What can we learn from an old time Pharmacologist?

My Dad owned an old time Pharmacy for over 30 years spanning the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s and 1960’s’. It was an old Liggett Rexall store with a lunch counter (with spinning stools), a candy flow and greeting card flow, and myriad products other than aspirin. In those days medicines were hand made from herbs and nutrients with a mortar and pestle.

When I was a little girl I spent weekends and days off from school in Dad’s “store’” where I learned how to count change for a dollar and count it back with a smile and a “thank you”. I watched Dad and my “Uncle Mack”, his assistant as they took the time to welcome and engage everyone who entered the store. I was amazed to find out that my Dad and Uncle seemed to know all about their customer’s families, their health situations, life cycle events, weddings, Christenings and Bar Mitzvahs and more!