[Elaine]

This is a good topic, especially during these times when the "no win, no fee" culture is amongst us.

I once had a woman who said she had left her bottle of anti-depressants in the middle of the lounge's coffee table. She said her toddler had got the top off and had taken some. She said the usual, trip to hospital stuff etc and I had left the lid loose, so obviously it was my fault and she was going to sue me.

I ponited out that of course these lids are not child proof, and maybe leaving drugs in the middle of a low level table was not the best place for them, and it does say on all labels keep out of the reach of children.

At this point she did something I have never encountered before, she leant over the counter and said "give me a hundred quid and you'll keep your f*****g job". I was stunned at this, and told her to go away, and complain if she felt the need to. I never heard anything else about it.

I was telling this to a friend of mine this, and she had a similiar thing, but this time it was "if you buy my kids a Playstation.....etc".

Unbelievable you might think, but in our Society today all too common. The sad thing is, if they go to the Pharmaceutical Society, they will take their side, not yours.

So to all you youngsters thinking of becoming a pharmacist, "write off" the £267 yearly Pharm Soc fee - that's just dead money you have to pay I'm afraid, but shell out another £150 per year for some decent insurance.