This afternoon after work, I drove to Target to pick up a prescription for SOBUMD, whose knee hurt after her Dr visit to find out why her knee hurt.\u00a0 Go figure.\u00a0 She sent me to Target armed with the knowledge that they had the prescription ready and a coupon for a $10 gift card if you get your prescription filled there.\u00a0 Since our co-pay is also $10, this is the functional equivalent of free drugs.<\/p>\n
I pick up the drugs and take the gift card an few aisles down to the \u201cself medicating\u201d section, where I find a 6-pack of Sierra Nevada\u2019s Pale Ale and head to the checkout counter.\u00a0 Placing the beer on the belt, the checkout person requests my Driver\u2019s License.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, I\u2019m a good looking guy, don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 I look suave and debonair, handsome, approaching avant-garde\u00a0\u2013 about as good looking as I can get and still be called a Big Ugly Man Doll.\u00a0 I do not, however, look anywhere close to 21 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What kills me is that the Vicodin I just picked up \u2013 for someone else, mind you \u2013 probably has a street value of something like $300, and the only check they ran was that I knew what SOBUMD\u2019s address is.\u00a0 Age, identification, hat size, nothing.\u00a0 But six bottles of cold barley soup?\u00a0 Proof of age required, regardless of wrinkles.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0(I will note that I almost never get carded when I have the kids with me, though we\u2019re still not sure whether they constitute proof of age or proof of need.)<\/p>\n
\u00a0But can someone tell me why we have tighter controls on a 12-oz cold one than on 40 Vicodin tablets?\u00a0 Am I missing something here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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