I’m done…I’m over it. I picked up Girl’s new albuterol inhaler. She just needs to hit it before she does anything like the mile run or basketball drills or soccer scrimmage. Posted in big red lettering on the top of the prescription box: “IMPORTANT Inhalers like this one are being discontinued due to environmental impact.”
Could the PTB possibly have their collective heads any further up their collective asses? I live in the ‘burbs of a city that “boasts” some of the worst traffic congestion in the country because we are so lacking in competent public transportation resulting in air so bad it’s been “code red” most of the week. Code Red means it sucks. Usually during code red they keep the elementary kids off the playground at recess.
Maybe I missed something. The majority of the people that live in my community, work in the city. We’re considered a “bedroom community” as in folks just show up here to fall in bed at night and get up and sit through suck traffic again tomorrow. The nearest train station into the city is a thirty minute drive from here. That’s thirty minutes without rush hour traffic.
I suppose instead of bitching, I should be thankful, thankful, thankful that someone somewhere is saving the environment by switching asthmatics’ inhalers. Whew!
It does seem a bit ridiculous, doesn’t it?
Comment by Rhonda — August 17, 2007 @ 8:22 am
I noticed that on DB’s inhaler recently. You’d think they’d just switch the inhaler case to the new style without making such a big to do about it. No sense making asthmatics feel guilty because they’ve been sucking on tubes of death their whole lives. Next they’ll put pictures of dead birds, choking on plastic inhaler cases on the side of the box. We need a smiley that just shakes its head with dismay.
Comment by Andrea — August 17, 2007 @ 9:43 am
It just struck me wrong, Rhonda. :evil:
I thought the big red lettering was moronic, Andrea. I like you’re smiley idea. :thumbsup:
Comment by Jennifer — August 17, 2007 @ 11:58 am
Thankfully, we’ve never had to deal with inhalers. :bowdown:
:happy2: Andrea, you crack me up! (Oops, I shouldn’t be seen blogging at this time of day.) We had a deal, right?
Okay, very quickly now. What’s the deal? They sell these things to people, then they tell them they’re bad and make them feel worse. (Keep in mind that whatever they come up with to take its place will sometime down the road be inferior.) Do it right the first time! How many dead birds have to be pictured choking on inhalers before they get it right for goodness sakes!
Comment by Kathy — August 17, 2007 @ 12:55 pm
Well, you wouldn’t want anyone to make any important changes like mass transport and air quality issues would you? Much easier to inconvenience a few asthmatics.
~~Off to check DG’s inhaler to see what it says~~
Comment by Kimberly — August 17, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
LOL, Kathy.
Heaven forfend, Kimberly. :wallbash: :wallbash:
Comment by Jennifer — August 17, 2007 @ 4:09 pm