Went into large branch of the chemist in my nearest small town to get a drum of 75mg aspirins, taken daily as a blood thinner and approved by one of the doctors in our practice who although much younger than me says he takes them himself.
The counterhand woman got some out, then asked if they had been prescribed. I said some doctors favour them, some don't, but I take them anyway. She asked when I had last seen the doctor. I shrugged and said some time back, can't remember. She opened a door and spoke to someone. Probably the pharmacist, a quite nice black guy who interviewed me about my blood pressure medication a year or two back. He said something about blood thinning, and the counterhand came back saying there were restrictions, blah blah. I was getting annoyed and said, look, I didn't come here for a medical consultation, I came here to buy some aspirins. Are you going to sell me some or not? I added rather rudely. 'Restrictions', faff faff. I stomped out in a towering rage shouting Good God, what a useless b***** shop! Nipped into Waitrose and bought them off the shelf, more expensive but what can you do? 80p for a month's worth.
I forgot in the heat of the moment to ask if my regular blood pressure prescription was ready yet. Will I now be banned from the place, or will I have to go in there and say sorry to the lady, who I suppose was only doing what she thought to be her duty?
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