"In any day and age, it would seem."

Unless Kirk came from a place where there was no such thing as disease, which would be rather intriguing.

"I will consider such an offer. Though I prefer to speak with my customers directly."

For a number of reasons, really. Medicine selling may have just been a form of social engineering, a means to an end, but he still took his work seriously. If someone needed their dosages adjusted, he liked to be able to suss out such details.

"But it is always nice to know what is going on."

He thrived on hearing gossip, after all.