A Sign of Problem's in our Society

After reading TAP's post about being 14 and pregnant, see here, I happened upon a similar debate at work the next day. We had a 13 year old girl come into our store who was pregnant to get her prenatal vitamins. They were chewable prenatal vitamins.

Now TAP was stating that someone that young is not mature enough to even be able to care for a child. I further that by asking how can someone care for a child when they can't even be an adult and swallow a whole tablet? Where is the logic in that? It was this thought which lead to the debate at work on Monday...

Why the hell do they make chewable prenatal vitamins?

I mean honestly is there that large of a market for them? Now I understand that there are instances when people take prenatal vitamins when they are not actually pregnant, so one could assume that perhaps these chewable versions are intended for them. The problem with that is I can only think of a handful of times when I've seen just such a situation occur, so logic would suggest that these are designed for these preteen parents. One could also argue that it could be for some women who, for whatever reason, are unable to chew tablets. Again, this seems like a very odd circumstance to warrant production of these.

Someone, somewhere, decided that there was a market for this and that it this form would be produced. Perhaps its a sign that society is coddling these young mothers, that its somewhat acceptable for they to be pregnant. I will confess that I know that this was probably not the intention by the manufacturer, but it really does make you wonder.

This made me pee a little

Maybe its because I'm a little drunk right now, but goddamn is this funny

Someone Else Who Knows My Pain...

A friend send this to me earlier tonight. I laughed, I cried, I felt his pain. So I decided it would be best to share a very similar story from my own experience.

I present to you....


ibrokemypenis.com

What I Need for Work

Saw this on a forum, thought it would be a great addition at work in the ghetto

What I've Learned Tonight

Well I was all set to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to watch my race tonight, see here if anyone cares, only to have them cancel it completely at 1am. Bastards.

Now I am wide awake with literally nothing to do but flip through the TV channels. I see the Oscars were on tonight. That excites me about as much as seeing a 90 year old woman in a mini-skirt. The 700 club is on with the guy who can squat the weight of the Earth. Ya know God rocks when he can make an old guy do something that wicked.

I'm convinced Billy Mays has to be one of the best pitchmen in the history of mankind. I mean he has literally sold me on four different products tonight. He has got to be one of the smoothest sons of bitches with women. I mean just think about his lines

Billy Mays here and boy do I have a deal for you. I'm going to going to take you to this wonderful restaurant, buy you lost of wine and then we're going to go to my place and I'll show you my Gopher

And the 80s style beard isn't too bad either. Shit I need some sleep....

Edit: I found this freaky ass page on him too. Now its really time to go to bed
http://www.atmospheric-violence.com/mays/

I'm Tired of Being Rushed

What the hell is it with people and thinking they need everything five minutes before they actually ask for it. Does anyone remember what the term patience means?

I had a woman today come in with a prescription for Amoxicillin for her 6 month old baby. She said she wanted it ASAP (which is bullshit for one because we do everything we can get to get things out in a timely matter). Ok fine, I'll do it quickly, no worries.

Then she sits there and taps her fingers on the counter. And then asks every 30-45 seconds how much longer it will be. And every time I tell her it will be just another couple minutes.

Here's my question, why the hell do people think they have to rush us? If her daughter was having surgery, would she be knocking on the operating door asking how much longer the surgery was going to take? I mean if we hurry up and then fuck up the prescription, we could very well end up hurting or even killing her daughter. And yet she insists on repeatedly asking us to 'Hurry up'.

When are people going to realize that just because we have a drive thru does not mean that we are like McDonald's. They have to realize that usually we're working with really really shitty information (i.e. fucked up insurance cards, doctors hand writting, unrealistic directions, etc). Most of the time we save other people's asses and yet do we get a thank you for that? Fuck no.

Next time someone is rushing me they're going to the end of the line. And even then I'm going to be as pokey as a 90 year old woman picking out a greeting card. I don't give a shit, I'm tired of it.

I have been thinking of going to her house and hounding her for the rest of the night. Ask her when dinner is done, when laundry is done, when the cleaning is done and just see if she cracks. Nah that would work, because then if she cracks we'd have to fill her meds for that too. Fuck.