Saturday, February 7, 2009

Buying Allergy Meds

On Tuesday we went into the tiny drug store near our grocery store so that Brian could buy some Zyrtec-D. You don't need to buy a whole box here. You tell them how many pills you want, and they'll add up the cost for you. Then they take a scrap of paper, fold the paper around the pills, put on a piece of tape to seal up the tiny package, and send you on your way. This time she had only one pill. Brian paid 43 pesos. She wrapped up the pill, taped it shut, and we headed home.

Last night he called a different pharmacy. He ordered ten Zyrtec-D. After about twenty minutes we heard a motorbike heading down our road. It was the pharmacy delivery man. He came right up the steps to our door and delivered the pills through our gate. Now, that's service.

1 comment:

CRWM said...

better than the drive-thru pharmacy, for sure!