To make a compliant about the pharmacist ?

[Dragonsdaughter]

Today in Morrisions - whilst buying fairly embarrasing personal products. My DD10 miss read the time on the clock. pharmastist jumpscin and says she should be able to tell the time at her age. I looked him and said ' well she has dyslexia and that can mean telling the time can be hard' and tried to get on with my purchace as tp be honest dont want to have to discuss my childs learning disablities with some random pharmastis while buying thrush cream in front of other customers! He then said that dylsixia shouldn't affect her ablity to learn to tell the time. I looked at him and said well actually it can giving him a paddington bear stare. He then - despite my daughters obvios discomfort - says So does she get help with that then. I just walked away after paying the cashier as He doesnt handle the momey. My daughter has spent the rest of the afternoon asking is she stupid and asking why the man was questioning me about her. AIBU to make a complaint ?

I have 2 dyslexic children. One tells the time well, the other doesn't. It's a known fact that difficulties vary from dyslexic person to dyslexic person.

I once complained about a swimming teacher who made remarks about my daughter that had nothing to do with swimming. She wouldn't let it lie and kept on firing questions at DD, embarrassing her. Turned out there had been a string of complaints about this woman and she was eventually fired for being a nasty piece of work who shouldn't have been teaching children.

Definitely complain as it sounds like this man could use some training in dealing with the public.

This entire exchange could have been avoided.

"At your age you should know better than to judge things that are none of your business".

Fin.

My DS is dyslexic and at the ripe old age of 23 still can't reliably use a clock. Digital time is fine though!

Oddly he had a backwards clock in his bedroom when he was young (which he wanted desperately) and could use that accurately!

I suspect the pharmacist was trying to be helpful (and to signpost you to help if you had never sought any).

Also not sure why thrush cream is embarrassing.

My most entertaining thrush story is when I got bad thrush after my hysterectomy (all those antibiotics) and went to the pharmacist to ask if it was OK to use it soon after surgery, and told him what I'd had done. With a straight face he asked me if I might be pregnant.....