Probably not entirely her fault...
When I was at uni I worked at Superdrug for a bit and occasionally I was expected to go on the Pharmacy. I was told by the Pharmacist that I had to ALWAYS ask these stupid questions because if something went wrong she would be the one who got in shit for it. As for me, I'd be straight out the door.
So I know it's patronising and you just want to jump over the counter and chuck them down your neck as quickly as possible, taking her out in the process, but as you say, it's probably her first job and she probably has the Pharmacist breathing down her neck from the dispensary. She's just...eager. She'll lighten up. Probably.
(HugeTonsils was being a shop bitch on, Fri 28 May 2010, 23:34, 2 replies)

But some of the rules are so daft anyway
Like the one about paracetamol- my friend was told that yes, she could buy two packets in Tesco and two in the next door pharmacy, because the walk would be theraputic enough to stop her being depressed enough to top herself.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Fri 28 May 2010, 23:45, closed)

Ah, the good old UK health and safety culture
You bunch of pussies, you are living in a society where a 16 year old tells you you cant buy two boxes of paracetamol?
Fucking hell.
( Traducer, Sat 29 May 2010, 10:16, closed)