Gees, I’ve had one hell of an afternoon. Don’t you just hate it when you have to go to the shops with your toddler knowing he has woken up on the wrong side of the bed. I know I am guaranteed a mini to major tantrum when I go to the shop, but it’s manageable. What I can’t handle are shop assistants that have NO idea how to hurry up! Even once you’ve distracted your child and managed to get him to settle for a couple of mintues, they still don’t get it when you say, “dear can you hurry I don’t think he’ll last more than a few mintues”. I hate it when I have to go into this particular pharmacy I know time and time again I shouldn’t go into, and low and behold they are the same patronising assistants that drive you up the garden path, it’s either a ploy to piss you off or just show how much more knowledgable they are than you. This blasted lady was so stuck up, the she talked in a way that said “no you can’t just buy the very thing you came in for, such as fungal cream, because you have to wait while we interogate you and insist that you may be mistaken”. She purposely dragged the conversation out, knowing that I obviously did not have the patience or time, especially with my toddler nawing on unpaid chocolates!!! Sometimes when you are around people, you can feel like the most isolated person and mother in the world, but she then also started to irritate another mother and son, so I felt I had some support and decided to interrupt her banter and say “look I’m going now”. Gees what happened to good old fashioned customer service, empathy and a helpful attitude. I will definitely boycott this pharmacy and go to the ones that care that you are a MOTHER!!!! It’s so ironic that they even push about the clinic nurse on Tuesday’s even when you blatantly repeat that you are in a hurry and will check it out next time, arrrr. Never again, the pain is not worth it!!!!