Wayne Pendragon Owens

Wayne was born at a very early age and has not died yet, which is something he considers to be a bit of an achievement.

He joined Freemasonry in 2006, went into the chair for the first time in 2011, and started giving talks across several Provinces in early 2017, before joining NWAMS as a speaker in 2021.

He Is an accidentally established Masonic author and has had articles published in several Masonic and non-Masonic periodicals.

by Wayne Pendragon Owens

I am an Author, Freemason, Rosicrucian, Blood Biker, Widows Son, CodeNinja, Spod, Hacker, Son, Uncle, Brother, Man, AN INDIVIDUAL!

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16th February 2009

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Chaos Seems To Follow Me

I finally gave in to peer pressure, and went to see the doctor about my eye.  So a quick in/out to get it confirmed I have conjunctivitis and need eye drops, get a prescription, and sorted, all under 10 minutes. God bless the NHS!

So I’m standing outside the door to the doctors, prescription in hand with a decision to make. Do I: –

  1. Go to my normal Chemists (When I say normal, I’d not been there in 20 odd years) . Which means a drive to the local village, park wherever I can, walk to Chemists and collect my drops.
  2. Walk the 3 paces from my doctors door to the Chemists next door.

So I settle on the next door Chemists. I wander in and hand over my prescription.  The chemist goes over to her terminal

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Chemist 1: “You’ve never been here before!“

Me: “I never been ill before!“

So she starts to enter my details into the computer

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Chemist 1: “How do you get to the next bit of the address, its wont go there?“

Chemist 2: “err you hit that button, then type there“

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Chemist 3: “you just  move the mouse over there!“

Chemist 1: “oh the mouse!“

So they finally get my details entered into the computer, print off the labels, and come to give me my drops.

Chemist 1: “Here you go, sorry but your address printed out wrong, and you cant really read it”

Me: “err, its ok, I know where I live!“

so. Doctors = 10 minutes, Chemists = 30 minutes

Is it just me? Or does everyone else have these same problems?

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