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Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: Kimberami Date: August 28, 2019, 12:58 pm
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At my local pharmacy, the cashier hands out meds, answers basic
questions (like where is the tooth paste?), and will page
someone to walk a customer to a particular item in the store.
People with questions like "How do I take this medication?" are
sent over a booth to speak with an actual pharmacist. The booth
is somewhat shielded from the other customers and allows the
pharmacist and customer to speak without interruption.
I think the interrupting man was inconsiderate. On a scale of 1
to 10, I would give him a 4.
#Post#: 39277--------------------------------------------------
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: ladameestmorte Date: September 25, 2019, 1:09 pm
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I've always been amazed when I go to the drugstore and I see
someone with eight years of higher education and a doctorate
scanning toothpaste and diapers behind the counter. Nothing
wrong with that job, of course! But I think they should put up
a wall behind the counter area and let them work in peace.
#Post#: 39308--------------------------------------------------
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: RubyCat Date: September 25, 2019, 8:17 pm
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[quote author=ladameestmorte link=topic=1269.msg39277#msg39277
date=1569434972]
I've always been amazed when I go to the drugstore and I see
someone with eight years of higher education and a doctorate
scanning toothpaste and diapers behind the counter. Nothing
wrong with that job, of course! But I think they should put up
a wall behind the counter area and let them work in peace.
[/quote]
I totally agree about letting them work in peace. My daughter
used to work as a pharmacy tech in a drug store and said that
the pharmacists are very, very busy and overworked. Also, when
you consider the consequences of any error they might make, I
don't like that they're distracted from what they're doing.
#Post#: 39319--------------------------------------------------
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: Lula Date: September 26, 2019, 7:11 am
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Sometimes, if the customer only has a couple of non-pharmacy
items, the pharmacists at our store will ring them up with their
pharmacy order. Not a full cart, though.
#Post#: 39336--------------------------------------------------
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: lakey Date: September 26, 2019, 11:39 am
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[quote]
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2019, 01:09:32 pm »
Quote
I've always been amazed when I go to the drugstore and I see
someone with eight years of higher education and a doctorate
scanning toothpaste and diapers behind the counter. Nothing
wrong with that job, of course! But I think they should put up
a wall behind the counter area and let them work in
peace.[/quote]
In my area a lot of the people working in the pharmacy are
pharmacy techs. The checking out, and so on, is handled by them.
The person who hands you the prescription and handles the check
out will ask you if you have any questions about the
prescription. If you do, the actual pharmacist will come over to
give you any information you need. They also come over if you
have questions or want recommendations for over the counter
drugs.
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Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: peony Date: October 2, 2019, 6:43 am
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[quote author=Twik link=topic=1269.msg37609#msg37609
date=1567002753]
But that means abandoning the customer who has really more
important issues (like avoiding drug interactions) for someone
who just wants to be led by hand to the toothpaste. In other
words, the OP is expected *not* to get upset while the other
customer gets to break into her service because he's too darn
important to wait.
[/quote]
Or the customer breaking into the first customer's service
cannot stand or walk for more than a short time without pain.
Granted, something like that can't be deduced from appearances,
but this might be the case sometimes. And it's really hard to
act civil or wait for a length of time when you don't know if
you're going to be able to make it back out the door without
collapsing. (Not an excuse for rudeness, but perhaps a temporary
pass.)
#Post#: 39729--------------------------------------------------
Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: lakey Date: October 2, 2019, 5:41 pm
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[quote]
Or the customer breaking into the first customer's service
cannot stand or walk for more than a short time without pain.
[/quote]
I know what you mean because there were a couple of times where
I needed to pick up prescriptions when I was in pain, for
instance after a hospital stay. Fortunately the pharmacy that I
used had a few chairs where people can wait sitting down. I
wonder if this is common.
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Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: peony Date: October 3, 2019, 12:46 am
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[quote author=lakey link=topic=1269.msg39729#msg39729
date=1570056099]
[quote]
Or the customer breaking into the first customer's service
cannot stand or walk for more than a short time without pain.
[/quote]
I know what you mean because there were a couple of times where
I needed to pick up prescriptions when I was in pain, for
instance after a hospital stay. Fortunately the pharmacy that I
used had a few chairs where people can wait sitting down. I
wonder if this is common.
[/quote]
Oh, heavens, picking up my first prescription of gout medicine
was horrible. It was either sit and be in throbbing pain or
stand up balancing on one foot and be in throbbing pain. When I
was better I went back to the pharmacy and set it up so my son
can pick up my medicine if I couldn't do it myself.
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Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: Aleko Date: October 3, 2019, 5:42 am
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[quote]Fortunately the pharmacy that I used had a few chairs
where people can wait sitting down. I wonder if this is
common.[/quote]
In the UK any reasonably large pharmacy will have some chairs
for that purpose; only the very smallest ones don't. The one in
the parade of shops nearest my home is so tiny that there
literally isn't anywhere you could put a chair; we locals are
just so glad to have some kind of pharmacy within walking (or
hobbling) distance that we don't complain!
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Re: Excuse me, but I am consulting with the pharmacist....
By: wolfie Date: October 3, 2019, 12:36 pm
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[quote author=peony link=topic=1269.msg39676#msg39676
date=1570016614]
[quote author=Twik link=topic=1269.msg37609#msg37609
date=1567002753]
But that means abandoning the customer who has really more
important issues (like avoiding drug interactions) for someone
who just wants to be led by hand to the toothpaste. In other
words, the OP is expected *not* to get upset while the other
customer gets to break into her service because he's too darn
important to wait.
[/quote]
Or the customer breaking into the first customer's service
cannot stand or walk for more than a short time without pain.
Granted, something like that can't be deduced from appearances,
but this might be the case sometimes. And it's really hard to
act civil or wait for a length of time when you don't know if
you're going to be able to make it back out the door without
collapsing. (Not an excuse for rudeness, but perhaps a temporary
pass.)
[/quote]
and what if the person they are interrupting also can't stand or
walk for more then a short time without pain?
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