I cannot return to the IDA drugstore in Gore Bay. At least not after last week’s visit(s). We went in to buy hair colour for me – I know, quelle surprise, this brunette ain’t natural – and a greeting card, while Barb looked for a decent quality sunscreen. I paid for my two items, assuring the clerk I didn’t need a bag. While waiting for BN, I saw some peanuts and decided to get them too. Back to the counter, added to the pile in my hands. But that’s okay, people forget things. We step out of the store, then BN mentions some puzzle books that she thought might be fun, so we headed back in to the display at the back, with my juggling my items in my hands all the while. We debated which level of the word games and math games to pick, and after much deliberation, went for level B for the words, and level C for the math. You know these kinds of puzzles: Bob lives in the blue house; Omar does not live next door to the woman with the cat; Maria does not like birds. Back up to the cashier we went, with me starting to feel pretty stupid.
About 20 minutes later, BN looks at the back of the book only to see the following: Level A – grades 1 & 2, Level B – grades 3 & 4, Level C – grades 5 & 6; Level D – grades 7 & 8, and Expert – grade 9 and up. Yes, we had bought games that would test the intellect of 7 to 11 year olds. Well, these books weren’t cheap, and we don’t know any 7 – 11 year olds to give them to. So, we picked the books up, crossed the street back into the IDA, all the while hoping ‘my’ cashier was away on lunch. No luck – she greeted us with a, “You’re back! I saw you coming!” We explained our dilemma, and she let us upgrade to high school for the word puzzles, and grades 7 & 8 for the Math.
I’m sure she thought we probably would have been better sticking with our original purchases, as clearly we did not know what we were doing.
Thank heavens I won’t be back there for a very long time. Sheesh.