[tastysandwich]

Similarly, it really irks me how little privacy there is at the chemist/pharmacist/drugstore (listing all synonyms for an international audience).

If I have any questions, they're at the counter with 20 other patrons hearing everything about my medication. Then I take my medication to a separate counter for payment, which is staffed, usually, by a teenager working part-time. Great, now they know what medication I'm on.

Imagine if I were picking up medication for a teenage son or daughter, and the teenager at the counter went to school with them?

[nexus7556]

At my local Walgreens they're pretty strict about this- they make people stand about 10ft back from the window while waiting. I have seen them ask people to move back if they start encroaching.