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>Brig works as a medical secretary and when the medical >reps come in she has to juggle the doctor's time and >their need to push products on him. > >"No reps on Monday," is a frequent refrain. Or "He's >in there with another one. Sorry." > >Of course Medical reps are anxious to have their >products foremost in the doctor's mind, so they come >bearing gifts... I have a pen in front of me with >"LIPITOR" emblazoned on it. It's quite a nice pen, >with a little rubber gripper on one end (so you can >write lots of prescriptions for LIPITOR, whatever that >is, I suppose). In fact, as I look around me, I see a >hefty bundle of pens with "VIAGRA", "CELEBREX" and >"DIFLUCAN" printed on them. My father said there was >quite an amount of interest when he produced his >"VIAGRA" pen in the pub the other evening to write out >his Lotto numbers. > >Someplace I have a glass stomach paperweight... Now >this is a small cube of clear glass with a clear glass >stomach and red liquid inside. It's for some kind of >antacid medicine. > >When my father recently hinted that I might like to >put all my stationery into a cupboard, I had to find a >strong elastic band (I found one among the "EFEXXOR >XL" Post-Its) to wrap around the bundle of pens that >seem to keep arriving on a daily basis from Brig's >work. > >Today as I was leaving The Square shopping centre with >my trolley of groceries a woman collared me for a >donation to The Children's Leukemia Fund. > >"What's the damage?" I asked. > >"Two Euros. Or whatever you can afford", she said. > >I popped a €2 coin into her cardboard box. > >The pen she gave me has "CHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA RESEARCH >- Your Support is Appreciated" printed on it. > >I suppose it'll come in handy one day.

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