Your Ears Must Deceive You
Pharmacy | Working | January 25, 2014
(It’s eight in the morning on a Saturday, at a very small shop that’s located by a big shopping centre. There’s literally nobody in the car park or in the shops of this place. The only people in the area are the pharmacist and the cashier.)
Me: “Could I get my ears pierced, please?”
Pharmacist: “Sorry. We’re too busy on weekends to pierce ears.”
(There’s a moment of awkward silence as I look around the empty, silent shop.)
Me: “You’re too busy?”
Pharmacist: “Yes. We only pierce ears on weekdays because weekends are too busy.”
(I’m lost for words for a moment, as I stand alone in the customer area where not even all the aisles have their lighting on.)
Me: “Could you make an exception?”
Pharmacist: “What if ten people with prescriptions were to suddenly arrive? Then what would we do? There’s only two of us behind the counter.”
(I end up leaving pretty soon after without getting anything, as the pharmacist continued to insist that ten people with prescriptions would materialise from the empty car-park.)
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