Needs A Prescription Of Common Sense
Pharmacy | Right | December 3, 2014
(I work in the mail order branch of a popular pharmacy chain. On my way to work I stop by a local retail branch of the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. I happen to be wearing a company t-shirt which, while having the variant of the company name used by the mail order branch, is nothing at all like the uniforms worn by retail employees nor is it at all professional-looking. A woman comes up next to me while I’m waiting at the pharmacy counter.)
Customer: “Excuse me, where are allergy medicines?”
Me: *looking around* “Over there, I think.”
Customer: “What, don’t you know where things are in your own store?”
Me: “Oh, I don’t work here. I actually work at [Mail Order Branch] on [Road].”
Customer: “Oh, ok. So, which kind is safest for my son to use?”
Me: “Sorry?”
Customer: “Which allergy medicine is safest for my son? He’s ten.”
Me: “You would really have to ask a pharmacist.”
Customer: “But you said you work for [Company].”
Me: “I just package orders. I’m not a pharmacist.”
Customer: “So why are you at the pharmacy counter?”
Me: “I’m picking up a prescription…”
Customer: “So you can stand here but you can’t help a customer?”
(The pharmacy tech tells me my prescription is ready. I get it and pay, all while the woman stares at me. As I walk away the tech notices the woman standing behind me.)
Pharmacy Tech: “Can I help you?”
Customer: “I don’t know. Apparently no one else around here can
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