I Think I Can.....THINK?

So as I sit & have my lunch here at work, I ponder the following (& this actually happened last nite; I was going to post this before bed, but, well, poster-child for ADD that I can be, that was then, this is now)--I went to my local pharmacy to pick-up some of my meds & order a refill on one; I also needed to get a new supply of test strips for my blood-sugar meter--let me preface this with several pertinent facts: my wife & I generally do like the people who work in that store (give or take a few "fache brutes"--most of you know that phrase; the rest of you can look it up online!! LOL), plus it's close-to-home (3 blocks away)--the pharmacists, as a whole, are great; very helpful & one in particular has gone out of his way to help me above & beyond the norm (he's gotten on the phone with my previous insurance & battled with them several times, etc.)--anyway, when I presented our brand-new flexible-spending insurance card that goes with our new coverage (& which I just got in the mail yesterday), the one pharmacist tested the card to make sure it was activated by putting thru the box of strips I wanted (I understood that & saw him do it)--confusion reigned after that (we confused each other because I wasn't sure if I was getting the 50's or 100's, what the price was, etc.); I did make it clear that I needed & wanted the strips--after all that & adding my other purchases, he rang everything up (or so I thought)--I left, walked home & looked in the bag & lo & behold, NO STRIPS!!--if I hadn't had a detailed discussion with the guy, I could see it--now before any of you say "well, it was an honest mistake", know this: I called them, spoke to him as it happened & he explained that "Oh, well I didn't actually ring that up for you; I just did it to test the card & then refunded it--I didn't realize that you wanted them today & um, you know, I had you sign the receipt, remember?" (um, no, you had me sign so many slips, it must've "slipped" my mind!!)--luckily, as I said before, they're right up the road, so....my point in all this is, I'm bad enough memory-wise these days (& my capacity for logic is more than a bit frayed around the edges, much-less my ability to sometimes string together more than 2 lucid or interesting thoughts @ a time)--I will admit, ladies & gentlemen, that all this is nothing more than an over-flowing stream of consciousness to while away my lunch hour in place of reading the papers or magazines for once; today, you all can just call me "Mr. Mundane" (please don't tell me if most of you have to look that word up), but I do try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt that are are more with-it these days than I am; that wouldn't take much, folks, trust me :)--oh well, back to work (@ least it's Friday)--I'll be out tonite & may not get to post, so I'll say so long for now, one & all...