Yet another bad Walgreens decision

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This does not sound like a corporate decision. This was done at store level. The manager thought it was a cute giveaway.
 
owlegrad said:
It was cute. Those parents are overreacting. I bet there were many people who enjoyed it. The reporters went out of their way to find unhappy parents. The reporter leads the parents to say what he wants them to. Unbiased indeed.
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We're already at the point in society where we are teaching people, and children, that all of your solutions can come in a pill. In addition, blurring the line between what is medication and what is candy for children is extremely dangerous.

Remember that the next time you see some lil kid who took a bunch of valium or something because they thought they were Smarties.
 
WHAT is the big deal.... seriously? if your kids are THAT stupid, you shouldn't be having kids... lol....

Oh, and these are the SAME parents who are giving their children 'gummi vitamins' and the like.
 
Apteka said:
WHAT is the big deal.... seriously? if your kids are THAT stupid, you shouldn't be having kids... lol....

Oh, and these are the SAME parents who are giving their children 'gummi vitamins' and the like.
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Kids aren't that stupid, they're very impressionable. Read a book on child psychology some time.
 
phathead said:
We're already at the point in society where we are teaching people, and children, that all of your solutions can come in a pill. In addition, blurring the line between what is medication and what is candy for children is extremely dangerous.

Remember that the next time you see some lil kid who took a bunch of valium or something because they thought they were Smarties.
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I respect your dedication to children, but disagree that this would blur the line between candy and medicine. Only a vary young child would be confused by this and they shouldn't have independent access to medication anyway. Don't most child hating taking medicine anyway? As for a child who OD's on Valium (for instance), I would blame the parent's lack of supervision not the pharmacist who gave the child candy.

When I was a child we had candy sticks shaped like cigarettes so that we could pretend we were smoking. :laugh:
 
owlegrad said:
I respect your dedication to children, but disagree that this would blur the line between candy and medicine. Only a vary young child would be confused by this and they shouldn't have independent access to medication anyway. Don't most child hating taking medicine anyway? As for a child who OD's on Valium (for instance), I would blame the parent's lack of supervision not the pharmacist who gave the child candy.

When I was a child we had candy sticks shaped like cigarettes so that we could pretend we were smoking. :laugh:
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Oh, I used to always have a pack of candy smokes and Big League Chew on me lol

That being said, you're missing the point. Kids are way more impressionable than you realize for way longer than you probably realize. Good parenting can only go so far when you're sending them signals like this.
 
phathead said:
Oh, I used to always have a pack of candy smokes and Big League Chew on me lol

That being said, you're missing the point. Kids are way more impressionable than you realize for way longer than you probably realize. Good parenting can only go so far when you're sending them signals like this.
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I am not missing the point, I simply disagree. You are not giving kids enough credit, IMO. I bet most kids can tell the defference between medication and candy. My mom used to tell me my medication was candy just to get me to take it. :laugh: Again I think only very young children would be confused by this and they should not have access to medication anyway.

I forgot all about Big League Chew! That stuff was awesome! (Side note - I do not chew dip.) 😉
 
owlegrad said:
I am not missing the point, I simply disagree. You are not giving kids enough credit, IMO. I bet most kids can tell the defference between medication and candy. My mom used to tell me my medication was candy just to get me to take it. :laugh: Again I think only very young children would be confused by this and they should not have access to medication anyway.

I forgot all about Big League Chew! That stuff was awesome! (Side note - I do not chew dip.) 😉
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A young child who can't read isn't going to know the difference if they are taught that the prescription bottle contains candy. That is what this giveaway is doing. If a kid thinks those Walgreens bottles contain candy and then they see some of the pretty colors that a lot of the meds come in, what do you think they are going to think? Of course, kids shouldn't have access to medications but it is unrealistic to keep an eye on them every minute of the day. A resourceful kid can get a chair, get to the meds, and open one of those bottles in a minute or two while you are taking a quick bathroom break.

I doubt that the reporter had to search very far to find mothers to say such things. I'm a parent and I would say the exact same thing. It is a *****ic idea.
 
diastole said:
A young child who can't read isn't going to know the difference if they are taught that the prescription bottle contains candy. That is what this giveaway is doing. If a kid thinks those Walgreens bottles contain candy and then they see some of the pretty colors that a lot of the meds come in, what do you think they are going to think? Of course, kids shouldn't have access to medications but it is unrealistic to keep an eye on them every minute of the day. A resourceful kid can get a chair, get to the meds, and open one of those bottles in a minute or two while you are taking a quick bathroom break.

I doubt that the reporter had to search very far to find mothers to say such things. I'm a parent and I would say the exact same thing. It is a *****ic idea.
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First of all parents should teach their kids not to get into the medicine cabinet. Parents already teach their kids not to eat poison, etc., right? This simply goes into the do not eat category. If the kids are old enough to get into the medicine cabinet they should be old enough to know not to. Second, have you ever tried giving your kids medicine? I bet they fought you on it.

Look I am not saying this is the greatest idea ever, but let's be honest here, it really isn't that bad ether. If the parents don't want their kids to have candy filled medicine vials the solution is so simple - don't give it to them.
 
owlegrad said:
First of all parents should teach their kids not to get into the medicine cabinet. Parents already teach their kids not to eat poison, etc., right? This simply goes into the do not eat category. If the kids are old enough to get into the medicine cabinet they should be old enough to know not to. Second, have you ever tried giving your kids medicine? I bet they fought you on it.

Look I am not saying this is the greatest idea ever, but let's be honest here, it really isn't that bad ether. If the parents don't want their kids to have candy filled medicine vials the solution is so simple - don't give it to them.
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Ok, but what if you started keeping your poison in the same container you keep your granulated sugar? If it looks similar and its in that container, how are they going to know any different?

My mother's run a daycare for 20 years, I've been around kids all my life. You cannot expect them at a young age to be able to differentiate between candy and certain meds. I can think of two meds in particular that look very very close to M&Ms.

And to continue on the Big League Chew, you know they still make that stuff? Saw it at a gas station today, might have to grab some lol
 
owlegrad said:
First of all parents should teach their kids not to get into the medicine cabinet. Parents already teach their kids not to eat poison, etc., right? This simply goes into the do not eat category. If the kids are old enough to get into the medicine cabinet they should be old enough to know not to. Second, have you ever tried giving your kids medicine? I bet they fought you on it.

Look I am not saying this is the greatest idea ever, but let's be honest here, it really isn't that bad ether. If the parents don't want their kids to have candy filled medicine vials the solution is so simple - don't give it to them.
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Do people still keep their medicine in a medicine cabinet? I thought you weren't supposed to because of the heat and humidity. We keep our tablets in the kitchen. Now I did teach my daughter not to get into the cabinets but kids have minds of their own and there are plenty of lessons that don't take right away. I also taught her not to write on the walls and boy, was I mad when she did that against my wishes. Unfortunately with medicine, it only takes one time for something tragic to happen.

I have given my child medicine and sometimes she objects but the thing that you don't seem to be taking into account is that most common mediciations you give to young kids comes in liquid form. Some of the real medication comes in bright colors and looks like candy. Now if you give a kid a candy in a prescription Walgreen's bottle and show them real medication in the same type of bottle, I doubt they are going to associate that with that awful tasting antibiotic they had to take for their ear infection. They are most likely going to think it is candy and just as kids in the past would raid the cookie jar against their parents wishes, it isn't unreasonable that some kids would get into that bottle just to get the "candy."
 
They're "childproof" caps for a reason...at least the sweettarts weren't unwrapped
 
Most kids are not stupid, they just lack experience. If they can't tell the difference between medication and candy, it means that the parents never told them.

PS.

I got into my parents medication when I was 4, it took me about 10 seconds to figure out how to open the child safety cap. I just put it back because I didn't know what the stuff was.

Second time, I opened a different child safety cap when I was 5 (I read the instructions on the cap), and asked them what is this stuff.
 
daabc said:
Most kids are not stupid, they just lack experience. If they can't tell the difference between medication and candy, it means that the parents never told them.

PS.

I got into my parents medication when I was 4, it took me about 10 seconds to figure out how to open the child safety cap. I just put it back because I didn't know what the stuff was.

Second time, I opened a different child safety cap when I was 5 (I read the instructions on the cap), and asked them what is this stuff.
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You just failed one of the first rules of retail : never give anyone the benefit of the doubt. Not only that, but you have to factor in our lovely litigious society as well as the lowest common denominator.
 
psychoandy said:
You just failed one of the first rules of retail : never give anyone the benefit of the doubt. Not only that, but you have to factor in our lovely litigious society as well as the lowest common denominator.
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Doesn't this mean we are protecting/rewarding the stupid and encouraging them have more babies so they can sue everyone?
 
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