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Boots refusing to sell canesten to men! Wtf!

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Stressedgiraffe · 01/06/2023 16:25

Dh went to boots to buy canesten today and the sales person refused to sell it to him as he was a man! Apparently the pharmacist stepped in and he bought it.
Wtf? Surely men can get thrush or could have been buying it for someone else. It's bonkers
Apparently she said it was a boots policy!

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Allblackeverythingalways · 01/06/2023 20:01

Pugglemuggle · 01/06/2023 19:39

By jobsworths do you mean...People doing their jobs?

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No, I mean jobsworths.
I got spoken to like shit and told to go to the gp for a bit of jock itch last year. The pharmacist was really rude to me.
I went online, bought what I needed, it cleared up within days.

BungleandGeorge · 01/06/2023 20:00

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:48

You can buy the 2% one from any online pharmacy.

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Ok. So you can’t buy it off the shelf then??

almondflake · 01/06/2023 19:59

I wouldn't like to buy shoes for Dave and his mates .
This has to be the best post ever , I'm actually crying while I'm reading this to my husband lol 😂

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:52

Allblackeverythingalways · 01/06/2023 19:37

I order most of my pharmacy stuff online now, tickboxes are much better than jobsworths.
They tend to have little info clickers too. So you KNOW why it might not be suitable rather than a vague "no"

Same here.
None of that glaring at you that is so prevalent in high street pharmacies.

Whatkindofuckeryisthis · 01/06/2023 19:52

Stressedgiraffe · 01/06/2023 17:03

Dave

Each to their own but Jesus Christ, that is horrible! Really gives me the heeby jeebys!

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:51

Pugglemuggle · 01/06/2023 19:39

By jobsworths do you mean...People doing their jobs?

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No, just pharmacists.

MagicClawHasNoChildren · 01/06/2023 19:50

Dave is beautiful! 😍 What are the others called?

hugefanofcheese · 01/06/2023 19:48

Do you breed Daves?

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:48

BungleandGeorge · 01/06/2023 19:33

How dare they not sell something that’s potentially harmful. I’m sure your husband would have been really pleased if something awful happened to his tackle 😆
the whole point of being behind the counter is that items should only be sold in accordance with their product licence. And human medicines shouldn’t be sold for animals if there’s one specifically designed for pets.
you can buy clotrimazole off the shelf btw if you’re not bothered about the licensing. Unless you were buying the double strength one

You can buy the 2% one from any online pharmacy.

creativeteapot · 01/06/2023 19:47

Love this thread 😂😂

ManuelBensonsLeftBoot · 01/06/2023 19:41

Changeling78 · 01/06/2023 18:22

Can we have a picture of the centipede please, I need to know their names. Dave looks like a cool little guy.

From a fairly wide sample of family/friends if one is called Dave at least three will be called Steve! Mark, Paul and Michael are all contenders for the final one.

Pugglemuggle · 01/06/2023 19:39

Allblackeverythingalways · 01/06/2023 19:37

I order most of my pharmacy stuff online now, tickboxes are much better than jobsworths.
They tend to have little info clickers too. So you KNOW why it might not be suitable rather than a vague "no"

By jobsworths do you mean...People doing their jobs?

Berlioz23 · 01/06/2023 19:38

@TheShellBeach im following this thread so obviously I have 😅

Berlioz23 · 01/06/2023 19:38

@EmmaGrundyForPM yep, if they knowingly did so, but that’s not what I meant, we were talking generally about selling out of a product license. I know a pharmacist who got investigated for forgetting to provide a syringe for a liquid medication! It was a bit more complicated than that but it came down to that in the end.

Allblackeverythingalways · 01/06/2023 19:37

I order most of my pharmacy stuff online now, tickboxes are much better than jobsworths.
They tend to have little info clickers too. So you KNOW why it might not be suitable rather than a vague "no"

GeraltsBathtub · 01/06/2023 19:36

EmmaGrundyForPM · 01/06/2023 19:32

Seriously, has a pharmacist ever been investigated for selling canastan to a millipede?

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Dave’s a male millipede though, what if he has diabetes and the pharmacist didn’t pick up on it? 🤣

BungleandGeorge · 01/06/2023 19:33

How dare they not sell something that’s potentially harmful. I’m sure your husband would have been really pleased if something awful happened to his tackle 😆
the whole point of being behind the counter is that items should only be sold in accordance with their product licence. And human medicines shouldn’t be sold for animals if there’s one specifically designed for pets.
you can buy clotrimazole off the shelf btw if you’re not bothered about the licensing. Unless you were buying the double strength one

EmmaGrundyForPM · 01/06/2023 19:32

Berlioz23 · 01/06/2023 19:19

@GoodChat not if it’s against the product license to sell, sure you can lie but god forbid anything happens you really are putting the pharmacists career in jeopardy.

Seriously, has a pharmacist ever been investigated for selling canastan to a millipede?

iklboo · 01/06/2023 19:30

I'm just amused OP's DH went to Boots for a millipede's gammy leg medication.

ShimmeringShirts · 01/06/2023 19:30

Thanks for the laugh, I really needed that! This is the best thing I’ve read on here in a long long time.

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:26

Berlioz23 · 01/06/2023 19:19

@GoodChat not if it’s against the product license to sell, sure you can lie but god forbid anything happens you really are putting the pharmacists career in jeopardy.

Shame.

CandidaAlbicans2 · 01/06/2023 19:26

My username seems rather apt considering the topic 😁Anyway, I gasped at the sight of the magnificent Dave. What a beast! 😃😎Please do a "I'm Dave the millipede, AMA" @Stressedgiraffe

I've never had thrush, or a millipede, but I have had to use canestan on a hen.
@BigglyBee that's intriguing, tell me more! 🤔😊

Shockhorror22 · 01/06/2023 19:25

I hope you’re right Manuel. Dave has a bit of a psycho vibe, imo.

TheShellBeach · 01/06/2023 19:25

Berlioz23 · 01/06/2023 19:16

@TheShellBeach blimey… what has a pharmacist done to you?

How long have you got?
Grin

ManuelBensonsLeftBoot · 01/06/2023 19:22

Shockhorror22 · 01/06/2023 19:20

What has happened to the OP? She’s gone very quiet . . . ?

She is probably busy applying cream to a thousand little legs!

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