Guest Post

Thanks Steve!!

I'm not a pharmacist, just someone who's developed an interest in biochemistry and pharmacology, so yours is one of a few blogs I follow. You'll get a good laugh out of this story and I think your readers will, too. Here goes...

People really need to learn not to talk so loudly on airplanes. Today I was on a flight where the guy in the row behind me blathered ceaselessly about his job to his hapless travel companion. The guy was a rep from P&G or J&J, I don't remember which. He got to talking about how people are frequently embarrassed to purchase "sexual supplies -- you know, rubbers and shit" and he had the solution. In the works are plans to install video cameras in 4,000 Walgreens drugstores aimed specifically at the condom and lube section to monitor people's behavior. Eventually the stores will move these items to a "private area" -- although how you can get privacy under zillion-watt fluorescent lighting remains a mystery to me.

Also you'll soon be able to call your neighborhood Walgreens to phone in an order for your intimate accessories. Give the order-taker your credit card number and receive an order number. Your items will be placed in a privacy-ensuring opaque bag that you can pick up at the front of the store or at the pharmacy drive-through; all you need to do is mention your order number.

Can you imagine how difficult it was not to explode in laughter?! Everyone around this dude was snickering, even the flight attendants. When the plane landed and the door opened, the guy sitting next to him bolted like you've never seen. What a ride.

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