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Long before cell phones and answering machines my Dad was a pharmacist in a small town. He was happy to drive down to the drugstore when a customer called our h
by dreamcompiler 6y ago
Long before cell phones and answering machines my Dad was a pharmacist in a small town. He was happy to drive down to the drugstore when a customer called our home needing an after-hours refill, except on Sunday which was his recharge day. On Sundays we were instructed never to answer the phone unless it rang twice, paused, then rang again. Close family members knew the secret code; customers just learned Dad wasn't available on Sundays.
- Scoundreller 6y agoMy (now retired) pharmacist said he got a call on Christmas Day because someone got someone a surprise travel holiday that left the next day and they didn’t have enough meds to be away that long. He doesn’t believe they realized he was half in the bag filling their prescriptions.
- pradn 6y agoI looked up "half in the bag". It apparently means "slightly drunk." TIL!
- viklove 6y agoRed Letter Media's show name makes so much more sense to me now. Thought it was just some random saying!
- 1123581321 6y agoHah, the brown-paper-wrapped bottle in the intro might have been a clue! Great show.
- hyperman1 6y agoSame here. Even if my dad wasn't on call, his job would call every saturday and sunday with some dumb emergency caused by their own cheapness. So we pulled the phone plug at night, and at daytime we counted the rings.