Drive Thru-Pharmacy?

I decided I was going to get the jump on the pharmacy crowd and get there shortly after opening. I was so excited, today was not going to be a 3 hour wait!
I get my number, there's only 11 people ahead of me, and 5 windows open. Woohoo!!

No logically, this led me to believe my visit to the pharmacy would be a quick one.
Apparently, the pharmacy, is where logic goes to die.

It took me approximately 57 minutes to get my prescription from start to finish. In that amount of time, I was able to use my imagination a bit, to wonder what life is like for some of the other pharmacy "contestants". (I say contestants because when your number is called, you feel like you've just won the lottery and have to fight the urge to yell "I won, I won")

I'm looking around, and I'm thinking......some of these people REALLY need their medications so please hurry! There were several I could imagine them driving their car through the front door, creating a desperately needed drive-thru. I'm thinking they probably aren't the best choice to keep waiting.

There were the older population, the ones who looked like their ticket would be punched before their number was called. The one with the oxygen mask grabbing his chest looked promising.

The ones talking to themselves are always fun. I'm starting to believe their imaginary friends just don't like me much. Snobs!

My favorite are the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, sore throat, God please give my my medicine so I can rest crowd. Although I feel deeply for these contestants, and I hate that anyone feels that way....I want to spray them with Lysol as they walk through the door. (relax, I wouldn't actually do it!)

I understand that is a place that sick people go to get medicine and blah, blah, blah. But stay away from me. I have enough issues without the flu, whooping cough, monkey pox, Ebola virus, or what ever viral atrocity they're toting around.

So I guess, until somebody goes off the deep end and creates the drive-thru, I will visit the pharmacy with a smile on my face. Because I know that the more time I spend there, and they get to truly know me, all those imaginary people will want to be my friend.