Yesterday after a visit to my doctor, he gave me a prescription for some ampules for a specific muscle relaxer. Injections usually works faster, so I prefer to have an injection rather than drinking tablets for pain. We stopped at the pharmacy on our way home, to fill up the prescription, but I was totally stunned by the pharmacy assistant who clearly didn't know what she was doing.
I handed her the prescription and she smiled at me. I smiled back. She read the prescription, then looked up and smiled again. I smiled back.
"I'll be right back" she said.
I nodded.
She came back a minute or so later shaking her head.
"I can't help you with this" she said.
"Why can't you help me with this?" I asked, already annoyed.
'The prescription says ten, and I only have five."
"But that is not so much of an issue is it? If you give me five, then you can order more and send it to me when it arrives."
"Oh yes, I could do that..." she said, now frowning as if I asked her to move a mountain.
She typed away vigorously on the computer as if she was writing an essay.
I smiled patiently, while tapping my foot lightly.
"Do you know how to administer this?"
"Well no I said, but I don't inject myself, my mother does, so she knows."
It was her turn to nod. "I see..."
I smiled at her and watched as she called her supervisor.
They had a short discussion and looked at me as if I ordered some serious high dosage of a banned product.
They both smiled at me and the supervisor stepped closer and signed the prescription and walked away.
She then proceeded to put the ampules in a brown paper packet and sealed it. That will be R58,50 she said.
I smiled and asked:
"You did not put in the syringes or the needles did you? How do you expect us to administer the injection? Should I just drink the liquid?"
She laughed. "Oh no, now I have to start all over again."
About 5 minutes later I finally walked out of there with the prescription and my syringes.
Even though this lady was obviously qualified this was the only thought that came up in my head as I walked away.
What exactly is common sense?
Logical sense or common sense - good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.
In all practical sense, common sense is used in a logical way of thinking. People do things because they are supposed to, but there are many shorter ways to get to the end-result. The sad thing is that people often don't think for themselves, so they just keep on doing it the same way as before.
In my logical mind, if I can find a shorter way to complete something, then that is the route I'm going to follow, but it is weird how little people actually use their common sense.
To think logically means to think practical!
When you have to complete a given task, you have to ask yourself the following questions:
- What exactly am I supposed to do?
- Why am I doing this?
- Is there an easier way to do this?
To know the specifics of a given task, can save you time and often money as well!
If common sense was as common as the name implied then people would never land in certain situations. People would not be spending money on things that they do not really need. Young people would not spend their money on buying alcohol and drugs and exposing themselves to things that they should not be involved with. Unfortunately people do explore everything in life, but somewhere along the line, you should actually learn your lesson, so that you don't do the same thing again.
How can you improve your common sense?
Logical reasoning
- To improve your logical reasoning skills, it is vitally important to practice your reasoning skills. One of the best ways to improve logical thinking is to play logic games on your phone. Games are not always as bad as people think. Read a lot, because reading builds your vocabulary and it improves your memory.
- Another way is to compile a list of questions that has more than one possible answer.
If you ask a question like:
What is 5 + 5?
Most of us would instinctively know that the answer is ten.
But
If you ask a question like:
Why do Giraffes have long necks?
You would possibly answer that they need long necks to eat the leaves high up in the trees. Not everyone would come up with the same answer though, although that might be the most logical answer.
It is always good to try and better ourselves. If you improve your logical thinking skills then you might improve the way that people see you. Teach yourself to think more critically and many doors might open for you.
Hello @giantbear, I think all the recommendations that you put at the end of your post are very good; nevertheless and additionally I believe that family formation is vital in this matter; Parents should learn to instill and develop common sense in our children, games of course are a tool and possibly not carry aout whimsical desires could also help; also training in schools and universities should help at this point ... Greetings
Haha you take it seriously!😂
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The way you described the situation is how an excellent fiction writer describes a scene !! 😃 And it was all realy funny !! 😆
So many times I feel that the educated people are more dumb then the non educated ones! May be it’s the harm of the education!! Educated teaches a person to think in a certain manner . It doesn’t allow one to think out of the box which slowly and gradually kills common sense.
I actually fixed it when I checked the post after I posted but you must've seen it before...LOL...thanks anyways. I would've died to know that it was out there....
No worries !! It happens with me all the time. I edit my posts so many times 😅
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I totally agree. I encounter people on a regular basis that don't seem to be able to use common sense. It gets frustrating for me. It's like someone that asks a question in one of my Facebook groups, when they could more easily Google it for themselves. They would be able to read it for themselves and thus probably remember it.
Love the post. It seems to me (here in the U.S.) that between the education system and the common work environments it is imprinted upon people to be robots, independent thinking frowned upon. It seems as though those calling the shots in society prefer to have obedient servants over qualified independent doers.
Oh how I feel for you on this. I had a similar situation at a pharmacy while waiting on my son's flu medication. It wouldn't bother me so much if it wasn't the fact that I had my seven year old, with the flu, waiting with me.
We had left the doctors office and headed straight for the pharmacy to get his meds. I swear it took us double the amount of time to get the prescription filled as it did at the doctors office.
People are very incompetent these days. It is like you owe them something for the service they deliver that they are actually getting paid for.
I think people use logic reasoning the most.....
Very well said. Even highly qualified people are lacking the common sense which can be seen in a truck driver. Wisdom is something which is a million times better than being educated. A poor person with no education can be wise, with common sense.
Thanks for sharing such good content. It brings people to think about stuff like this :)