturn. i did a uturn and the other car went on it's own way.


although when i was talking to my bf later i told him that i'd been considering driving to the police station.. he said not to. cos our tiny station isn't well manned at night. he suggested walmart or some place with a lot of people at all hours.

[retailworker7]

I hope K informs management about this guy following her. This really needs to be documented so that other team members and managers know about the situation if this jerk shows his face in the store. I would also hope someone encourages K to document this incident with the police. I am surprised the manager on duty did not call the police when this guy refuses to leave the store. I am quite sure that in my store the manager would have called the police to get this jerk out of the store and off the property.

One of our managers actually filed a police report because a customer threatened him over the phone. This customer was caught stealing with his girlfriend. The police came to the store and documented the incident. The guy has been banned from the store and the police will be called if he sets foot in the store again.

I am also glad to hear that you have offered to help your co-worker get home safely. It is really nice to see employees step up to look out for each other. We have a male customer that is making one of my co-workers uncomfortable. She is a minor and this guy is hitting on her. Myself and some other staff members have told her to go into the office and page one us to take care of him. My bosses know about the situation and have told her to try to avoid him. If there is some reason she can not avoid him she has been told to make sure she is somewhere where he is being recorded so that if he does cross the line into anything illegal it is documented on tape.

[Dave1982]

Ok....time to be more direct....

No more "creative suggestions" about "alternatives" to pepper spray. We do not advocate illegal or injurious activity here on CS. These things may be legal in and of themselves but I would be hard pressed to believe that the police would approve of using them to blind someone.

Knock it off. Multiple posts have had to be deleted. ny more and the thread gets shut down and infractions will be issued.

[taxguykarl]

Back to the OP:
When my wife was on insulin, it was packaged in pre-measured single-use syringes--no need for empty syringes at all...just the propriety needles.

[Sparky]

Way back when I took driver's ed (and dinosaurs roamed the Earth) (and cell phones hadn't even been imagined) we were taught that if we noticed someone following us we should drive to the police station.

Even further back in the mists of time, when I was in grade school, we were not allowed ballpoint pens. Why? Beats me, but I think they thought we'd develop better penmanship using the old-fashioned kind. We were allowed fountain pens, but were not allowed to bring a bottle of ink to school, but most of us used cartridge pens. (Do they even still make those?) My cousins saved money by refilling the cartridges with ink using an old hypodermic needle.

[Seshat]

Fire stations and ambulance stations also have lights-and-people at all hours. As does the emergency department at hospitals.

Lights-and-people is the key element here; though the best is lights-and-people where some of those people are security-staff-trained.

[PepperElf]

I hope K informs management about this guy following her. This really needs to be documented so that other team members and managers know about the situation if this jerk shows his face in the store. I would also hope someone encourages K to document this incident with the police. I am surprised the manager on duty did not call the police when this guy refuses to leave the store. I am quite sure that in my store the manager would have called the police to get this jerk out of the store and off the property.

This. Especially since the store likely has security tapes. If not of the customer arguing inside... there should at least be one that's recording the activity at the door. So the SC's behavior after closing could very well have been recorded.

Not only could this be good for a police report... but also as evidence in support of having him banned.

[roxtar]

As somebody who occasionally needs to buy a pack of syringes (i'm on an insulin pump, but like to have a backup in case the thing breaks or my infusion site goes bad on me), usually pharmacies will bend the "we need to see a script" rule on syringes if you know the lingo/carry the right accessories. I always have a glucose meter on me. I also wear a medical ID bracelet. Anyone buying syringes without a script needs to sign a register and show ID though.

however, if you have a junkie trying to scam needles, it might be in the interest of the public to sell them to him. yeah, he'll continue to use, but at least he'll have clean needles and won't be spreading HIV, Hep C, or other nastiness by sharing them.

http://stats.org/stories/2008/needle..._dec03_08.html

[Merriweather]

We were allowed fountain pens, but were not allowed to bring a bottle of ink to school, but most of us used cartridge pens. (Do they even still make those?) My cousins saved money by refilling the cartridges with ink using an old hypodermic needle.

I remember those fountain pens with the ink cartridges. Never actually was forced to use them, but had one or two. In fact, I was searching my house for things for a garage sale the other day, and came across a fancy calligraphy pen with different tips, and it has those cartridges - maybe I should put it out and see how many people ask me what the heck they are. I was thinking they'd be useless if the cartridges can't be bought, but thanks for the tip, if I keep them I'll try refilling them with a syringe (I do still have the one I bought ot inject my rubber duckies with bleach to kill the mildew )

[PepperElf]

I remember those fountain pens with the ink cartridges.

Off topic but...
I probably still have some in my storage unit.

I use to LOVE using them to write, especially in my journal. I had a really thin flowing script I'd use for it. Didn't care about learning calligraphy, I just liked using the pens. And they were less messy than trying to use fountain pens.


although I did have one ball point pen confiscated in 4th grade. Teacher said I'd get it back at the end of the year but she never gave it back*. Of course the reason they did it was because we were taking them apart and putting the ink in backwards... and then taking the pens and pretending we were doctors giving injections to patients.


* ever notice we sometimes hold on to some of the weirdest memories. Not about what we learned in class but that the teacher never gave me my pen back... !

[An Haddock]

I'd have just called the cops... the guy wasn't technically a customer, so they could have picked him up for loitering then, in searching him, I'd bet cash money they'd find illicit substances on him.

And following the pregnant woman home? That's stalking. Same thing... call the cops. That's all the probable cause they need to search the guy.

[Bright_Star]

Why didn't anybody call the cops?

[AccountingDrone]

Back to the OP:
When my wife was on insulin, it was packaged in pre-measured single-use syringes--no need for empty syringes at all...just the propriety needles.

That is what I currently use, lantus. Beats mix n match vials all to hell!

I remember those fountain pens with the ink cartridges. Never actually was forced to use them, but had one or two. In fact, I was searching my house for things for a garage sale the other day, and came across a fancy calligraphy pen with different tips, and it has those cartridges - maybe I should put it out and see how many people ask me what the heck they are. I was thinking they'd be useless if the cartridges can't be bought, but thanks for the tip, if I keep them I'll try refilling them with a syringe (I do still have the one I bought ot inject my rubber duckies with bleach to kill the mildew )

You can buy the little inc cartridges online, I still use mine. I get shaeffer from an amazon store.

And I will point out that in western NY and COnnecticut one can buy syringes and needles at Agway, I get them for vetting the critters frequently, also portioning out the liquid nutrients for my aerogardens, slurping out water to check pH and injecting vodka into grapes. [not all with the same syringe....I have a drawer full of them so I can get a new one for the grapes, and the ones for the pH and nutrients are rubber banded to their bottles.]

[Just Ace]

In the land of Oz we sell packs of syringes for drug use.

You get a pack of 5 or a pack of 3 that comes with water, alcohol swabs. We only sell the pack of 3 because its best for our duty of care to the customer. They are also $2 more expensive then the 5 pack.

You won't (or probably would considering where I am posting this) believe the amount of people who complain about having to spend that extra $2 and how they are missing out on 2 syringes. It boggles the mind sometimes.

One day I was serving a woman who came to the counter with a tin of baby formula. She then asked for a fitpack (pack of above described syringes). The total came to $30. She didn't have enough money so she put back THE TIN OF BABY FORMULA and took the fitpack.

In the next town they have recently opened a needle exchange program which I think is fantastic. It give the needles currency status so druggies are less likely to dump them in playgrounds and will take them back for new ones. It also means that there is less sharing of needles in the community. While a great idea it is not a place I would be willing to work at. Seeing that part of society, even on a sometimes basis, just makes me sad and angry.