A bag for your bag

[Bright_Star]

I find it rather odd that when I ring up prescription medicines that are ALREADY in a bag that a lot of people want me to put their bag into another bag! What nonsense is that?

[zzapp the witch]

Is it another pharm bag or a general store bag? Cause I know some people that double bag with a store bag because they're afraid of getting mugged for their meds.

[Becks]

I'm not so particular as all that, but...

...I know the pharmacy bags from the man of the household's business transactions are a pain in the ass. Not that I would ask for them to put the med bag in a plastic bag.

Sounds kinda like putting gallons of milk in a bag.

[Tigress]

Some people may be embarrassed about having to take meds, like those with hemorrhoids, fungal infections, or mental disorders. So they may request the bag to hide that they are buying them.

[tollbaby]

I went to an unfamiliar pharmacy a few days ago for .. er... supplies And the woman at the cash put them in a paper back BEFORE putting them in the plastic bag. I just stared at her..... She said "You wouldn't want anybody to be able to SEE those, would you?".... er... they're just maxi pads, lady.

[AFpheonix]

I always thought that was a little funky too, especially if they have car keys with them, and it's only one little packet. I could understand if they were walking, or in the case of some people, if they're buying a huge number of scripts.
We have one gentleman who buys so many that we have to put them in the giant freak plastic bags. The standard size plastic bags are not large enough for them all.

I also amusingly had one teenage boy buying condoms who insisted that I double bag them so people couldn't see them through the translucent plastic

[powerboy]

Sounds kinda like putting gallons of milk in a bag.

That might be, Because

1. They are walking home
   or
2. They are trying to think what if, it spills, atleast it wont get everywhere, and mess something up. It is what my family and I do.

[Rapscallion]

If I were buying condoms, I'd be quite happy to carry them in my hand to show everyone who was nosy. I'm like that.

I've had someone ask for a carrier for two slices of turkey, and then she put the carrier in her shopping back. I've had people demanding a carrier bag and then putting it in their Harrods bag to look snobby.

About the only person who came up with a decent reason for demanding a carrier for a small purchase was a guy who didn't want the cold milk getting warm from his hands.

Of course, I'm forgetting the lady who wasn't buying anything, but wanted a carrier for her child to throw up in... Yes, we helped her out. Most people, though, waste them.

Rapscallion

[Max]

"You wouldn't want anybody to be able to SEE those, would you?".... er... they're just maxi pads, lady.

If someone said this to me, I'd carry them out of the store without a bag. I mean, really. Why on Earth would I be ashamed of being female?

[SongsOfDragons]

Our pharmacy is rather out of the way so I don't worry too much if I don't have anything to put the clearly marked green-and-white bag with my meds in. That, and I know what my meds do to people who don't have epilepsy...

[blas]

I had to stop at Walgreens before my cryosurgery and pick up AminoCerv, the whole kit looks like a yeast infection treatment kit........it was for protecting the cervix after it's been frozen. Hell yes I was embarrassed to be seen walking around with something like that. I made a beeline away from the pharmacy and out the door and nearly knocked over a line of senior citizens counting their pennies and digging 20,000 leagues inside their purses for their coupons.

I'm on the shot so I don't have to worry about buying tampons anymore, thank goodness. I used to just give my mother money and have her get them for me.

When it comes to buying condoms.....still embarrassed LOL.......I bury them at the bottom of the cart, go thru self checkout, and pray no one is looking.

[iradney]

hehehehe
I used to be shy about buying condoms, but I'd rather be temporarily embarrassed than pregnant! Now, I go with a great big grin with my 12 pack, pay merrily and rush off home....*giggle*

[blas]

I suppose you're right......but my mother knows almost everyone in the small town and so does dad..........I would not want any of those cashiers or self check out attendants being any of their friends or their friend's children.........my parents are friends with a lot of busybody stupid old buffoons. I will have to write a thread in off topic about all of the times Mr and Mrs Jones caught me out and about at the theaters or the malls with "older men and scandalous looking girls".......morons. Those older men were 23, I was 19....and those girls were my friends.

[iradney]

Oh dear, one of those situations...you have my deepest sympathies Luckily my parents are in a completely different state so I have no worries there....

[draftermatt]

I have an OT about bags. Wige and I went to the grocery store yesterday and the bagger (who was actually the manager helping out) asked if we wanted paper or plastic. I fumbled my words saying it didn't matter.