I'm writing a review about Rite Aid. Rite Aid. A drug/convenience store.
Let me boil it down for you. You're a discerning customer looking for a place to buy convenience items or to overpay for prescription drugs. Your bucket filled with Playtex Sanitary Napkins (yes, that's the non-trademark name ever since Maxi- and Apple came around and destroyed the Pad) ... or Tampax. Your list includes Vaseline (which you've purchased because Triple Paste is no longer necessary for your under 2-year old child), and you've added the small case of passable beer along with a box of prophylactic made out of the latest exotic materials. You've sort of hidden that "Preparation-H" ... you're going to pay for it, but that's the icing on the cake of the most embarrassing purchase combination you've ever made.
You have a friend at Rite Aid.
The staff at this location know how to treat the latest new-father who all but two of these items (the beer and ... well ... "don't want another child just yet" product) is intended for. On top of that, they're friendly.
The staff at the pharmacy (and I'm in complete disagreement with the prior reviewer) is awesome. As ... again ... a new father, being thrown into the world of "holy cow my child has (insert strange thing you saw) on (some part of the body you would prefer to not look the way it looks due to strange thing)", I've had the great experience of having a pharmacist at this store walk me to the mysterious baby product aisle and explain, in gory detail, what to buy, what the ingredients are, and even provide advice on simple things that can alleviate my wonderful child's "oh geez, that should not look like that."
Before I get criticism as a father, this review is written (at least partially) to be silly. I won't admit that I'm capable of properly raising a child, but neither is anyone else. When our kids get sick (or get ... weird skin/bottom/ick), we head to the pediatrician. We interviewed many pediatricians, but we never bothered interviewing a pharmacist/pharmacy. Up until having a child, I thought the purpose of the pharmacist was to "count the pills" The pediatrician says "here's what to give your child". But your pharmacist knows medicine (and ... a lot more about the "over the counter stuff" than you realized). I get a wealth of information from the staff at this location. They'll answer your questions, and the follow-ups, no matter how insane they sound. read more
