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Discussion Thread Thursday 1 💽 May 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Why is going to Chemist Warehouse such a stressful experience? Narrow isles with too many people, long waits for prescriptions and then waiting in a line to collect them. Then another line to pay. Or maybe my local is just a bad one. This place is a time suck.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

The need to fluro ticket everything shits me.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

And just the amount of different ads and videos playing everywhere, it's awful.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Most of the ones I've been to are like that. The less terrible ones are the ones with more space like the High St Northcote shop.

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They stuffed up the OHs scripts yesterday. Same name, very different address. Didn't notice till we got home, but it does make you query the efficacy and safety of their systems.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is a stuff up, but same name is pretty uncommon, and there's some level of due diligence on your part to check the medication at the store.

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The medication is right. The address on the repeat scripts is wrong, but it's right on the initial prescription.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, that is indeed odd.

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I've got 3 of them near me, 1 of them are really packed, another one did some renos and have a bit more space now and the other one in a warehouse like place has plenty of space, I like to go to that one if I can because it's less squished.

I really hate all their fluro tags. Not really special if everything has a tag like that.

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Think they’re all like that… I hate going there for that reason