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Fucking Jobsworth [word removed by MNHQ]

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FATEdestiny · 19/01/2016 11:49

Fucking, bastarding jobsworth [word removed by MNHQ] at ASDA pharmacy refused to sell me a large (6 treatment) bottle of nit treatment, but I could buy three smaller (2 treatment) bottles.

Just because they are twatfaced "computer-says-no", no common sense, jobsworth twonks.

DS6 scratchy head last night. I suspected bedtime stalling tactics said I'd check properly the following day. DS10 scrubbing his head with brush this morning - asked what's wrong he said his hair itches. DD11 then pipes up that her hair has been itching too.

Three school aged children plus 1 baby means not loads of time in the morning. Not time to go through hair with a fine toothed comb (literally). Quick flick thro their hair to check they are not riddled and reassuring them it is no reason to stay off school.

I said I'd get treatment today, check with a nit comb afterschool and treat then if needed. But oh no. I cannot buy nit treatment without first confirming I had actually physically seen a headlice that day.

I should have just fucking lied to the sourfaced jobsworth behind the counter.

Twat.

Actually the twats are those who use the nit treatment stuff as a preventative and encourage resistance to the active ingredients. If it wasn't for these twats then sensible but busy Mums like me could but big-family-sized nit treatment and have it in the cupboard ready for when it is needed. And be trusted to only use it when it is needed.

Twats the lot a ya!

OP posts:
ilovesooty · 19/01/2016 17:37

Excellent point made upthread about the mystery shopping implications.

I think she was much more helpful than your attitude on here suggests you deserved.

OfaFrenchmind2 · 19/01/2016 17:51

Since when is "Moron" disabilist, MNHQ? Hmm You are getting seriously silly...

OfaFrenchmind2 · 19/01/2016 17:51

Since when is "Moron" disabilist, MNHQ? Hmm You are getting seriously silly...

Stratter5 · 19/01/2016 18:03

Don't be stupid Ofa, of course it is.

OP coconut oil works brilliantly on nits, there's something in it that breaks down the chitin in the shell/exoskeleton*

*also works on caterpillar eggs stuck to cars.

SoupDragon · 19/01/2016 18:04

Because it refers to a specific mental disability.

SoupDragon · 19/01/2016 18:05

What I find stupid silly is repeating (twice!) a word that has already been removed for given reasons.

OfaFrenchmind2 · 19/01/2016 18:08

Well, ban Idiot too, if you want to dig this far in the etymological source of words...

SoupDragon · 19/01/2016 18:19

Do you make similar arguments against terms you are told are racially offensive or sexist?

CurlyhairedAssassin · 19/01/2016 18:21

What a load of fuss over nothing! You don't even know if any of them have lice, why would you want to go and buy any (expensive) treatment without having found any lice? Confused

All you've got is kids with itchy heads, which could be caused by anything. When my kids have said they're itchy I've examined their heads (properly, even if it was near bedtime), with a nit comb and conditioner. If there's time I've gone to a pharmacist there and then and got lotion and done it that night. If it really is too late to go out (or send DH out) then I wet comb with conditioner. Proper combing would get rid of the bigger beasties that night so sending them to school next morning without actual lice lotion having been used is not a problem as I don't think the tiny newly hatched ones can spread to other heads easily. Go to pharmacy after school. Treat kids. Job done (apart from combing with conditioner for the next couple of weeks every couple of days.)

I have no idea why anyone would think of buying lice lotion if they haven't found any lice,

Re the pharmacy assistant. Poor person. Complain to head office about their procedure, don't think badly of her.

NotMeNotYouNotAnyone · 19/01/2016 18:31

I have to ask if my customers have read a short document before they can do a transaction. I say "before I can do that, I need to know that you've read X. Have you read X." And about a third of people don't get the heavy hint in the question and say no. Hmm then like the DELIGHTFUL OP backtrack and when I say I can't do it because they said no originally, they get Arsey with me.

Next time, comb through straight away and you can say yes you have Hmm

kali110 · 19/01/2016 18:32

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius completely agree!
The assistant went out of her way to help you yet you are still moaning!
She couldn't sell you the big bottle because you said you hadn't seen lice!
It is not her being a jobsworth it is her doing her job! If a mystery shopper or manager was around she would be in trouble.
You don't even know if your kids even have lice yet either!

WyldChyld · 19/01/2016 19:34

Oh for God's sake...

I am an ex-pharmacy assistant. The amount of training we had was incredible. We are allowed to sell PHARMACY grade medications (including big bottles) by law under the authority of the pharmacist. Hence why we cannot sell if the pharmacist is off the premises.

By you saying you had not seen a louse, we cannot sell the large PHARMACY ONLY bottle because you have not met the requirements specified by our license which allows us to sell it. Same as we cannot sell certain combinations or quantities of medication. Same as we will not sell you thrush treatment unless you have at some point been diagnosed with it by a doctor. This is because we are not licensed outside very specific circumstances.

We can help you buy over the counter medications (thrush cream, small bottles of nit stuff) because we are not bound by the license but breaching our license is a sackable offence. It's quite a responsible job to be honest. NOT a jobsworth.

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FATEdestiny · 19/01/2016 21:23

I love a good rant. I give it 8/10. I loved twat faced jobsworth twonks but I would have liked more swearing

Why thank you Grin

I also love a good, sweary MN rant every now and again. Good for the soul I feel.

One final note as this thread dies down.

Cost of 6-treatment big bottle = £15.60
Cost of 2-treatment small bottle = £4.00

Wink

Grin Heehee

OP posts:
grannytomine · 19/01/2016 21:31

To all the people saying if children stayed off school because they had nits then the schools would be empty, do you think if children weren't allowed back into school until nits were dealt with there might not be as many children catching nits? Sorry that was such a long sentence.

noblegiraffe · 19/01/2016 21:42

Fewer children would catch colds if pupils who had colds stayed off school. That's not a reason to stop kids with colds coming to school.

wickedwaterwitch · 19/01/2016 21:49

Haven t rtft but I'm with OP

I once tried to buy Hedrin, which is not a chemical

Shop assistant: "have you seen live lice?
Me: "no"
Her: "I can't sell it to you them"
Me "ok, I have seen them"
Her: "but you said you hadn't"
Me "ok, are you going to sell it to me or not?"
Her: ok

There is nothing in Hedrin that means you have to have seen live lice - it suffocates them

www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/behind_the_label/414245/behind_the_label_head_lice_treatments.html

:MASSIVE EYE ROLL AT OVER ZEALOUS SHOP ASSISTANTS:

bibbitybobbityyhat · 19/01/2016 21:53

wickedwaterwitch - are you the same www who was on here pre-2010 who was looking for a house to buy?

wickedwaterwitch · 19/01/2016 21:57

Bibity, I am! We bought in 2010 in Bucks, very happy Smile

GruntledOne · 19/01/2016 22:04

And if you were a mystery shopper she'd get hauled over the coals for pretending to believe you. I wouldn't do it.

But surely a mystery shopper would be equally unimpressed by the assistant showing OP how to get round the rules by encouraging her to buy three small bottles? After all, if the rule is there to stop people using it as a preventive, then she was potentially encouraging OP to do just that.

OP, I think in your shoes I'd have gone out of the shop, come back in and said "It so happens that one of my children has been let out of school early, I've just checked and seen a louse in her hair". You would both know that you were lying through your teeth but it would have kept everyone happy.

GruntledOne · 19/01/2016 22:08

I always wonder about the assistants who ask where you propose to use Canesten HC. Are you really supposed to stand there and announce you intend to use it on your itchy vulva?

kinkytoes · 19/01/2016 22:08

Well I have made it almost four decades without realising moron is a disablist word. No idea what condition it refers to. You learn all sorts on here eh!

grannytomine · 19/01/2016 22:12

noblegiraffe, they don't let kids in with D & V so it doesn't spread. The difference with colds is they would be off for several days, you can treat headlice in a much shorter time. I think with Hedrin once you leave it on for 15 minutes then comb then wash hair so even with three kids you could go to the pharmacy when it opens and have them all back in school by 10.30. Worth it to stop them spreading. Back when the nit nurse used to do her rounds in school you couldn't go back into school until they were treated.

noblegiraffe · 19/01/2016 22:14

They don't let kids in with D&V because they don't want kids vomming everywhere, it's quite disruptive and unpleasant.

hownottofuckup · 19/01/2016 22:17

Oh so she actually saved you money!
Ah ffs OP give the poor woman a break, turns out she was doing you a favour

grannytomine · 19/01/2016 22:18

kinkytoes, if I remember correctly I think there were different names for different levels of IQ, I think imbecile was another one and maybe cretin but cretin was also to do with the thyroid so it might be different. So it is like a classification of low IQ. I don't think I explained that very well so maybe my IQ isn't so hot either.