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I dunno if its because I often pass for much younger than 34, but on the rare occasions, I've gone to a health food store to buy one of their herbal products, and have been interogated about "What are you using it for?". The last time I was trying to buy "raw" peppermint, and the guy started asking me medical questions. I'm sorry, did I enter some kind of strange world where peppermint is a controlled substance?
Being helpful is one thing, sometimes people take it a bit too far and actually treat you like there is no possible way you are aware of what you are buying and what it is used for. But I agree most are just trying to be helpful.
Staff asks you all those medical question b/c a lot of people with all types or crazy allergies shop there..
THey don't want to be responsible for selling you something your allergic to so your going to be asked a bunch of questions.. Especially when looking for a 'raw' material
They're supposed to do that in all types of nutrition stores, such as GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, but they rarely do
Well they have to screen anyone who ties to buy peppermint because its a controlled substance of ingredients that a lot of terrorists use to mask their bad bomb smelling breath.
"Hi, we're looking for ________. It doesn't show up on drug tests, does it?"
"Um...I don't believe so."
"Awesome. We'll take...*counts money* 10 bottles."
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I think you're jumping too far. In my experience health food store workers are pretty informed. He was probably asking what you're using it for so he could offer additional advice or an alternative product.
They may be informed but in general I think the majority are a*******. I go in to get some whey protein and I end up in there for 45 minutes cuz he's trying to sell me some rapid mass gain pills....
I dunno if its because I often pass for much younger than 34, but on the rare occasions, I've gone to a health food store to buy one of their herbal products, and have been interogated about "What are you using it for?". The last time I was trying to buy "raw" peppermint, and the guy started asking me medical questions. I'm sorry, did I enter some kind of strange world where peppermint is a controlled substance?
I was asked that as a teenager about why I was buying Ephidrine by a health food store guy. It was a good question though. I think that stuff is illegal now.
