Thread: Nosey (Chemist) shop assistants.

Like trying to buy pseudoe, 3rd degree & telling u other stuff works then ID check - hey my kid needs to breath? I do understand this is required these day's .
Had to get some pseudo (sudafed) before going offshore fishing for 7 days (winter bug comin on) and got put through the ringer by a chemist in Rocky, 10min later I got a pack
Aust. is a nanny state, What about cracker night something our kid's will never see now they're wrapped in cotton wool
AS for salespeople, had a look at a 110 & 130 puma last month with the family, pimply salesman ran out when I opened door - all I reckon he new about them was 3.5 towing , when I mention td5 & tdi he went blank, lucky I didn't say the series word ( he wasn't born back then), he was up on the Evoque though.

Brett

yes it can be a bit annoying when there are other people standing next to you having to explain your life story, but I understand it is their job, HOWEVER, I use the SAME pharmacy, EVERY time and I STILL get asked by some staff there about my requested pain tabs and what am I using them for, how many a day bla bla. You'd think they'd remember who I am surely?

JC

Originally Posted by bcj

Like trying to buy pseudoe, 3rd degree & telling u other stuff works then ID check - hey my kid needs to breath? I do understand this is required these day's .
Had to get some pseudo (sudafed) before going offshore fishing for 7 days (winter bug comin on) and got put through the ringer by a chemist in Rocky, 10min later I got a pack
Aust. is a nanny state, What about cracker night something our kid's will never see now they're wrapped in cotton wool
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Brett

Actually you are highly unlikely to be able to buy pseudo anymore, what they sell is as Sudafed is now a synthetic replacement. A replacement that gives me migrane, so the choice is breathing or wanting to die with a migrane.

I'll take breathing for my kid's, why a drug that works is restricted because of a few has me dumbfounded

Originally Posted by Sue

Maybe it's different down there but I have often either withdrawn or deposited amounts well about 10k and I've never been asked either where it was from or what I want the money for..

You may not have been asked but big brother is watching
$10 000 is the reporting threshhold

Home - AUSTRAC is Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and specialist financial intelligence unit.

http://austrac.gov.au/files/guideline_2.pdf

I'm a bit concerned when a chemist questions your personal doctor's diagnosis and will try to offer you something other than your prescription. I trust my life to my doctor and expect a chemist to prescribe what he is told to without question.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

I'm a bit concerned when a chemist questions your personal doctor's diagnosis and will try to offer you something other than your prescription. I trust my life to my doctor and expect a chemist to prescribe what he is told to without question.

I've never heard of that occurring. They may offer a generic, inform you of any contraindications, additional information etc but they cannot (quote) "offer you something other than your prescription".

Originally Posted by bcj

I'll take breathing for my kid's, why a drug that works is restricted because of a few has me dumbfounded

Because criminals use pseudoephedrine as a precursor in the manufacture of illicit amphetamines "ice" and "speed".

So the general public is suffering with sub-effective alternatives because of a few scumbag criminals.