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   Horst Hrubbisch said, 6 months ago

   Odor Eaters eventually sponsored the concert tour of Billy and the Boingers, the rock group formed by Opus and Steve Dallas that was originally named Deathtongue.
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   Sisyphos said, 6 months ago

   One could easily develop a phobia about shopping in a pharmacy…. Take heart, Opus: we all know it’s really Steve Dallas!
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   Thirdguy said, 6 months ago

   I thought they had scanners in the eightys.
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   K.C. Fahel said, 6 months ago

   @Thirdguy

   I worked in retail from 1983 to 1986 for a major chain. We did NOT have scanners. We rang ’em in by pushing buttons. Department code, SKU, price.
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   skeeterhawk said, 6 months ago

   Scanners may have been invented/developed in the ‘70s, but it sure took a while for them to reach our neck of the woods. Some small chains and sole proprietors here still don’t use scanners. But I sure miss the days when everything had a price sticker. Retailers love that they don’t: less effort for them; and customers tend to lose track of how much everything will cost.
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   Vonne Anton said, 6 months ago

   Common pharmacy sign: “To respect privacy, please wait here.” about 2 feet from the counter. I can hear everything going on at the counter, and wish I couldn’t.
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   Rodney said, 6 months ago

   Cue Monty Python’s “The Chemist Sketch”…
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   Teresa said, 6 months ago

   I remember when the bar codes came out.
   Sign of the Beast! 666! It’s the apcolypse, right here on our door step!
   
   Today’s strip reminds me of the Leasure Suit Larry computer game. Funny!!!
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   Tacopielvr said, 6 months ago

   @Vonne Anton

   I created quite the stir at my local Kmart pharmacy when I insisted they follow the health privacy laws and make customers not being waited on, wait far enough away as to not hear or see my pharmacy orders or just as importantly not be able to view my payment transactions (pin #) BUT I was raised not to ever crowd a person in front of me in any checkout line. Too many idiots though anymore (older people just as bad) will climb into my back pocket in lines. Idiots.
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    Tacopielvr said, 6 months ago

    Years ago I ran into a checker in a grocery store who was a little older than me but from my childhood neighborhood. He, being a ugly little gay guy assumed my friendly “catching up” converstion was an opening for him to hit on me in front of a stunningly beautiful women in line behind me. Being a very straight single male, I wanted to (but didnt) reach over the counter and clock the little trool.
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    TexTech said, 6 months ago

    I think this may still have been in the era when condoms were kept behind the pharmacy counter and you had to ask for them. I hate to imagine what that pharmacist would have said had Opus asked for some condoms. “What size, sonny, extra small?” Luckily Steve Dallas already had some in stock or decided he would never need them at the rate his luck with the ladies was running.
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    vwdualnomand said, 6 months ago

    could be worse….he could have gone done aisle 8a….you know the one…feminine hygiene….
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    PoodleGroomer said, 6 months ago

    The bar code wasn’t in the system, so the cashier did a store wide pager price check call for my box of condoms.
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    JOregon said, 6 months ago

    Reminds me of a time many years ago.
    I needed coffee. My housemate was painting her room and wanted me to pick something up for her. My daughter needed something.
    As I checked out I realized it looked odd that I had rubber gloves for the housemate and Vaseline for the daughter to go with my coffee.
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    Oak Ridge Boy61 said, 6 months ago

    @K.C. Fahel

    I remember George H. W. Bush being amazed by the scanner at some store during one of his runs for President. I forget if it was the 88 or 92 campaign.
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