Wal-Greens and Trivia
Walgreens Caused a Headache Today
Briana wasn't feeling good today and needed some stomach medicine. She wanted liquid immodium, but at first she just said immodium and that can mean the store brand. We thought that the pills would be okay. I went to the drive-thru for the express pick up at our closest Walgreens (just a turn and down the street).
I go up to the window and I ask, "Do you have your brand immodium?" The gal at the window goes, "I don't know." I sigh and I look at what they say they sell express and find what it is called. It was something like "Walgreens Anti-Diarrheal" followed by the information. So I say exactly what is printed on the sheet about being able to get the medicine. I also point at the sign while saying it.
After that, the lady behind the window goes, "I don't know." I sigh, again. I point at the sign on the window. I keep pointing at it and then she finally picks it up, reads that the medicine is on it, and finally puts the sign back.
After all that, she asks, "Do you need some?" Really? You think I'm asking about the medicine and I don't need any? Why would I be at a pharmacy drive-thru asking about anti-diarrheal medicine if I don't need some?
By this time, I'm wondering how she can even be working in a pharmacy if she has no idea what they sell at the drive-thru and no idea that when people ask about the medicine at the drive-thru, they probably need it. If I had wanted to simply know if they sell the stuff, I would've stayed at home and called the store!
She then has to leave the pharmacy to go get some off the shelves. Really? They sell that at the drive-thru, but they don't have any in the pharmacy to sell at the drive-thru?
It ended up that the pills had gelatin, so Briana wanted liquid and my mom went inside for that when we went back, but that has nothing to do with how much of an idiot the lady at the drive-thru pharmacy was.
Trivia
Briana and I (and sometimes my friend, Julie) have been going to play trivia at McFarlane's Celtic Pub. They have pub games on Tuesday nights. (We've been trying to get three other girls, since it is like a girls night out for us - a break, away from chores, daily life, etc. Our mom would find the environment too loud, as Briana normally would, but she LOVES the trivia). Briana and I do pretty good with the trivia, although pop trivia isn't always our strong point (though, some we know well). We won with Julie on the one night. We've not won again, but I think it is mainly because of the games and not the trivia. One time, I completely failed at darts because both of the darts bounced off the chair and did not land in the dartboard. I did horrible at casting the fishing line (it was a child's rod, no weights, a paper fish, so I casted like I remembered from fishing and that didn't work well at all.) I wasn't good at putting the ping pong ball into a shot glass (I'll let Briana do that one again as she was better). I wasn't great at getting a paper airplane into a box. The plane flew, but it flew in circles.
Oh, our team name is a pun, of course. It's "Pubby Dogs." If Julie comes, we include "An official unofficial division of Team America: World Police" because she likes that movie and that name.
Gary Shannon (yes, from "Gary and Heather in the Mornings" on 92.9 Fun Radio) hosts trivia. Afterwards, Briana likes to give him a question or two or at least some of her cryptic crossword clues. Gary says that our stuff is too hard and thus many times we are "the team to beat," even if others beat us at the games.
Last week, we got to talk to Gary more and we gave him some trivia. I stumped with the question, "What is the only country that begins with O?" I also stumped him with "What two letters of the alphabet do not begin any country names?" We stumped him with the capitals of the Baltic States (three countries) and the three countries. (This evolved into a good conversation about books and movies and acting).
Anyway, on Saturday, my mom went to the Pub to get some picnic tables/benches that Briana wanted. After they were delivered, we went there to eat since she was out and we had wanted her to see the pub, but when it was quieter so she could enjoy it.
Gary happened to come in and he said hello to us.
Before we left, we asked him some trivia again.
Briana asked him what series about a religious worker starred Dawn French and that stumped him.
I thought it might be more fair if I asked him music trivia since he works in radio. I asked him about the Bay City Rollers.
He knew where they were from.
He did not know where Bay City was located.
He did not know how the Bay City rollers got their name.
He said that one of these times he'll be on vacation or not able to host trivia for some reason and we'll end up hosting and nobody will get any questions right. I don't know about that. Some of those teams seem pretty smart.
I keep thinking of more music trivia right now. Maybe he'll know some of this stuff. I'm not looking it up because I want it to be stuff that I actually know off hand - just like all the other stuff we've asked.
Briana wasn't feeling good today and needed some stomach medicine. She wanted liquid immodium, but at first she just said immodium and that can mean the store brand. We thought that the pills would be okay. I went to the drive-thru for the express pick up at our closest Walgreens (just a turn and down the street).
I go up to the window and I ask, "Do you have your brand immodium?" The gal at the window goes, "I don't know." I sigh and I look at what they say they sell express and find what it is called. It was something like "Walgreens Anti-Diarrheal" followed by the information. So I say exactly what is printed on the sheet about being able to get the medicine. I also point at the sign while saying it.
After that, the lady behind the window goes, "I don't know." I sigh, again. I point at the sign on the window. I keep pointing at it and then she finally picks it up, reads that the medicine is on it, and finally puts the sign back.
After all that, she asks, "Do you need some?" Really? You think I'm asking about the medicine and I don't need any? Why would I be at a pharmacy drive-thru asking about anti-diarrheal medicine if I don't need some?
By this time, I'm wondering how she can even be working in a pharmacy if she has no idea what they sell at the drive-thru and no idea that when people ask about the medicine at the drive-thru, they probably need it. If I had wanted to simply know if they sell the stuff, I would've stayed at home and called the store!
She then has to leave the pharmacy to go get some off the shelves. Really? They sell that at the drive-thru, but they don't have any in the pharmacy to sell at the drive-thru?
It ended up that the pills had gelatin, so Briana wanted liquid and my mom went inside for that when we went back, but that has nothing to do with how much of an idiot the lady at the drive-thru pharmacy was.
Trivia
Briana and I (and sometimes my friend, Julie) have been going to play trivia at McFarlane's Celtic Pub. They have pub games on Tuesday nights. (We've been trying to get three other girls, since it is like a girls night out for us - a break, away from chores, daily life, etc. Our mom would find the environment too loud, as Briana normally would, but she LOVES the trivia). Briana and I do pretty good with the trivia, although pop trivia isn't always our strong point (though, some we know well). We won with Julie on the one night. We've not won again, but I think it is mainly because of the games and not the trivia. One time, I completely failed at darts because both of the darts bounced off the chair and did not land in the dartboard. I did horrible at casting the fishing line (it was a child's rod, no weights, a paper fish, so I casted like I remembered from fishing and that didn't work well at all.) I wasn't good at putting the ping pong ball into a shot glass (I'll let Briana do that one again as she was better). I wasn't great at getting a paper airplane into a box. The plane flew, but it flew in circles.
Oh, our team name is a pun, of course. It's "Pubby Dogs." If Julie comes, we include "An official unofficial division of Team America: World Police" because she likes that movie and that name.
Gary Shannon (yes, from "Gary and Heather in the Mornings" on 92.9 Fun Radio) hosts trivia. Afterwards, Briana likes to give him a question or two or at least some of her cryptic crossword clues. Gary says that our stuff is too hard and thus many times we are "the team to beat," even if others beat us at the games.
Last week, we got to talk to Gary more and we gave him some trivia. I stumped with the question, "What is the only country that begins with O?" I also stumped him with "What two letters of the alphabet do not begin any country names?" We stumped him with the capitals of the Baltic States (three countries) and the three countries. (This evolved into a good conversation about books and movies and acting).
Anyway, on Saturday, my mom went to the Pub to get some picnic tables/benches that Briana wanted. After they were delivered, we went there to eat since she was out and we had wanted her to see the pub, but when it was quieter so she could enjoy it.
Gary happened to come in and he said hello to us.
Before we left, we asked him some trivia again.
Briana asked him what series about a religious worker starred Dawn French and that stumped him.
I thought it might be more fair if I asked him music trivia since he works in radio. I asked him about the Bay City Rollers.
He knew where they were from.
He did not know where Bay City was located.
He did not know how the Bay City rollers got their name.
He said that one of these times he'll be on vacation or not able to host trivia for some reason and we'll end up hosting and nobody will get any questions right. I don't know about that. Some of those teams seem pretty smart.
I keep thinking of more music trivia right now. Maybe he'll know some of this stuff. I'm not looking it up because I want it to be stuff that I actually know off hand - just like all the other stuff we've asked.