Drug Marts in Canada don’t sell drugs in their shelves like you see in Brazil – you need prescription for anything that’s not aspirin. But Drug Marts are GIANT and FUN in Canada and you must be careful when you go inside one of those, because you can go bankrupt.
Right beside the plain antiacid shelf, there’s a world I’ve never seen before inside any pharmacy – including things I’ve never seen before in my life! Alongside with condoms, they sell all kinds of lubricants, massage oils, chocolate body paint (Easter is coming!), vibrating rings – you see, they say Brazilians are horny, but I’ve only seen this at very high-end sex shops in Brazil. I was really amazed to see this kind of stuff sold at SHOPPERS DRUG MART. Also, it’s very fun to notice that “Durex” (brazilian brand name for scotch tape) has a complete different meaning. But even in Brazil we know about people who go to Portugal, ask for durex and receive condoms instead of tape.
They also sell every kind of birth control stuff, so you only get pregnant if you really want. Don’t want to wear a condom? No problem, there’s contraceptive sponge, contraceptive foam, contraceptive everything you can imagine. You just don’t need to get pregnant.
I’ve seen a Shoppers Drug Mart with ESCALATORS inside. Yep, ESCALATORS. It even has a POST OFFICE. It’s almost a shopping mall with a counter for some prescription drugs. I’ve never seen this kind of drugstore in Brazil, they only sell drugs and some cosmetics.
That’s terrible, you can’t visit a canadian drug mart and buy “just some aspirins”. You always find that perfume you were looking for, some interesting socks (I’m yet to write an article about Canadians & Socks), a small umbrella and lozenges for you sore throat. And of course, when you’re checking out you ought to buy those sugarless gums – my current favourite flavour is piña colada. So, you were expecting to spend 5 dollars and now your bill is more like 30. That’s their business.
Let me prepare my pocket, I woke up today with a sore throat and I need to buy lozenges… and everything else I find in my way.
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I love Durex. It doesn’t have that bad condom lube smell that is so typical in Brazilian condoms, not to mention it comes in boxes of 12. Indeed, Brazilians are supposed to be horny but our condoms come in packs of 3. WTF? =P
Fun fact, the person that cloned my Credit Card last month (or earlier, most likely) spent 500CAN in a SHOPPERS DRUG MART ¬¬
Uh-oh. It wasn’t me, I just arrived here!
That’s how all drug stores in the US are too. European friends very confused when I say I bought cookies at the drug store.