I had to buy cough syrup for Charlie tonight.
I told the pharmacist I needed something to help suppress a cough for a 4-year old to help him sleep through the night.
She gave me a cough suppressant that was supposed to last for 12 hours — only 10 bucks.
“Do you have anything that isn’t $10?” I asked.
“Sure, you can buy this bottle of Robitussin for $4, but it only last for 4-6 hours.” she said, then just stared at me.
Her eyes were boring holes through me. I could almost read her mind. “Which one will he choose?” “I wonder if he’s a cheap-skate?” “How much does he love his kid?”
Which one would you choose!? $10 for a freakin’ itty bitty bottle of cough syrup!!
…I bought the $10 bottle - what do you expect?
I was really ticked off when I got home and found out it didn’t even come with a dosing cup. Luckily we have like 10 dosing cups in the drawer at home. You know, we got them from all of the $4 bottles of Robitussin we bought.
Often, to no one’s shock, you find that some of the more expensive meds come in cmaller bottles making it even more expensive, $10 for 4 oz rather than $4 for 10 oz
I hope he gets better quickly!
I paid $26 for two bottles of vitamins last night for my daughter at the doctor’s office. Next time I’ll buy the synthetics at WalMart when the office staff won’t be looking at me. Guilt sucks.