Martha joined the pharmacy loyalty scheme and saved every point for a special reward.
After six months, the pharmacist said she could choose anything from the gift shelf.
Martha studied the vitamins, scales and pill boxes.
Then she asked whether the points could buy something more useful….
Martha had collected points on toothpaste, hand cream and a thermometer she bought because the first thermometer looked tired.
Every receipt showed her growing total. She kept them in an envelope marked FUTURE LUXURY.
Her husband asked what luxury came from a pharmacy.
Martha said patience would reveal it.
Six months later, the pharmacist announced that Martha had enough points for a reward.
The gift shelf held a pill organizer, bathroom scales, vitamins and a small hot-water bottle shaped like a cat.
Martha inspected everything.
The pharmacist recommended the scales.
Martha said she already owned scales and had not enjoyed their previous reports.
The pharmacist suggested vitamins.
Martha asked whether they came with a guarantee of feeling twenty years younger.
No.
Then the pill box?
Martha leaned closer.
Can the points buy something more useful?
The pharmacist asked what she had in mind.
Martha handed over her envelope of receipts.
A second opinion.
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