Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for November 18, 2012

One could easily develop a phobia about shopping in a pharmacy…. Take heart, Opus: we all know it’s really Steve Dallas!

I thought they had scanners in the eightys.

Scanners may have been invented/developed in the ‘70s, but it sure took a while for them to reach our neck of the woods. Some small chains and sole proprietors here still don’t use scanners. But I sure miss the days when everything had a price sticker. Retailers love that they don’t: less effort for them; and customers tend to lose track of how much everything will cost.

Common pharmacy sign: “To respect privacy, please wait here.” about 2 feet from the counter. I can hear everything going on at the counter, and wish I couldn’t.

Cue Monty Python’s “The Chemist Sketch”…

I think this may still have been in the era when condoms were kept behind the pharmacy counter and you had to ask for them. I hate to imagine what that pharmacist would have said had Opus asked for some condoms. “What size, sonny, extra small?” Luckily Steve Dallas already had some in stock or decided he would never need them at the rate his luck with the ladies was running.

could be worse….he could have gone done aisle 8a….you know the one…feminine hygiene….

The bar code wasn’t in the system, so the cashier did a store wide pager price check call for my box of condoms.

Reminds me of a time many years ago.I needed coffee. My housemate was painting her room and wanted me to pick something up for her. My daughter needed something. As I checked out I realized it looked odd that I had rubber gloves for the housemate and Vaseline for the daughter to go with my coffee.