DISCHEM TELLER's AGGRESSIVE MARKETING: LIFESTYLE HEALTH PRODUCT

Today, 14 April 2025, I wanted to pay and teller no. 2 helped me. While I put my shopping on the counter, she started telling me about medicine on the counter that was on special. I saw that it was "Lifestyle Health Magnesium Fizzy". I said no thank you and repeatedly said no thank you, but she kept on trying to persuade me. As she did not want to accept the fact that I did not want it, I had to tell her that I don't have extra money for this medicine. She turned around and said that I have money on my card. Yes, I did, but it was not enough to cover the cost of the medicine she wanted me to buy. I just said yes to get out of the shop. On the way home I cried, because the approximately R74 on the card is money that we save through the year for Christmas gifts and I hate myself for giving in to this aggressive marketing for medicine I don't need or can afford. Surely such aggressive marketing can't be legal and I wonder if this teller gets commission on sales. She also doesn't have the right to decide about the money on my card - it has NOTHING to do with her. I do think the fact that I am retired and deaf made me a soft target, as she clearly let me know she was not impressed when I told her "No". I will most definitely contact Dischem Head Office as well. As a matter of fact - I need to ask some kids to make a Tik Tok video to warn people about this Dischem.