Itchy situation

Tonight I had a moment, right from a movie. Five Easy pieces. Remember when Jack Nicholson went head on with the waitress over substitutions

I go into rite aid. Mind you, been working all day, tired, stressed, too much work, too few people. Was in Richmond all day yesterday. another 12-hour day. Tired, and itchy, I've had a rash that I've come to the conclusion is Poison Ivy. I'm pretty uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable to be exact. In between the itching and work I finally l squeak out a few minutes to stop at the drug store to buy the absolute best thing ever invented. Zanfel. When I say it's wonderful, I mean it. last bout I had with Poison ivy etched it in my brain as the most wonderful drug ever invented.

Get into the Rite-aid, look for it, don't see it. Walk over to the pharmacist. There are two people back there, I hear

"Be right with you..."
Finally, one comes around...
"do you have Zanfel?"
She asks the other person, they reply,
"right over there against the wall..." where I had just looked..

I go to the wall and look again, I must have missed it. Not there. Back to the Pharmacist
"Be right with you...."
she comes back
"I didn't see it there..."
She asks the other person again..
"Oh, we must not carry it anymore, we have our brand called quick dry, it's just as good"

I go back to the wall. No quick dry, something that appears to be like it. I grab it and bring it over to the counter
"Be right with you...
She comes...I say:
"Is the the equivalent to Zanfil"
She asks the other person...response:
"No, quick dry, it's over there on the wall..."

I go to the wall, pick up everything that says quick dry, dry, quick, or promises to cure, soothe, or obliterate poison ivy. I now have about 20 bottles, tubes and jars of stuff. I walk over the the counter.... plop each one down...one by one....plop, plop, plop...I hear from the back

"Be right with you......"
She came back, I asked her politely, "Which one of these is the equivalent to Zanfil.
She actually carries a bunch of them back to the other person, the one who kept sending me to the wall. Wall lady then says: "Oh, we must be out of quick dry."

At that point, i was too uncomfortable to even make a fuss. I left the 20 bottles, jars and tubes there and choose one, and came home. I have no idea. I'll keep you posted.

This is why we have random acts of violence.