A fellow with a bad cough comes into the pharmacy, walks up to the
counter and asks for the pharmacist. A young clerk tells him that the
phamacist is not available. The man asks the young clerk if he can
recommend anything for .
The clerk gives him abottle of some medicine for his cough. The customer
takes a big sip, then after few minutes with no apparent relief, he takes
another, and another.
In a short while, the pharmacist returns, and sees his old friend, the
customer with the cough, sitting queitly in a booth near the soda fountain.
He says to his clerk that the fellow has never before stopped at the soda
fountain.
The clerk proudly tells the pharmacist the story of his transaction. The
pharmacist looks at the recommended medication and angrily reprimands
the clerk for recommending a laxative instead of a cough syrup.
The clerk reminds the pharmacist that whatever the mode, the
medication is effective as he's now afraid to cough.
