Fuck. Sent embarrassing Boots order to wrong address- is it confidential?

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MIL asked me to buy something from Boots a while ago and it's saved her address.

I think DC have worms so I ordered Ovex. I can't even begin to explain how much I cannot get into this with her.

Is she going to be able to see what I've ordered? Boots won't let me cancel or amend

I've also ordered stuff from Boots online in the last few weeks - came in a plain box with the Boots logo. Nothing at all on the front - could literally have been anything. Good luck with the worms x

I've always got Ovex in the house. I have done so since the children were little. I'm glad I did because the last person to get them was me . I blame the university library keyboards but it could have been from anywhere. Once you have dealt with this always keep one in the medicine cabinet.

I just checked the box in the recycling, there is nothing on it which says what it is. (Chanel facial tan here.)

Chanel facial tan here

Just slightly more sophisticated than a family pack of worm tablets, eh.

Thank you for checking LucyRipley

its a preventable

I get so many deliveries that as long as it is from a store I order from, I would just open it without looking at the name.

If she asks , just tell her it's a mega pack of Viagra .for her son and make a clucking noise .

@Judystilldreamsofhorses

No help, but I was in Boots yesterday to pick up a click and collect which you do at the pharmacy. As I was waiting a woman and her teenage daughter came along, and the woman asked for thrush cream. Due to masks/visors (already compulsory here in Scotland), she had to repeat it four times, twice to a sales assistant, then twice to the pharmacist. The daughter was dying. It is hard to convey sympathy while wearing a mask.

Oh god. That’s so embarrassing. Something similar happened to me, luckily no one else was around other than 2 male staff members. It was impossible to have a discreet conversation with the masks.

Just tell your MIL you ordered from Boots and it is going to her address. She won't be expecting anything else from Boots so won't open it - I order from there and the boxes have Boots written on them quite clearly and big.

Don't worry about worms, lots of kids get them.

Tell her your expecting parcel from boots and you have ordered wrong item, it's going to her address by mistake and so could she please refuse the delivery and so the postman will take it back with him. Then just order again but to the correct address:

Can you cancel or modify the order if you phone Boots? When did you order it and has it been dispatched? Someone would be able to see on your account what had happened.

Even if it's out for delivery, call Boots anyway and (depending who is delivering) they can ask the driver not to deliver it. That wouldn't work for Royal Mail though.

I 100% thought you'd ordered an extra large tube of lube and other 'family planning' items

If it cheers you up OP, my local Boots used to have the WORLD'S LOUDEST PHARMACIST.
You can imagine how much I enjoyed this:
Me: um hello yes sorry I think my toddler may have... worms...
Ph: WORMS? YOUR DAUGHTER HAS WORMS???
Me: Um yes I think she may have them
Ph: THEN YOU NEED OVEX HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY ALL HAVE WORMS TOO DO YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS YOURSELF LIKE ITCHING
Me: No, no one else has them, or any symptoms or anything like that, so if you could just sell me something suitable for a 2yo?
Ph: YOU WILL NEED THE FAMILY PACK FOR WORMS BECAUSE YOU WILL ALL HAVE WORMS IN FACT TWO FAMILY PACKS TO BE SURE OF KILLING OFF THE WORMS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE

This bloody branch of Boots was next to my son's primary school, so I knew half the people in there. I don't know if I needed the Ovex or not, but the likelihood is that my internal cringing would have killed off all the WORMS WORMS WORMS instantaneously.

Tell her you worm them every 3 months as standard preventatively

I’m sure I’ve read that huge numbers of kids have worms without any itchy symptoms, so are never treated. But they have them. I increasingly think we should just worm kids regularly like we do with cats and dogs.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS YOURSELF LIKE ITCHING

Oh my That is a question that just makes you want the ground to swallow you up, isn't it?

Even if it's out for delivery, call Boots anyway and (depending who is delivering) they can ask the driver not to deliver it. That wouldn't work for Royal Mail though.

Apparently it's in the T&Cs this is why I ought to read them that you can't amend an order once it's placed. Really annoying.

One child got worms the same weekend we discovered nits in the other, that was fun

Omg sadeyedlady, that made me more than chuckle. Are worms common then? I never had them as a child and mine have never had them but my family from the North had them quite often, I always just thought they must have been extra susceptible as they are the only cases I’ve ever encountered.

Hi op, won’t help you now but you can get Ovex on care of the chemist for free for the whole family. I’ve had it a few times for ds and they recommend that the whole family is treated.

Could say in advance you've ordered some optrex eye drops and if she opens and says what's this just pretend it's an error..

Fruitsaladjelly, apparently, as I discovered, once one person in the class/house gets them, chances are everyone else will too, so everything has to be washed, and if you miss one towel/sheet/cushion cover the whole cycle starts all over again. It was really fun!

OP, glad I've cheered you up! I was a puddle of sweaty embarrassment by the time he'd finally handed the Ovex to me complete with VERY LOUD INSTRUCTIONS about WEARING PANTS IN BED TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T TOUCH THE WORMS WHEN THEY COME OUT...

i would just tell her to leave it unopened and you will pick it up, you should not be embarrassed, kids pick up things all the time....if you want embarrassed try sending one of those pull in the flab slimming pants...to your dad .... i have only just got know him in the last couple of years, i had to ask him not to open and just send to me...he is in england and i am in scotland...lol xx

sadeyedlady

OP, you could always say that it's for the dog/cat/guinea pig?