…and the mother said to the pharmacist…

…”I need something for a cough”.

Concerned Pharmacy Girl: “Is it for you?”

Panda - Eyed Mother: “No, it’s for the children”, watches CPG start to pull down an expectorant “and please don’t tell me they need an expectorant. That will make them cough more and I want them to cough less.”

CPG: “Oh, we don’t encourage suppressing a cough in children”…

PEM: cutting CPG off and raising her voice to a new and interesting octave… “I know but I need to stop their coughing, you see, it’s school holidays (begins to whisper through gritted teeth) and they cough all day and all night and if I can’t stop their coughing I will go mad and then who knows what will happen and I can’t be held responsible for that because you won’t sell me a suppressant!” (PEM breathes in erratic shudders, eye twitching sporadically, a small drop of crazy spittle, sits on her lip, her eyes are wild with the constant bark of the previous night).

(Very young) CPG: “How…about…I. Just. Give. You. The. Suppressant?”

PEM recomposes herself: “Why, yes, thank you, which one would you recommend?”

CPG hands over a bottle of green fluid, trying hard not to make eye contact. She begins to back away slowly…

“I’ve got alot of children…”

CPG: “Here, take two” (Just get out of my pharmacy, you half crazed woman).

PEM Covets the two bottles of sticky green liquid and skulks away to pay. She knows that, even though she will no longer be able to show her face in town ever again, without risking being scheduled, tonight will be a blissfully quiet one…

…and it was. Ahhhhhhh (actually, zzzzzzzzzz).

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Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Tiff
Filed under: crazy mummy moments

17 Responses to “…and the mother said to the pharmacist…”

Betsy (88 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 9:54 am Said:

Don’t they know a PEM when they see one???

Glad it was quiet!
Bettina (96 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 11:36 am Said:

well if they aren’t meant to be used then why do they have all those shiny bottles of suppresant on the shelves just waiting to be sold?

*rolls eyes*

sometimes you got to do what you got to do.
Veronica (293 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 1:21 pm Said:

Sometimes letting the insanity of no sleep show is helpful!

Now, I wonder how I will go if I go and ask for something to make my daughter sleep ohpleasegodjustmakehersleep.
Alison (3xkewl) (51 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 1:26 pm Said:

So glad you had a quiet night!!
I’m going to have a good (slightly childish) giggle making up different acronyms for CPG now.. tehehe
Hope the little people are feeling better.
Alxxx
Jayne (132 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pm Said:

Ditto what Bettina said - why make the sticky green liquid so yummy and sugary for kids if they don’t like giving them to kids?!
Besides, both you and the kids needed a break from the barking, they were probably hanging out for a good sleep too.
Ummm, Tiff….? You’re snoring again
frogpondsrock (106 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm Said:

Yay for the power of PEMs hehehe xxx kim

ps. I was going to add another acronym but popems just didn’t look snappy enough
Suze (19 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 3:54 pm Said:

I don’t get that. If a cough is dry and unproductive (not clearing gunk away), then a suppressant is fine to use…or so I’ve always been told.
Hmmm, at least that girl learned to always listen to PEMs.
Tracey (109 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 6:01 pm Said:

LOL. They should NOT allow teenage CPGs anywhere NEAR PEMs. It’s a wonder she didn’t call the pharmacist over to deal with you. She must have seen the look in your eye…
Trish (181 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 9:05 pm Said:

hope they are feeling better soon - we have full on coughing x 4 here too from one Panda eyed mother to another.
river, on July 8th, 2008 at 9:09 pm Said:

Gotta admire a Mum who knows what she wants and won’t leave without it.
Marylin (155 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pm Said:

Hehe aww hon, I’m glad the coughing was suppressed, if only for a while!
((hugs))
Xbox4NappyRash (67 comments.), on July 8th, 2008 at 11:41 pm Said:

I love when tiredness overflows into insanity…

You know they will turn the OPEN sign around next time they see you coming into town don’t you…
HennHouse (Karin) (52 comments.), on July 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am Said:

Hysterical!! I guess they keep all those kinds of medications behind the counter at your pharmacy, too.
lceel (156 comments.), on July 9th, 2008 at 2:00 am Said:

Exactly. Why invent suppressants if they don’t want you to use them? And a good night’s sleep is just as important to the child as it is to the Mum. Besides, they can always have expectorant for breakfast.
Dr.Cason (16 comments.), on July 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm Said:

Um. I don’t recommend them either. But even if I did- how do you get your kids to take it? Mine spit out anything that’s not bubble gum flavor.
Kelley (31 comments.), on July 9th, 2008 at 9:52 pm Said:

I don’t care what ANYONE says, a good nights sleep cannot be beat!

So glad that you did it, next time you will have to wear a wig as a disguise. Or a ninja suit.
Widdle Shamrock (80 comments.), on July 12th, 2008 at 7:17 pm Said:

Triple what Bettina said.

You could always invite said Pharmacy Girl to your home and let HER deal with coughing children……