The thread about insulin needles reminded me of the time the pharmacist thought I was trying to scam the pharmacy.
Background: We had a big, orange male cat who although he had been fixed, decided to start spraying. After trying multiple techniques and medications (this was years before Feliway), the vet finally figured out that a very, very small dose of Valium once a day, stopped the spraying.
So, I went to the pharmacy with a prescription for our cat Edgar. The pharmacist took the prescription and said he needed more information and I told him okay.
He asked for his full name. I remember thinking that was kind of silly, but assumed their system needed a middle name. The cat had been named after Edgar Allan Poe, so I told him that his first name was Edgar and his middle name Allan (with the last name being my last name).
Next I was asked for a date of birth. I told him that I had no idea. The pharmacist was puzzled and asked me again for the date of birth or for at least his age. I said that I thought he was around 11 years old.
The pharmacist then said: "What kind of a mother doesn't know the date of birth and age of her OWN KID???
I started laughing and said: "He's a cat and I have no idea what his birthday or age is because he was a stray who walked into our garage 10 plus years ago.
Pharmacist was confused and I told him to look at the written prescription, because it was from our vet, not from a physician. He (pharmacist) did and then apologized, because he had been sure I'd been trying to scam them for Valium.
I told him, no, we were just trying to keep the cat from spraying.