Mind Boggling...

Three short little stories to share with you - hopefully will make your day a little more bearable!

1. Today, I'm at the pharmacy, working along.. this man comes in, and tells the tech that she forgot to deliver blood glucose strips to his wife today.. he is quite irate. He demands delivery for tomorrow. Strange? Stupid me decides to open my mouth:

"Sir, would you perhaps like to take the strips with you now?"
"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? I WANT THEM DELIVERED!!!"
so i thought I was misunderstanding something...
"Sir, are these strips for someone who does not live in your household?"
"NO THEY ARE FOR MY WIFE! Are you dumb?!"
"Ok sir, I just assumed since you were here and she clearly wants the strips and since you live together you would want to take them with you.."
"NO! I WANT THEM DELIVERERD! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!"

Am I the only one confused by this exchage?? Clearly I'm not since the entire store was staring at him in confusion...


Story #2.
It was swine flu mania.. so it was quite busy on this cheery summer day.. we of course had many things to do, one of which was to answer the phone..
The dutiful tech picks up the phone, and the exchange goes something like this:

- Hello is this the pharmacy?
- Yes, how can I help you?
- THERE IS A DEAD SQUIRREL ON MY PORCH!!
- *silence*
- HELLO! THERE IS A DEAD SQUIRREL ON MY PORCH AND I THINK IT MAY HAVE THE SWINE FLU!!!!!
- *long pause*... Well Ma'am.. since we are the pharmacy and not animal control, we probably can't do too much for you...
- *click*

???????

Story #3 comes courtosy of Dr. Sherif -
Crazy busy day at the pharmacy... huge discharge lists, nagging old women, whiny children... the works... not enough time to breathe (or pee).. of course, this is prime time for the phone to ring! And of course everyone else is too busy to answer.. so Dr. Sherif picks up..

- Pharmacy, How can i help you?
- IS THIS THE PHARMACY?
- Yes.. how can I help you?
- IS THIS PHARMACY xxxxx?
- Yes ma'am.. can I help you?
- CAN YOU HEAR ME?????
- Loud and clear!!!! Can I help you??
- You just did! I just got a new phone and wanted to test it out!!! Thanks!!!

not a waste of time at all.

Honestly why didn't I just become a wedding planner like I always wanted...

stupidity unparalleled

here's a real quick one
patient comes in last week asks me hypothetically what would happen if he put a "1" infront of the 50 for the quantity of his oxycontin 40mg prescription. I smile and ask ... are you seriously asking me this? He says no no no .... i'm just saying... and left...
4 days later...
same patient comes back with an rx written in black ink... except for a 1 that he very clearly wrote in blue pen...
I smiled at him and told him that I needed to verify the quantity with the MD... haha he ran out the door... haven't seen or heard from him since...
stupidity unparallelled

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Boy or Girl? - A Dr. Irini Contribution

As relayed by the entertaining Dr. Irini :

I can definately relate. A few months ago a young teenaged girl comes in looking for Plan B. She was no older than 15 or 16. As I rang her up she looks at me in bewilderment when I requested the $40 charge for the pack. "What?" she says, "$40??, I thought that was supposed to be free!" Ya right biatch, you can go whore around and your local community pharmacy will take care of the bill!!
Needless to say, she did not take it. I wonder if she had a boy or a pretty little girl!


*da dum tish!*

"I never pay!" and other ludicrous statements...

Yes.. 2 posts in one day.. I am one phrustrated pharmacist.. Ever think that someone tattooed the word "stupid" on your forehead while you were sleeping (what sleep!)? Here are a few statements that make you laugh (or scream):

1. I never pay!

2. Can I get the seniors discount? <-- not a senior

3. I'll take it for $120, and that's my bottom line! <-- .....???

4. Can you loan me a few Oxycontin, I accidentally flushed mine down the toilet!

5. I know its 13 days early but I dove in the pool to save a girl and it was in my pocket!! <-- 300 lb man

6. Can you release it to him early? He dove in the pool to save a girl and it was in his pocket!! <-- doctor??

7. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE IF I DIE!!!

8. I can't squeeze this eyedropper.. come do it for me or you'll lose a customer!

9. Deliver some paper towels and some Lysol right away. I'm waiting.

10. What $100 deductible?! I NEVER PAY!!

11. I know my aunt isn't from Ontario, but put the medication under my name and bill OHIP!


God help us all.

FREE???

So this random dude walks into the pharmacy (mid 20's - no excuses).. hands me a script for a cream. U got a plan dude? No, ma'am. Ok.. no prob. Filled the script.
Dude, apply sparingly ok? (and all of that professional stuff..)
Yeah sure! - says dude.
Ok so that will be $50.16 - says I
What?? My doctor said it was free!!!
Free? What is the meaning of this word (I wondered...)
Yeah! Free!!!
but.. how?? free?? HOW!!??
I dunno! Forget it then!!
*me - bewildered*

Free? Is there such a thing? How confusing!!! Yes no problem dude.. we will supply you with this $50 dollar medication FREE.. why? Because we have big pockets like dat.


Shoot me.

End rant 1.

Introduction

Pharmacists from all across southern Ontario...

This is to serve as an outlet for all the anger that is within many of us....
So we were sitting at work on GMAIL chat bemoaning our career choice when some woman came with her out of country cousin with some meds for her and asked if I could bill ODB for it.
After updating our status on facebook many a time we realized, everyone deserves to be exposed to the audacities, the abominations the human race commits against pharmacists and humans in general
We decided to share our humorous yet hair-pulling escapades while on the job because hypertension is contagious.

Please keep names of patients confidential....

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