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...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Hopefully Alta Pete elevates this to the level above the Head of the BMA and puts in a direct call to the GP’s receptionist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 The BMA is just a trade union. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 49 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: The BMA is just a trade union. A fucking useless one that spends more time shitting on docs than helping them. So I’ve been told. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 51 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: The BMA is just a trade union. Ok then, the BMX. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: The BMA is just a trade union. 40 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Ok then, the BMX. BMW, Shirley? Or are they not in alphabetical order? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 14 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Dee Man. He drive lorries about hoping to murder prostitutes. ^^^^^^ Jeremy Clarkson found. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, Shotgun said: BMW, Shirley? Or are they not in alphabetical order? I’m not sure a black man’s willy is an appropriate topic to be discussing here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Folk who reply to online help websites with shite like "I have the same problem, can't find a solution, any help would be appreciated". Well, how about you take your fingers away from your keyboard, stick them in your various orifices where they'll be just as useful, and leave the replies to somebody who knows. Having to scrolling through 50 odd replies of this trying to pick out something that might be useful really doesn't help the situation. Edited July 7, 2021 by Hedgecutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 05/07/2021 at 13:09, Jacksgranda said: 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...) Where I used to work, everyone in the (admittedly sparsely populated) area just said the last three numbers. I always liked how the pub was 999. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Thompson Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 "Staycation", not the actual practice of holidaying in the UK just the word.Firstly, its a holiday and secondly, it doesn't matter where you go, it's still a holiday. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Mr X said: "Staycation", not the actual practice of holidaying in the UK just the word. Firstly, its a holiday and secondly, it doesn't matter where you go, it's still a holiday. A holistay any better for you? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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