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...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hehe this is a good idea for a blog - hope all is well!
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, this is Alia :)
ReplyDeletehey alia!!
ReplyDeletei'm glad you're enjoying! feel free to post your own stories on here!!
i'm waiting for more stories...you realize i check this daily now, right?
ReplyDeleteI would like to share with you things that make me twitch in the pharmacy:
ReplyDeletething #1: patient: "Hi, execuse me: is this the post-office?"
thing #2: and this scenario has actually happened:
patient picks up meds for ED, 1 tablet at a time:Patient asks: "execuse me, can I have a fresh tablet"
Me thinking...yes sir, let me just pick it off the tree for U!!!
thing #3: old lady on the phone calling continuous times throughout the day:
Old lady says: "hi, I was reading the patient information pamphlet and it says that you must tell the pharmacist all the herbal and vitamins that you're on"
me: "ok, that's true, what are you on?"
old lady: "nothing but you never asked me when I picked up my meds,,,,,," (wth!!)
thing #4: phone rings, old man yells:"IS THIS THE TEENAGE PHARMACIST!"
AHHHH
oh yea,,I forgot the most irritating one:
ReplyDeletething #5: phone rings in the middle of the day:
"Good Afternoon, pharmacy how can I help you?"
"Hi, is this the pharmacy?"
"...yes, how can I help you?"
"are you open?"
NO WE'RE CLOSED BUT I'M ANSWERING THE PHONE ANYWAYZ!!!!!!!!!!!!