To have laughed out loud at this retail worker

[Shmee1988]

Today I went to a highstreet branch for some painkillers. I asked the lady behind the counter if they had some cocodomol. She said 'yes, we have our normal cocodomol and our max strength'. I asked if I was allowed to come and read the box and she said no (behind the counter so fair enough) I then asked if she could please explain the difference between the 2, I obviously meant the difference in strength in the active ingredient. Her honest to God, genuine response was 'yes of course, this one is our max strength version...... and this one ....is not'😂I was so taken aback by the utter ridiculousness of her explanation that I had no idea to respond, I just laughed. Anyone had anything similar or did I just encounter a particularly unknowlegable retail worker ?

When asking someone selling otc medication I'd of assumed that my question was a fairly obvious one. Clearly everyone needs everyone to spell everything out to them. I'll remember that in future. Asking 'what's the difference' between the 2 meds required a fairly standard response.

@Shmee1988 my daughter had this satnav in her van and driving through france to belguim sat nav lady said to stay on this road and drive for a long time. got to the the next interchange and it said to stay on this road and drive for a very very long time! just about wet myself laughing and so did she while driving!

Many customers think that staff are mind readers who will understand half a question. They don’t, you need to explain yourself.

As I said in my post. In your TITLE it says laughed out loud. Nowhere did I write you said you lauged in her face. Please re read my comment and get the facts straight.

There are no Oxford commas in her post, if that helps ;)

Well then can you please tell me the difference between cocodomal and cocodamol max strength?

My parents went to Miller and Carter once and my dad asked the waitress what bernaise sauce is. She shrugged and said ‘fucked if I know’ 😂😂😂

You’d probably have to ask the pharmacist in charge bc she wouldn’t know what the ingredients even meant unless she went to school for it.

Because not everything that's obvious to YOU is obvious to everyone else.

You can't - possibly - fathom a reason why someone might answer a question literally? Really?

Agree.

It reminds me of the time I asked a youngster on the deli counter at Tesco whether the sliced beef was topside or silverside and he replied "no, it's peppered". Bless his little cotton socks.

@Shmee1988
you left a vital bit of information out there about the cost. But it really depends on the pain you're experiencing

The spelling, for one 😁

We actually teach ellipses to Year 6 children...

And if we're being REALLY pedantic, I'd also expect English graduates to be aware that 'a lot' is two words, not one, and that a full stop is required at the end of each sentence.

I would expect her to say this is xxxmgs and the stronger one is xxxxmgs.

The amount of people who think op's question wasn't obvious is quite concerning. Do this many people really lack basic common sense?!

My degree is in English Language and Literature too.

Surely after being told that you (quite rightly) couldn’t go behind the counter, the most normal question would have been to ask to compare the boxes? Is that just me?

Yes,it was a laugh, but not in an unkind way. It was just funny and it made me laugh. Obviously my title suggests I was mean, but I honestly did mean it in alight hearted, it was a funny response that made me laugh.

But in this context where the op had already asked to see the two boxes it's extremely obvious that the difference she is asking about isn't the name "max strength" 🤦

Ah this reminds me when I tried working in Game as a temp back at uni. During the interview they informed me that I didn't need to know anything about games - I assure you I did and lasted an hour. 😅I politely quit and they kindly paid me for that hour for 'trying' and I found more suitable employment.

They were locked away so I'd kind of assumed that if she didn't know (which i didn't expect her to) that she'd of had a look and either read the ingredients or passed me a box. I wanted to make sure if the strength was higher or if I was just paying for caffeine, which I can't really have unless I want to exchange my back pain for a migraine.

Obviously my title suggests I was mean

Then why are you berating people who are pointing this out to you?

Because I didn't realise that saying that something someone said made you laugh automatically meant that you were unkind, rude and a bitch. Usually if someone says they laughed, this means they found it funny, no?

You repeat the mistake yet again. "When asking someone selling otc medication I'd of assumed" It is I'd HAVE. Your English is absolutely woeful.

Do you lack education and basic humanity?

PEOPLE ARENT PSYCHIC

Ask the fucking question you want answered.

Ffs