Usually I'm not the person looking to deepen wounds or accentuate problems, or look to find issues where there aren't any. If there's something I don't like and I can't change it either, I move on. However, the past few days I witnessed some things that made me think deep about where we are as a society right now.
The first scene that affected and shocked me a lot happened last week at the pharmacy. I went to buy some Magnesium+B6 supplements, that are very common these days. I haven't taken any for ages, but I feel like I need some these days to help me in my daily routine.
A few years back I had a brand that worked well for me and wanted to buy those but they didn't have any. As it was Saturday, I didn't have the time, nor was I in the mood of roaming around the city in pursuit of the supplements, so I asked the pharmacist to recommend me something similar. She offered me two, at two different prices. Next I asked her to tell me the daily dosage, to be able decide. She said 1 or 2 tablets per day, I clearly remember that.
After coming home, the first thing I did was read the instructions that came with the tablets and to my surprise I see it say 1 - 2 tablets 3 times per day. If I say I was shocked, that's an understatement.
Now you can argue that she can't know everything and I tend to agree with you, but she had the product in her hand and she read the label on the box. Yet she had no time (to be diplomatic and avoid saying she was lazy) to finish reading the sentence, where it says 3 times per day.
This was a supplement that can not harm you even if you take more or less than recommended, but imagine what happens if they do this with vital drugs so many people need to survive these days and don't have the ability to read or understand those descriptions properly. These people are trained professionals who are dealing with dangerous drugs. There's no room for errors here. Literally no room for errors.
Life has taught me to read everything and question the doctors' decision if I have to and will do that till the day I die and trust me, you should to as it's about your health and life after all. If you don't care, no one will.
The second case is just as shocking as the first, but in a different way.
Yesterday I went to the easy box to send a laptop case back, which arrived damaged and I didn't want to keep it, but this is not the focus of my story. When I got tot the box, the delivery driver was there too, with a bunch of labels in his hand. He was quite polite and asked me if I would like to pick up something, which I appreciate as he had a bunch of parcels to pick up and drop off, but as I needed to find my code first, I told him to go ahead. What I was to witness is quite hard to believe.
He started scanning the labels, took out each pack, stuck a label on each box and threw them on the ground, one after the other, one on top of the other, without mercy. I was standing there and didn't know if it would have been better to film the whole scene or stop him right at the beginning.
To be able to understand the gravity of the situation, I have to tell you that I'm in the process of selling all the stuff I don't need or use anymore among which I have glassware and porcelain as well. Maybe now you understand why I was so shocked. Imagine my glasses landing on the ground because this gentleman has no sense of responsibility at all.
I understand that he has a very busy schedule, has to deal with delays and a million problems during the day, which sometimes can make his shirt way longer than expected. I understand that his patience is wearing thin after each difficult day, I really do. I suppose clothes don't mind but what happens if my glasses end up broken into a million pieces after such a treatment?
I tell you what happens. I have to refund the buyer as the glasses arrived in a different shape and form and lose my money and my product as well. I also get a negative feedback because I didn't deliver what I promised. Would I be the only one in this situation? Highly unlikely as all the packages that day had the same faith, ended up on the ground.
With the deteriorating state of economy, everyone is looking to cut costs, which is understandable, but it also comes at a cost. By no means I mean to be disrespectful or blame anyone here, but some things are unacceptable.
