Posted by
Nerdus Maximus on Friday, September 29, 2006 10:37:26 PM
Today I went to CVS and had to go to the pharmacists' counter at the back of the store to get you know what. Apparently they don't want just anyone getting you know what, so you have to ask the pharmacist.
When I was a kid, "you know what" would have been condoms. Today they are out for anyone to pick up (and available in designer colors). It is anything containing pseudoephedrine that you have to get from the pharmacist. I understand that some security is needed since pseudoephedrine can be used as Crystal Meth Helper, but does that mean that every American with bad sinuses should be treated like a criminal? I never thought I would have to be fingerprinted and pose for a picture with one of those nice little number plates to get an OTC medication to actually come over the counter. OK, they just looked at my drivers license, wrote down enough vital information to make an identity thief drool and had me sign the "you might be a drug dealer" log.
The United States is becoming a backwards country. Not in the sense of not having material wealth and modern technology, but because things work backwards. Acquiring a simple medication requires showing your drivers license, but purchasing prophylactics to practice sexual license is completely unencumbered.
Nerdus
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