The Laughing Pharmacist

Pharmacies have such a stale atmosphere.

The employees can seem too serious at times, hardly ever expressing any emotion.

They're like the Queen's Guards - minus the bearskin hats.

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I went to fill a script today. And this was my chance to see if I could catch

a technician off guard. Keep in mind, I'm a male.

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Me: "Hi. Just a drop off."

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Her: "Date of birth?"

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Me: "June 28th."

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Her: "Have you ever filled with us before?"

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Me: "I have, but it was a while back."

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Her: "Ah, okay. The system deletes everything if it's been a long time."

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Me: "Oh... Well back then I only got my birth control filled here."

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She parted from the screen and looked up at me in slow motion.

Then she blinked twice before slowly returning to the screen.

After a couple of seconds, she again looked up at me in slow motion

and blinked twice before going back to finish my information.

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Her: "Did you wanna wait for this?"

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Me: "Yeah. About how long?"

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Her: "Ten minutes."

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I could've asked where the tampons were as I waited, but I chose to spare her

any more bewilderment.

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BTW, I told her I was joking. And got her to laugh! I succeeded!