usa_gatekeeper

It's been my experience that the actual pharmacists are fine, but the techs can't figure anything out; this one said they were waiting for a response from the doctor, but was strangely unable to locate the paperwork that had supposedly been faxed twice.

Perhaps they haven't gotten a response because it was never faxed at all? Walgreen's, here I come!

PinUp

We also almost bought my 2 year old chocolate milk from Albertsons Grocery store and it was a MONTH OLD! MILK!!! There were at least 10 of them because I kept pulling them out looking for a fresh one. I'm guessing maybe they were shipped to the store out of date by error. I told an employee and he said thanks but I don't think he could have cared less. Really people...

SuzieBee20

Pinget

Re: red dye.

If you are going to buy "supermarket" beef, you get dyes and crap. That's a given.

The point is "aged" beef is way more tasty than "fresh" for all sorts of biochemical reasons.

I always wait for "past expiration date" beef and get a more tender, tasty slab of cow at a cheaper price.

- Go ask a for-real butcher about "aging". You will be amazed that you can "age" your supermarket fresh stuff, to proper tastiness, no extra charge ( or with "old", a gift to you!)

e.varden

If you think about how many products are in a store there are bound to be items still on the shelf past their expiration date. Just check them and if you see something that's out of date, let the store know. They are human and do miss things on occasion. If it was a mistake and not laziness, I'm sure they would take it off the shelf if you tell them about it.

Red-headed bookworm

i was buying some cans of chicken broth and two of the cans on the shelf were distended, so much that their tops were rounded domes.
i took them to the casher when i was ready to check out and said 'these need to be pulled off the shelves, they aren't safe' before i started to unload my basket.
the cashier started to pass the first can over the scanner.
when i repeated that i didn't want to BUY those, that they were unsafe and she needed to bring them to the manager's attention she said 'so if you didn't want to buy them, why did you bring them up here?'
fortunately the manager was just a few feet away and took an interest. he immediately recognized that they were unsafe. i don't think the cashier ever got it. i just hope she never dies of botulism

catastrophegirl

terri88

I am seeing a trend with spanking new products (like candy with a current marketing/movie label) having a quick "expiration" date. Might just be a way to force vendors to buy (rotate and mark down) more products.

Corporate-Shill

The pharmacist misread the prescription, saw it was for a drug that often came as an ointment, and just assumed. He didn't notice the prescription said eye drops, nor did he call the doctor and verify anything.

I took it right back to the pharmacy, and had to stand there and argue with the fooking pharmacist for 15 minutes, because of HIS mistake, and he tried to charge me for a second prescription. He did actually charge my insurance company, but I wouldn't let him charge me another co-payment.

Thinking on it now, I should have reported him to the store manager as well as called the insurance company.

sodden

misterfuss

datruesurfer

@ColoradoShark: Opps. My bad. And after all the Consumerist posts on it too :(

donkeyjote

roger2001

and, yes, the cleaning solution had expired.

glasses FTW!

mmstk101

    It's definitely not a mistake you'll make twice. I had to fill a mixing bowl with water, dunk my head in, and wash my eyes out, to stop the burnies and be able to see again.

AcidReign

shor0814

shor0814

ColoradoShark

redhelix

Yes, I should have checked the date, but it wasn't something I thought of.

PinkBox

Why is this news? A person buys an expired product and it is front page news on Consumerist??

Jeezum Crow.

Everyone here knows you should check the expiry dates on all medicines. But we don't, mostly we assume the stock is rotated and removed properly.

But what kind of dipshit, buys expired medicine, or in this case techinally a 'prepatory agent' and complains about it. Most normal people would, "Geez, I'm an idiot- I did not notice the date." Then you would tromp back to the store and exchange it.

I'm pretty certain, I could walk across my street, enter Walgreens, go into the eye drop aisle and find something that's expired. If I looked hard enough.

I really suggest that editor screening submissions here should have more common sense.

radio1

catnapped

PrestonBerryworth

Gotta run -- I hear a Best Buy employee just put a sale sticker on an item that is HIGHER than the original price. Can't miss that!

fredmertz

How on earth did this numnut buy these expired eye drops? It's clearly stated on the FRONT of the package IN TWO PLACES that these expired. It's up to YOU to check before you buy. I've always assumed that that's why the date is there.

msbask

Best thing to do is bring it back to the store and let them know they have expired things.... which will hopefully & most likely get them to go through their stock and make sure they don't sell any other expired items.

I know when I use to work retail, that would happen on occasion that someone would bring in something that was expired - and the next day the manager made us go through everything on the shelves to see if there was anything else that was expired.

Anyway, most likely just an oversight - not "policy" or anything like that. Just PLEASE make sure you take it back so hopefully expired stock will not be sold to others.

coan_net

donkeyjote

donkeyjote

verucalise

I ALWAYS check dates. ALWAYS!!! That way I'm not at home ready to blind myself with expired eye products.

StellaSquash

Hamm Beerger

FLConsumer

AntonioLamia

Britt

ConRoo

Dobernala

as for expiration dates, i used to work at a grocery store and found expired things all of the time, but managers generally said they'd deal with it, and i'd come back next week with it still there. i worked in the 'cafe' of the store, so i sometimes worked in the kitchen with the bags of soda syrup for the dispensers on the other side. one day shortly after i started there, i noticed the lemonade was marked to have expired a year before. i told my manager, she said she'd look into it, and it never changed...until a customer complained that it tasted awful. THEN i was demanded to change it.

so in defense of some (a few) underpaid employees who do give a crap about safety, i pointed it out any time i found expired merchandise, and management ignored me every time.

fjordtjie

Apparently no one ever explained to the under paid and over worked employee the importance of rotating stock/expired merchandise.Nor did the under paid over worked management bother to check.

CVS seems to have one of those brainwashed zombie workforces.The only thing I notice that they are one of the few retailers ready the first day of an ad.And their discount card sucks;get better prices without it elsewhere.

u1itn0w2day

kathyl

But there's a reason for printing it on the package exterior, it's there for you to look at. CVS "sold" you that, but realize that YOU bought it. Stop bitching and go get a refund and a replacement especially for packaging that looks that old.

anonymouse23

karmaghost

timmus

CVS sucks. Period. (Crappy Value Service)

-Phex
-3rd Year PharmD/MBA Candidate

Phexerian