Comments on: Bein’ The Drugstore Cowboy

By: purpletwinkie

purpletwinkie — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:09:40 +0000

I wondered where they moved the condoms. Thank you kind stranger ((waving –with a box of rubbers in my hand– as you ride off into the sunset)).

By: anon

anon — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:15:01 +0000

Pauly - It’s not a generalized ‘drug store’ problem you’re dealing with here. No, my friend, it’s a company-about-to-fold-by-the-name-of-Rite-Aid problem. There’s a Rite Aid near us and it’s populated by zombies from the land of the living dead. Rite Aid is hanging on by the skin of their teeth (pun intended) and has been for a long time. However, the Longs down the road a bit - well, they do have an entire toothpaste aisle! They have everything dental there from Tom’s we’re-still-hippies-and-proud-of-it toothpaste to 5-count ‘em-5 different kinds of floss sticks. Oooh, my teeth are tingling.

By: Adri

Adri — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:24:12 +0000

I’m down for doing away with the toy aisle, on one condition… the bubbles must stay. There is no toy like a bottle full of soapy water with a little plastic hoop for $3.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:56:16 +0000

The toothpaste at Walgreens is always in the very back of the store. If you need toothpaste, you have to travel through the whole store to get it, stopping along the way to buy stuff you never needed in the first place.

I always send my husband, otherwise, I spend too much…just because.

By: monkeyinabox

monkeyinabox — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:45:51 +0000

Amber you need one of those reality tv show cameras that they mount to people’s heads and a taser strapped onto you. Then whenever you are about to buy something you didn’t intend to purchase before you went into the store, you could receive a shock from a loved one watching at home. Of course if there is a drug-store cowboy close at hand he could simply whip you right there on the spot. It’s about control and control isn’t always a natural instinct. If you get enough whips and taser blasts you’ll soon be on your way to life filled with restraint.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:16:06 +0000

I am onto the drugstores’ tricky scheme. By putting things nowhere near where they should be, you get suckered into buying MUCH MUCH MORE than you came in for. The last time I went to Walgreens for cotton balls, I came out with $50 worth of cosmetics — and no cotton balls, because I totally forgot what I came in for in the first place. I NEED a drugstore cowboy to keep me corralled and focused.

By: meme

meme — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:26:03 +0000

I was just in Duane Reade testing out your theory here on the East Coast and to my surprise I found the NYC souvenir shot glasses right next to the Listerine.

By: monkeyinabox

monkeyinabox — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:17:18 +0000

PD- Did you just get a job at Rite-Aid? Sounds like customer service is going up!

By: Pauly D

Pauly D — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:35:11 +0000

Kleenex can be found near baby wipes, and not tissues or paper towels. Paper towels can be found near toilet paper and toilet paper can be found near bathroom toilet cleaner, FYI.

By: Flower Girl

Flower Girl — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:04:57 +0000

Mmmm…cheez-its. Mmmm…Whoppers…

I have yet to find the Kleenex in Walgreens. Don’t you think it would be close to the Toilet Paper?