I've been sick the past couple weeks and in addition to medicine I'm taking vitamin C supplements since I hate OJ. I run out so I run up to walmart and since I've never been to this one I go to the pharmacy counter and ask where it's located. The teenage girl points me to a shelf.

Some lady overheard my conversation and hands me a bottle of Calcium. Thinking she was trying to be helpful I go "no thanks, I need Vitamin C". Here's how it went from here

Lady "It's the same thing"
Me "No it's not." (I'm tired, sick and grumpy so I just want my Vitamin C and I'm gone)
Lady "Yes it is"
Me "No it's not. *sigh of frustration*" She's in the way of the Vitamin C so I can't just grab it and walk away.
Lady "Excuse you young man. They ARE the same thing and I should know, I used to be a highschool chemistry teacher"

Without missing a beat I went

"Well now we know why you aren't!" I'm angry and usually I'd laugh or something but I was so pissed off I leaned past her and snatched up some Vitamin C. She was looking up me gaping mouthed.

The teenage girl was laughing her ass off behind the counter. I went to the front line paid and left and not until i got home did I realize just how funny it was. Put me in a great mood for the rest of the day.

God Bless stupid people.

12/12/2005 8:37:50 AM

Made me laugh

God help her students though.

12/12/2005 8:40:19 AM

hahahaha

vitamin c and calcium are the same thing LOL

12/12/2005 8:53:55 AM

Quote :

"She was looking up me gaping mouthed. "

Quote :

"God Bless stupid people. "

12/12/2005 8:59:20 AM

12/12/2005 9:01:44 AM

thats awesome.

12/12/2005 9:05:38 AM

Calcium Ascorbate
>.<

12/12/2005 9:07:45 AM

ROFL that made my day

12/12/2005 9:10:04 AM

gg

12/12/2005 9:14:18 AM

NO OJ!!!!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

12/12/2005 9:19:45 AM

hahah, Raige is a dumb ass

Quote :

"Calcium Ascorbate"

is vitamin C

12/12/2005 9:32:08 AM

you should have said "now bitch if you don't get out my way, i'm gonna slap you with my big ol Vitamin D"

12/12/2005 9:33:03 AM

^

that would've really been a story

12/12/2005 9:39:00 AM

Quote :

"Incidentally, the calcium which "comes along" with Calcium Ascorbate is, in fact, calcium carbonate. That is NOT intended to be a high quality source of calcium."

<-- quote from website (http://www.oralchelation.com/ingred/vitaminc.htm)

However, she was handing me a bottle of Calcium. Not Calcium Ascorbate. Interesting though I didn't know that. Maybe she wasn't as dumb as she looks.

12/12/2005 9:42:43 AM

^^^hahahaha


Wish this had happened to me when I went to get some Vitamin C Saturday-at WalMart. While I was there, I also needed to get my Dad some insulin syringes. The pharmacy had JUST closed, noone would answer the bell, so I got the store manager. He was arguing with me that he didn't have a key and I couldn't get any syringes. It wasn't funny till I told him that he was full of shit because he had gotten them for me last month. Pissed me off and still didn't get my Dad the syringes. Went to a different WalMart and got them though.

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 9:43 AM. Reason : arrows]

12/12/2005 9:42:47 AM

was it calcium ascorbate she was trying to give him or plain old calcium?

come on people, details!

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 9:43 AM. Reason : AND ANSWERED! GOOD JOB.]

12/12/2005 9:42:52 AM

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 9:46 AM. Reason : weird]

12/12/2005 9:45:20 AM

i bet she's on her pharmacist forum making a thread about a stupid kid that doesn't know what vitamin c is
im sure she gave you something that had abscorbic acid

12/12/2005 9:46:24 AM

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"http://www.lef.org/newshop/items/item00146.html"

12/12/2005 9:51:57 AM

I've made my mistakes

Got nowhere to run

The night goes on

As I am fading away

I'm sick of this life

I just want to scream

How could this happen to meeeeeee

12/12/2005 10:03:38 AM

hilarious!

12/12/2005 10:16:47 AM

^^i love that song

12/12/2005 10:33:45 AM

ghey

12/12/2005 10:36:46 AM

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DOG!

12/12/2005 10:46:12 AM

Quote :

"However, she was handing me a bottle of Calcium. Not Calcium Ascorbate."

12/12/2005 10:59:59 AM

So...what's the difference? I don't think I've ever looked at one of those labels. I give my chinchillas the little kiddy vitamin c tablets though.

12/12/2005 12:52:44 PM

I'm gonna side with Raige on this one. Vitamin C may be a form of Calcium, but it's not a conventional Calcium supplement. It's a different formulation with a different intended effect on the body. When people ask for Vitamin C, they want a bottle that says Vitamin C. This lady was being a smartass.

[Edited on December 12, 2005 at 12:58 PM. Reason : .]

12/12/2005 12:57:27 PM

Vitamin C isn't calcium.

Those supplements use calcium to produce a salt (calcium ascorbate). Vitamin C itself is ascorbic acid.

Now, using vitamin C as a treatment for illness is an entirely different topic...

12/12/2005 1:16:12 PM

no no I was taking antibiotics and other meds for my lung infection. (still am). I didn't think I was getting enough Vitamin C in my diet, which helps boost your immune system. Just making sure all my bases were covered for recovering .

12/13/2005 1:34:17 AM