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Superdrug
Puzzled
From Mr D. R. K. Brown, MRPharmS
I wonder how many people were as puzzled as I was to receive a complimentary
Superdrug “sick bag” with their PJ of 23 September.
Then, I read the small print and discovered that the bag was actually for
a prospective employee to wear over his or her head as a disguise — a
noble idea I am sure but, alas, only someone who has recently visited a
head-shrinking witch doctor could have worn the one they sent me.
So I read on and was told that as an alternative I could have the bag filled
with some Superdrug goodies. Again, great idea, but with my pygmy-sized
bag I was not exactly overwhelmed by the company’s generosity.
Having decided that the bag might just be a gimmick, I wondered how many
such bags had been produced and circulated, and how many trees must have
been felled to carry out this hilarious wheeze.
The only conclusion I could come to was that Superdrug is neither a particularly
generous nor environmentally friendly organisation, and that it is desperately
head-hunting small-minded people to work for it — not really what
I am looking for. I shall therefore retain my sick bag in case one of my
children gets travel sick, and in the meantime hope that they do not cut
out the eyes and mouth as instructed on the bag’s reverse.
Kyle Brown
Nuneaton,
Warwickshire |
The
Pharmaceutical Journal