KnightswoodBear Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 03/07/2021 at 17:07, Newbornbairn said: 'Sakes. I was in the navy for 5 years but do they call me NBB the Sailor? Naw. I worked backstage for 10 years but do they call me NBB the Stage Manager? Naw. I've been selling stuff for the last 15 years but do they call me NBB the salesman? Naw. But one fucking morning with a sledgehammer... You shag the one sheep.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 16 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: Folk who assume you know their area code. "Could I take your telephone member please?" "856 457." it's the opposite over here - all NI numbers start 028, the amount of folk who give their number 028 xxxx xxxx is ridiculous. I feel like interrupting them and saying "I know it's 028...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 19 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: Folk who assume you know their area code. "Could I take your telephone number please?" "856 457." I even sorted your typo first. On a similar note, I sometimes have to visit folk who live in rural areas. Many recognise that they have to give you detailed directions, others give you directions as if you already have an intimate knowledge of their obscure area. “Turn right where there’s a dip in the road then come past the big field.” -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, KnightswoodBear said: You shag the one sheep.... Do you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 43 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: I even sorted your typo first. On a similar note, I sometimes have to visit folk who live in rural areas. Many recognise that they have to give you detailed directions, others give you directions as if you already have an intimate knowledge of their obscure area. “Turn right where there’s a dip in the road then come past the big field.” Local radio traffic reports are bad for this. I've yet to see a roundabout with its name on it, and they're certainly not named on a map but they'll tell you to avoid them instead of clearly named roads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Do you? Oh no, I shag loads. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Do you follow lorries about, hoping for an accident? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Do you follow lorries about, hoping for an accident? Who doesn't? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Any pharmacists on here? Condescending know-it-all arseholes IMO. Maybe @Tynierose will confirm or deny. Maw is suffering with the early stages of conjunctivitis. Took myself up the chemist to try and get her eye drops. Could I hell! Met with a barrage of questions, every one answered satisfactorily but no, she didn’t want to sell me anti-bacterial eye drops. She’d sell me something that’d ease the symptoms but nothing that deal with the actual issue. A big problem with increasing antibiotic resistance apparently. ‘Cos an 80yo wummin doon the bottom end of the town is self administering drops to her eyes. We know what it is, we know how to fix it, it’s £7/8, problem solved. But no, now we’ve got to make a GP appointment, wait however many days to get that, take up the GP’s time, get a prescription that’ll probably cost more than the retail price of the product and maw will have to deal with an extra week of gunky eyes and irritation. With the same product I trie to buy this afternoon. Which in turn causes me endless irritation. Five times in our conversation I asked ‘Are you refusing to sell me an over the counter remedy?’ Four times I got waffle, never a flat no. The fifth waffle i just flounced out in a huff. This country, man!!! Gaahh!!!! Why is it that anyone with a set of letters after their name thinks they, and only they, know the basics of their chosen field? (And if I’m wrong, I’ll maybe think about going back to meekly apologise!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 5 hours ago, TheScarf said: Who doesn't? Dee Man. He drive lorries about hoping to murder prostitutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Any pharmacists on here? Condescending know-it-all arseholes IMO. Maybe @Tynierose will confirm or deny. Maw is suffering with the early stages of conjunctivitis. Took myself up the chemist to try and get her eye drops. Could I hell! Met with a barrage of questions, every one answered satisfactorily but no, she didn’t want to sell me anti-bacterial eye drops. She’d sell me something that’d ease the symptoms but nothing that deal with the actual issue. A big problem with increasing antibiotic resistance apparently. ‘Cos an 80yo wummin doon the bottom end of the town is self administering drops to her eyes. We know what it is, we know how to fix it, it’s £7/8, problem solved. But no, now we’ve got to make a GP appointment, wait however many days to get that, take up the GP’s time, get a prescription that’ll probably cost more than the retail price of the product and maw will have to deal with an extra week of gunky eyes and irritation. Surely she wouldn't suffer an extra week of symptoms, if the counter assistant offered you a product that would ease them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, virginton said: Surely she wouldn't suffer an extra week of symptoms, if the counter assistant offered you a product that would ease them? It wasn’t the counter assistant, she had already shuffled off and presented her omniscient pharmacist colleague to deal with me instead. And easing doesn’t cure. It’s the week’s wait to obtain what anyone with the most basic life experience knows is required and the now inevitable subsequent waste of NHS resources and everyone’s time to actually obtain a cure that were the root of the PTTGOMN But thanks for playing. Swing and a miss champ, etc… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, alta-pete said: Any pharmacists on here? Condescending know-it-all arseholes IMO. Maybe @Tynierose will confirm or deny. Maw is suffering with the early stages of conjunctivitis. Took myself up the chemist to try and get her eye drops. Could I hell! Met with a barrage of questions, every one answered satisfactorily but no, she didn’t want to sell me anti-bacterial eye drops. She’d sell me something that’d ease the symptoms but nothing that deal with the actual issue. A big problem with increasing antibiotic resistance apparently. ‘Cos an 80yo wummin doon the bottom end of the town is self administering drops to her eyes. We know what it is, we know how to fix it, it’s £7/8, problem solved. But no, now we’ve got to make a GP appointment, wait however many days to get that, take up the GP’s time, get a prescription that’ll probably cost more than the retail price of the product and maw will have to deal with an extra week of gunky eyes and irritation. With the same product I trie to buy this afternoon. Which in turn causes me endless irritation. Five times in our conversation I asked ‘Are you refusing to sell me an over the counter remedy?’ Four times I got waffle, never a flat no. The fifth waffle i just flounced out in a huff. This country, man!!! Gaahh!!!! Why is it that anyone with a set of letters after their name thinks they, and only they, know the basics of their chosen field? (And if I’m wrong, I’ll maybe think about going back to meekly apologise!) I don't understand. They wouldn't sell you an OTC medication that's freely available or they wouldn't sell you a prescription only medicine. If its the former I would have pushed over their chupa chups display 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said: I don't understand. They wouldn't sell you an OTC medication that's freely available or they wouldn't sell you a prescription only medicine. If its the former I would have pushed over their chupa chups display The former. On reflection, if I’d wheeled 80yo maw out the house so she could be properly inspected by this pharmaceutical professional I suspect it’d have been a tad less frustrating for everyone. Maybe I’ll take her back to the shop tomorrow. I’ll get her to use a chupa chop to wipe the gunk from her eyes/nose before putting it back on their stand as a compromise dirty protest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, alta-pete said: It wasn’t the counter assistant, she had already shuffled off and presented her omniscient pharmacist colleague to deal with me instead. And easing doesn’t cure. Your complaint was that she would suffer the symptoms for a week. If you took the medication required and it worked as described, she wouldn't though. Did you take the medication offered? Quote It’s the week’s wait to obtain what anyone with the most basic life experience knows is required Is it? Here's what the NHS has to say about that: Quote A pharmacist can help with conjunctivitis Speak to a pharmacist about conjunctivitis. They can give you advice and suggest eyedrops or antihistamines to help with your symptoms. If you need treatment for a child under 2, you'll need a prescription from a GP. Find a pharmacy Non-urgent advice: See a GP if: your baby has red eyes – get an urgent appointment if your baby is less than 28 days old you wear contact lenses and have conjunctivitis symptoms as well as spots on your eyelids – you might be allergic to the lenses your symptoms have not cleared up after 2 weeks So it seems that the pharmacist is following, err, standard practice in dishing out medicine to help with the symptoms, given that the condition as of right now will likely clear up on its own. In the exact same way that you don't walk into a pharmacist with a cold and get antiviral drugs thrown at you to 'cure' it. You get told to buy Lemsip or any other brand available to ease the symptoms. But hey, I guess none of that matters compared to your braying life experience and sense of entitlement. Quote and the now inevitable subsequent waste of NHS resources and everyone’s time to actually obtain a cure that were the root of the PTTGOMN It's not even remotely inevitable because the condition could clear up in a few days. And you've been offered help to deal with the symptoms until that is determined. That's an optimum use of medical resources, right there. Quote But thanks for playing. Swing and a miss champ, etc… I don't think this is quite working out as you had planned. Gutted for you. Edited July 6, 2021 by vikingTON -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Honest to god, Viking ton is a complete and utter Fanny 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, virginton said: Your complaint was that she would suffer the symptoms for a week. If you took the medication required and it worked as described, she wouldn't though. Did you take the medication offered? Is it? Here's what the NHS has to say about that: So it seems that the pharmacist is following, err, standard practice in dishing out medicine to help with the symptoms, given that the condition as of right now will likely clear up on its own. In the exact same way that you don't walk into a pharmacist with a cold and get antiviral drugs thrown at you to 'cure' it. You get told to buy Lemsip or any other brand available to ease the symptoms. But hey, I guess none of that matters compared to your braying life experience and sense of entitlement. It's not even remotely inevitable because the condition could clear up in a few days. And you've been offered help to deal with the symptoms until that is determined. That's an optimum use of medical resources, right there. I don't think this is quite working out as you had planned. Gutted for you. ^^^ verge of tears 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Just now, alta-pete said: ^^^ verge of tears ^^^ verge of tears. Gotta get those italics right to accentuate your point! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, alta-pete said: Any pharmacists on here? Condescending know-it-all arseholes IMO. Maybe @Tynierose will confirm or deny. Maw is suffering with the early stages of conjunctivitis. Took myself up the chemist to try and get her eye drops. Could I hell! Met with a barrage of questions, every one answered satisfactorily but no, she didn’t want to sell me anti-bacterial eye drops. She’d sell me something that’d ease the symptoms but nothing that deal with the actual issue. A big problem with increasing antibiotic resistance apparently. ‘Cos an 80yo wummin doon the bottom end of the town is self administering drops to her eyes. We know what it is, we know how to fix it, it’s £7/8, problem solved. But no, now we’ve got to make a GP appointment, wait however many days to get that, take up the GP’s time, get a prescription that’ll probably cost more than the retail price of the product and maw will have to deal with an extra week of gunky eyes and irritation. With the same product I trie to buy this afternoon. Which in turn causes me endless irritation. Five times in our conversation I asked ‘Are you refusing to sell me an over the counter remedy?’ Four times I got waffle, never a flat no. The fifth waffle i just flounced out in a huff. This country, man!!! Gaahh!!!! Why is it that anyone with a set of letters after their name thinks they, and only they, know the basics of their chosen field? (And if I’m wrong, I’ll maybe think about going back to meekly apologise!) You should have asked her if she sold pie slings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 My kid got conjunctivitis one Christmas Eve. It was then I learned, from a pharmacist in Tesco, that they dont dole out antibiotics for that anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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